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Mullens, Jo Beth; Bristow, Robert S.; Cuper, Prudence – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2012
This paper presents the results of an online survey administered to chairs of American departments of geography to ascertain current trends and perceived value of international faculty-led field courses within their departments. The majority of reporting chairs indicated increased field course offerings over the past decade most often resulting…
Descriptors: Geography, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, International Studies
Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2011
The Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE) at Hiroshima University established a program of research on the Changing Academic Profession (CAP) in 2005. The first conference of this new project was held in Hiroshima in February 2011. This conference was organized by the Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Japan in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Higher Education, Educational Change
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2009
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Student Evaluation, Educational Improvement
Brook, Diane L. – 1977
Observations of geography instruction in two high schools in London and research at the University of London Institute of Education provide the basis for an overview of pre-college geography instruction in Britain. Because British secondary schools concentrate more on universal education, they are developing a curriculum which is similar to the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Miller, Michael T.; Salem, Karen B. – 1995
This study examined publication trends in periodicals related to the study of higher education, examining articles on educational finance in seven leading periodicals from 1982 through 1993. A total of 98 articles on educational finance were identified. The study found that 51 percent of the articles were written by faculty, and that 81 percent…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Financial Support
Altbach, Philip G.; Kelly, David H. – 1985
International and comparative trends in higher education since the mid-1960s throughout the world are addressed in two essays, and a bibliography of some 7,000 works of higher education worldwide is presented. The essays were commissioned by the European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES), a decentralized unit of UNESCO. Philip G. Altbach's…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction