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Christianson, Kiel; Luke, Steven G. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2011
Three self-paced reading experiments examined the effect of context on interpreting subsequent sentences and in the difficulty of revising initial misinterpretations of subsequent temporarily ambiguous sentences. Target sentences containing noun phrase/sentence (NP/S) coordination ambiguities were preceded by contexts that either did or did not…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Sentences, Semantics, Nouns
Bartolomei, Mercedes Ramirez – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Higher education institutions are well positioned to provide students with meaningful educational opportunities, to prepare them for lives of impact and service to their communities by investing their acquired knowledge to address critical societal needs. Furthermore, a sound college education is particularly important to students' personal,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Experience, Educational Quality
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Baginski, Jessie – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2010
Many college campuses across the country have implemented U-Pass transit programs to mitigate transportation costs for students. However, urban university U-pass programs fall short for suburban students who cannot get to the urban metro area without connecting public transportation. As urban universities rely on suburbs as feeder communities,…
Descriptors: Campuses, Urban Universities, Transportation, Metropolitan Areas
Tillman, Makia R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Distance Education (DE) is one of the well-known methods of instruction and learning at many colleges and universities throughout the United States as well as other countries. Instructors teaching online courses need some form of training prior to teaching online classes. Most higher education institutions use some form of Learning Management…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1984
Structural reform in higher education collective bargaining is examined in these conference proceedings, along with recent state bargaining legislation, and legal, union, and management views concerning sex discrimination in higher education. The 19 article topics and authors include: the problem of reshaping the fringe package (Claude Campbell);…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Court Litigation