Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 8 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 40 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 119 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 280 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 82 |
| Practitioners | 33 |
| Administrators | 26 |
| Researchers | 11 |
| Teachers | 6 |
| Community | 5 |
| Parents | 2 |
| Students | 2 |
Location
| Canada | 52 |
| California | 44 |
| Illinois | 41 |
| New York | 21 |
| Florida | 19 |
| United States | 19 |
| Michigan | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | 17 |
| North Carolina | 15 |
| Texas | 15 |
| District of Columbia | 14 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textMingle, James R. – 1996
This three-year project was designed to explore ways in which state coordinating boards and multicampus boards can support institutional restructuring and gain commitment from state and institutional officials for higher education reform. Six states--Virginia, Minnesota, Tennessee, Oregon, Florida, and Georgia--each undertook a significant…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Distance Education, Educational Change
Ohio Board of Regents, Columbus. – 1992
In this document, a state appointed task force commissioned to examine how Ohio state colleges and universities can sustain quality programs with the highest degree of efficiency during times of fiscal constraint reports on its findings and conclusions, and offers its recommendations. Following an executive summary the report is presented in four…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, College Students, Educational Policy
Jakes, Harold E. – 1986
This report analyzes the effect of public participation and the use of third party neutrals on recommendations for reorganization of a large Ontario school system. To reexamine the system, expand programs, and consolidate schools, the board of education commissioned an advisory council in 1984 to obtain community input before making…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Consolidated Schools, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
Schuyler, Nancy Baenen – 1983
A new elementary retention policy was implemented in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) in 1981-82. The AISD Board of Trustees requested a three-year study of the impact and effectiveness of the policy. This report describes results from the second year of the study, including the effect of the change in policy on staff development,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Achievement Gains, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance Patterns
Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City. – 1983
The Utah Commission on Educational Excellence was created by the Utah State Board of Education to recommend improvements in the quality of education and the efficiency of schools. This report begins by summarizing the commission's 27 final recommendations for significant change in the Utah education system. These recommendations look to a system…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Development
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 2000
This is an executive summary of two long-range higher education planning reports completed at the outset of the 21st century by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. They are "Providing for Progress: California Higher Education Enrollment Demand and Resources into the 21st Century" and the companion "Policy for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Computer Uses in Education, Diversity (Student)
Peer reviewedHickey, Delina R.; Andrews, David B. – Educational Record, 1993
A discussion of partnerships between schools and colleges to improve education focuses on the roles of college presidents and school superintendents, governing bodies, school administrators, faculty, parents, business and community leaders, students, consultants, and advisory committees in successful cooperative efforts. Parallels with industrial…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Boards of Education
Tennessee State Board of Education, 2006
This 2006 Annual Joint Report of the State Board of Education and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission identifies four joint priorities and nine associated goals addressing areas of need in both student learning and educator development for the advancement of education in Tennessee. The joint priorities and initiatives focus on points of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Effectiveness
Clarke, Edward O., Jr.; Florestano, Patricia S. – 1996
This report identifies issues in Maryland postsecondary education concerned with quality, effectiveness, access, diversity, and efficiency. It first provides a brief overview of the system, including information on headcount, the number and types of institutions, demographic trends, the labor market, and financing. It then addresses the following…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Diversity (Student)
Lake, Sara – 1990
A middle-grade restructuring effort implemented by the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District is described in this report. A literature review and interviews with four educators experienced in restructuring explore issues in middle-school transition at the school and district levels. Topics related to the implementation process include needs…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Maryland Governor's Study Commission on Structure and Governance of Education, Annapolis. – 1975
The report of the Study Commission on Structure and Governance of Education (commonly known as the Rosenberg Commission), which provoked considerable controversy because of its recommended broad changes, was evaluated by a task force through public and invitational hearings and extensive meetings. The recommendations for elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Coordination
Mater, Jean; And Others – 1978
A Citizens Advisory Committee--a blue ribbon commission--reviewed graduate education in the Oregon State System of Higher Education, focusing on the priorities, needs, and resources of the state. With respect to employment and research needs of Oregon and the nation as justification for graduate programs in Oregon, conclusions include the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advisory Committees, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees
New York State Univ. System, Albany. – 1979
In order to stimulate discussion of the future of postsecondary education in New York State, issues and options are suggested to consider in developing institutional plans for the 1980's. They may be incorporated into the Board of Regents statewide plan. The role of the state in financing higher education is discussed, with tables showing recent…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Juettner, Bob; Kleinfeld, Judith – 1978
The evaluation of the Iditarod Area School District small high schools program provided useful information for future program development. The 1978 program for 87 students in 9 scattered schools included: student travel within Alaska and in the lower 48 states; student travel within the district for mini-courses and a student congress; and the…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Alaska Natives, Board of Education Role, Career Education
Yang, Hua; Murray, Wayne – 2001
The rapid increase in the number of limited-English- proficient (LEP) students in U.S. schools is due not only to immigration, but also to the inability of LEP students in existing bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language programs to meet the criteria for entering the mainstream classroom. In the Dallas public schools, nearly half of all LEP…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Board of Education Policy, English (Second Language), Graduation Requirements
