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Funding Stewardship of Place: Public Policies to Advance the Regional Stewardship Mission

McClure, Kevin R.; Vaidya, Ashish – American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2023

Stewardship of place refers to the public engagement activities and approaches colleges and universities enact to enhance the regions and communities they serve. A group of colleges and universities known as regional comprehensive universities (RCUs) has been uniquely committed to stewardship of place throughout their histories. As state-supported…

Descriptors: Universities, Geographic Regions, State Aid, Institutional Mission

Components to Consider When Planning City Preschool Programs. Preschool Policy Brief

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Liss, Emmy; Wallack, Josh; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Frede, Ellen – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023

Over the last several years, a growing number of cities have invested in early care and education for 3- and 4-year-old children, known as "preschool." This paper aims to aid cities in planning preschool programs by outlining a range of factors to consider. We largely do not make recommendations, but rather try to identify a range of…

Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Development, Governance, Program Administration

The State of Public Education in New Orleans, 2018

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Babineau, Kate; Hand, Dave; Rossmeier, Vincent – Cowen Institute, 2018

This annual report, The State of Public Education in New Orleans, has been the Institute's flagship publication, capturing as much information as possible about our schools in a single document. This year's report will continue that tradition, but with more of an eye towards the future and what comes next for our schools. The unification of…

Descriptors: Public Education, Academic Achievement, Scores, Comparative Analysis

Higher Education and the Principles of Access, Quality and Accountability: Brazil × Canada Panorama

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Costa, Danilo de Melo – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2022

Purpose: Canada is a country that has a democratized higher education system, based on solid principles of access, quality and accountability. Brazil, on the other hand, is a country that seeks to advance its higher education system. For this reason, this paper aims to understand with the main stakeholders of the systems, the perceptions in…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Cultural Differences, Access to Education

Career and Technical Education. Scorecard Analysis Annual Report: 2020-2021. Publication 20.27

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Coco, Marlena – Online Submission, 2022

This report summarizes the results of the AISD CTE Program Analysis Scorecard for the 2020-2021 school year. The CTE Program Analysis Scorecard results focus on three components of program outcomes: (a) program alignment, (b) quality of instruction, and (c) access and equity. Program outcomes provide information about program effectiveness and…

Descriptors: School Districts, Vocational Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness

NPM of the Masses: The Expansion and Modernisation in Chilean Higher Education, 1999-2016

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Salazar, José M.; Rifo, Mauricio; Leihy, Pete – Policy Reviews in Higher Education, 2022

This study reviews the performance of the Improvement of Quality and Equity in Higher Education programme (MECESUP). MECESUP was executed in three stages between 1999 and 2016 by Chile's Ministry of Education and its directly state-subsidised university sector, with World Bank financing and advisory. The account explores achievements and failures…

Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Change, Developing Nations, Access to Education

University of Central Florida Accountability Plan, 2020. Revised

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