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Paulo Jorge Vieira Pinto – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation had a three-pronged approach by examining (1) the role and sustainability of university-based intensive English programs (IEPs), (2) the value of a master's in Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and (3) relevance of attending an IEP for international/English as a second language (ESL) students. IEPs face…
Descriptors: Intensive Language Courses, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Heulett, Steven Talmadge – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A number of studies have documented a trend of higher grades awarded by postsecondary institutions in both the United States and Canada over the last two decades. Grade inflation in higher education is a potentially costly problem for a variety of reasons, but little empirical research about the causes of grade inflation has been conducted. This…
Descriptors: Grading, Community Colleges, Grade Inflation, College Faculty