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Hueston, Harry; Orton, George K., III – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2019
At West Texas A&M University, faculty members in the Criminal Justice and Emergency Management programs teach students how to deal with man-made and natural disasters. These program courses require students to learn about the National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) in addition to passing certain requirements. Each student must pass NIMS…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Emergency Programs, Natural Disasters, Crisis Management
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Loafman, Lucas; Altman, Barbara W. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2014
Given recent trends, there is a high probability that most university faculty members will either have the opportunity, or be required, to teach online at some point in their careers if they have not already. For a new professor just getting initiated in higher education or an established one whose school is considering online offerings, one of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Business Administration Education, Law Related Education, Scoring Rubrics
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McLurkin, J.; Rykowski, J.; John, M.; Kaseman, Q.; Lynch, A. J. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2013
This paper describes the experiences of using an advanced, low-cost robot in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. It presents three innovations: It is a powerful, cheap, robust, and small advanced personal robot; it forms the foundation of a problem-based learning curriculum; and it enables a novel multi-robot…
Descriptors: Robotics, STEM Education, Engineering Education, Problem Based Learning
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Yilmaz, M.; Ozcelik, S.; Yilmazer, N.; Nekovei, R. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2013
This paper presents an innovative two-course, laboratory-based, and design-oriented robotics educational model. The robotics curriculum exposed senior-level undergraduate students to major robotics concepts, and enhanced the student learning experience in hybrid learning environments by incorporating the IEEE Region-5 annual robotics competition…
Descriptors: Robotics, College Curriculum, College Seniors, Elective Courses
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Cavaliere, Frank J.; Mulvaney, Toni P.; Swerdlow, Marleen R. – Education, 2010
Our country is faced with a financial crisis of mammoth proportions: a crisis rooted in ethics, or rather, the lack of ethics. Critics are increasingly complaining that business schools focus too much teaching effort on maximizing shareholder value, with only a limited understanding of ethical and social aspects of business leadership. Business…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Ethics, Business Administration Education, College Instruction
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McNertney, Edward; Ferrandino, Blaise – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2010
The initiative to revise Texas Christian University's (TCU) general education curriculum was one of the outcomes of an institutional strategic planning process in 2000, the Commission on the Future of TCU. Coincident with this planning process, TCU developed a new institutional mission statement that focused on preparing students for becoming…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, General Education
ACT, Inc., 2012
Annually, ACT provides each state with "The Condition of College & Career Readiness," a report that details the college readiness of students who took the ACT[R] test. This report is a companion to "The Condition of College & Career Readiness." This paper traces the college enrollment, retention, re-enrollment, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Benchmarking
Trombley, William H., Ed.; Sallo, Todd, Ed. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2012
In the first decade of the 21st century, the nation, the states, and colleges and universities began to grapple with the challenges of globalization, changing demography, the implications of the digital era, and of a less expansive public sector. Although not a transformative period for higher education, the decade saw significant innovations in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Community Colleges
Texas Coll. and Univ. System, Austin. Coordinating Board. – 1981
Major issues that will affect Texas higher education in the next decade are addressed. Data and information about the higher education system are presented, and an attempt is made to determine the impact of trends and issues upon colleges and universities. Concepts and perspectives on the appropriate response by higher education and planning…
Descriptors: Accountability, Articulation (Education), Black Students, Collective Bargaining