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Ackerman, Debra J. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2021
Policymakers, child care providers, and parents face tradeoffs in determining how much to spend on child care, including how many hours to purchase, and the features of programs that might influence quality. Given these tradeoffs, it is useful to understand what constitutes quality, the cost of care features associated with quality, the effects of…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Care, At Risk Persons
Jones, Ithel, Ed.; Lin, Miranda, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019
In recent years there have been significant changes in education across the globe, largely as a result of changing demographics, technological developments, and increased globalization. Relatedly, the changing needs of societies and families, along with new research findings, provide new directions in early childhood education. Consequently, early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Education Programs
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Scott, Donald E.; Scott, Shelleyann – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
This paper presents the leadership implications from a study that explored how to increase the quality of teaching in a university thereby presenting data from the bottom up--the academic perspective--to inform leadership, policies, and academic development which generally flows from the top down. We report academics' perceptions of and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, College Instruction, Educational Quality, College Faculty
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Johnston, Ian C. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1991
This article proposes that, in the new university-colleges being created in British Columbia, instructors' workloads should not be based upon traditional models which stress the importance of research and publication for excellent teaching. It is claimed that research fails to support a positive relationship between faculty research and teaching…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Quality, Faculty Publishing
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Skolnik, Michael L. – Review of Higher Education, 1986
The methodological problems involved in research on the impact of financial restraint and factors that limit the effectiveness of university briefs that attempt to determine financial needs are examined. The role of "academic quality" in the debate on higher education funding is emphasized. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Finance, Educational Quality, Financial Needs
Leclerc, Michel – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1985
A Quebec university administrator describes the province's university system; explains budget restrictions imposed on the universities and the Ministry of Education's new financial plan; and discusses general versus specific financing, cost-effectiveness, assessing instructional and research quality, and institutional adjustment to market trends.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Budgets, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1988
Funding of Ontario universities is addressed by the Council of Ontario Universities, including financial requirements of universities for 1988-1989, and the capital requirements for major repairs and renovations, alterations, deferred maintenance, and new construction. While the universities have requested an increase in base operating grants of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Quality, Enrollment Trends