Preparing to become a music teacher educator is a complex process and one component of this process should be learning to model, demonstrate, and teach assessment practices to preservice music educators. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to discover how, and to what extent, music teacher educators (MTEs) are educated about…

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the current status of workforce preparation in Washington; identify high employer demand occupations, as well as fields in which academic degree production is failing to keep pace with demand; and highlight occupation fields in which students may find expanding employment opportunities. This…

Energy measurements play a fundamental role in the theory of quantum mechanics, yet there is evidence that the underlying concepts are difficult for many students, even after all undergraduate instruction. We present results from an investigation into student ability to determine the possible energies that can be measured for a given wave function…

Superposition gives rise to the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics and is therefore one of the concepts at the heart of quantum mechanics. Although we have found that many students can successfully use the idea of superposition to calculate the probabilities of different measurement outcomes, they are often unable to identify the…

This is the forty-third report prepared in Washington providing tuition and fee data for flagship institutions, comprehensive institutions, and community colleges. Tuition and fee rates for academic year 2013-14 were collected by staff from the Connecticut Office of Higher Education, who developed an online tool to collect these data from the 50…

This paper presents the benefits and costs of providing students with unlimited access to programmable boards in digital design education, allowing hands-on experiences outside traditional laboratory settings. Studies were conducted at three universities in two different countries--Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN; Washington…

State law directs the Higher Education Coordinating Board to recommend state tuition and fee policies to the Governor and Legislature. As part of its analysis, the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board conducted an annual survey of tuition and fee rates at public colleges and universities in all 50 states to determine how Washington…

The state of Washington has a long-standing commitment to postsecondary education opportunities for all students, regardless of income. The purpose of this report is to provide the members of the Higher Education Coordinating Board with: (1) An overview of state, federal, and institutional financial aid in Washington; (2) A description of notable…

Washington's Senate Resolution 1976-233 directed the Council for Postsecondary Education to survey courses offered in institutions of higher education in Washington, covering such areas as Canadian problems, government, history, natural resources, and so on, and compile an inventory of courses covering such Canadian subject matter. The response to…

Presented is a report to the Washington State Legislature on the quality of special education teacher training programs in Washington. School districts offering special education services and 10 colleges offering relevant teacher training were surveyed. Described are special education degree programs offered in Washington at the Associate,…

Policy recommendations on tuition and fees as a proportion of educational costs are presented. The composition of tuition and fees in Washington, the basis of "educational costs," and the current and past relationship of tuition and operating fees to estimate educational costs are discussed. Also included is an inventory of the tuition…

This is the 24th annual report of tuition and fee rates at public institutions in the 50 states. All data contained in the report were compiled using Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board surveys of state agencies and/or individual institutions. Eight tables display historical and current academic year tuition and/or required fee…

This report examines the development of tuition rates and tuition policy in Washington State's public higher education system and provides comparisons to rates and policies in other states. It also explores philosophies regarding the determination of tuition rates, along with the range of potential policy options. The draft report is divided into…

This report proposes a Washington state long-term higher education goal of achieving upper division and graduate enrollment equal to the 70th percentile of national participation rates by the year 2010 (from a current 16th percentile in upper division enrollment and 24th percentile in graduate enrollment). The study details how enrollment…

This paper presents the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board's determination of approved educational costs intended to serve as the basis for general tuition and operating fees for the ensuing biennium of 1993-95. The report first explains the background of the statutory responsibilities for tuition and fee determination, followed…