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Litow, Stanley S.; Kelley, Tina – Teachers College Press, 2021
"Breaking Barriers" shows how to redesign high schools so that all students can move on to college and successful careers. In a negation of the American Dream, a child's zip code is currently a far better predictor of success than hard work, intelligence, or resilience. This book tells the story of a school model that focuses on equity…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, College Readiness, Career Readiness
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Gong, Wen; Rojewski, Jay W. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2015
A model describing the development of curriculum and coursework for dual certification programs in two-year postsecondary vocational education institutions throughout China is described. Dual certification programs allow students to obtain an academic diploma and a national vocational qualification certificate concurrently. Chinese educators and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dual Enrollment, Educational Certificates, Student Certification
Powell, M.; Hatch, M. A.; Fians, E.; Shinert, A.; Richie, D. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
Like many colleges funded by the U.S. Department of Labor's TAACCCT program, the goal of the Northeast Resiliency Consortium (NRC) (a Round Three grantee) was to enhance the capacity of colleges to accelerate learning, ensure that students attain industry-recognized credentials, foster innovative employer partnerships, use new technologies, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Resilience (Psychology), Labor Force Development, Consortia
Wise, Jessica L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this research was to determine how to identify, recruit, develop, and retain suitable adjunct faculty in rural community colleges in Ohio. The research problem resulted from a limited availability of potential faculty possessing the required credentials and andragogical training in Ohio's rural and Appalachian areas. Research…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Rural Schools, Community Colleges, Teacher Qualifications
Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2010
In light of recent data showing that educational attainment rates in the United States have stagnated, the Obama administration and others have called for renewed efforts to bolster higher education outcomes. Strengthening the role of community colleges is undoubtedly an important component of any plan to dramatically increase the number of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Elementary Secondary Education, Industry, Educational Attainment
Secolsky, Charles, Ed.; Denison, D. Brian, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. The "Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education" provides higher…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Teacher Effectiveness