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Pérez Gama, Jesús Alfonso; Vega Vega, Anselmo – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
We look for the High Quality Accreditation of tertiary education in two ways: one, involving large amount of information, including issues such as self-assessment, high quality, statistics, indicators, surveys, and field work (process engineering), during several periods of time; and the second, in relation to the information contained there about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Educational Quality
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Jackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES), which took place on April 22-25, 2021, in New York, New York. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination, History Instruction, Foreign Students
McDonough, Patricia; Calderone, Shannon – Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice, 2010
In the last forty years, federal and state financial aid policy has fundamentally shifted the way in which students and families finance college costs. Whereas grants once served an important function in equalizing college opportunity, loans are now considered a key lever against escalating postsecondary costs (McPherson and Shapiro, 1998). This…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Ethnic Groups, State Aid, Paying for College
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Goethals, George R.; Zanna, Mark P. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1979
One initial and two follow-up experiments were conducted to test social comparison predictions regarding influence processes related to risk taking in groups. Subjects were 137 male and female college students. (MP)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Raik, Barrie; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1995
A trained research assistant used a structured observation form to observe hospital attending rounds, measuring the use of population perspective (risk-factor assessment, prevention, epidemiology, social aspects of illness) during internal medicine case presentations. Results indicated this perspective was raised more frequently when a generalist…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Epidemiology, Higher Education, Internal Medicine
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Noell, John; And Others – Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, 1993
Adolescents privately recorded open-ended descriptions of problematic social situations related to sex. Issues mentioned included birth control, pregnancy, condom use/nonuse, violence, alcohol use, and rape. Few mentioned concerns about sexually transmitted diseases. Subjects who included alcohol as a problem were more likely to describe a variety…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Students, Health Behavior, Higher Education
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1991
The Society and Mass Media section of the proceedings contains the following 16 papers: "The Relationship of Mass Media and Interpersonal Channels to Societal and Personal Risk Judgments" (Cynthia-Lou Coleman); "Freedom of Expression: How Much Will the Public Tolerate?" (Daniel Riffe and Charles F. Aust); "Economic…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Civil Liberties, Crisis Management, Ethics
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Lundeberg, Mary Anna; Moch, Susan Diemert – Journal of Higher Education, 1995
A study investigated the relationship of social interaction and learning among women college students in a supplemental instruction program for science featuring a collaborative classroom structure. It was found that this culture of community and cooperation promoted intellectual risk-taking and connected understanding of concepts. Some new ways…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Science
Saito-Abbott, Yoshito; Samimy, Keiko – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1997
A study investigated influences on attrition in Japanese second language instruction in one U.S. university. Subjects were students enrolled in the fall semester of beginning (n=134 students) and intermediate (n=79) levels of Japanese courses. In the fifth week of classes, students were administered a series of questionnaires to gather data on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Anxiety, Classroom Environment
Knight, Jane – Canadian Bureau for International Education, 1999
The purpose of this monograph is to identify, discuss and probe issues; ask questions; challenge assumptions; and generally reflect on the evolution and direction of international education. It is an attempt to step back from daily work and think about the fundamental issues and challenges influencing basic understanding and approach to…
Descriptors: International Education, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis