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Download full textAbigail Potts; Joseph Hedger; Naomi Porter – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2024
While U.S. voters delivered a significant change in the 2024 federal elections, they opted for steady leadership at the state level. No state board of education shifted in partisan control, and only five seats saw a shift in political party out of 27 races that were contested in the general election. This policy update looks at the results of…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Elections, Trend Analysis, Policy Analysis
Mulfinger, Lorraine M.; Dressler, Kevin A.; James, L. Eric; Page, Niki; Serrano, Eduardo; Vazquez, Jorge – Journal of Research Administration, 2016
Research administrator interest in large research proposal development and submission support is high, arguably in response to the bleak funding landscape for research and federal agency trends toward making more frequent larger awards. In response, a team from Penn State University and Huron Consulting Group initiated a baseline study to…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Research Universities, Higher Education, Research and Development
Direct linkColburn, Heather L. – Hispania, 2017
Since 1970, higher education in general, and Spanish departments in particular, have experienced a seismic shift, with skyrocketing student enrollment and dramatic increases in the numbers of non-tenure-track faculty. While contingent faculty numbers have continued to rise since 2000, over the past several years, enrollments in college-level…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Schalin, Jay – John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, 2015
Throughout much of the 20th century, English departments were the crown jewels of the humanities. Exposure to great literature was often considered essential for students expected to assume lead roles in business, law, government, and society. Today, English departments have lost their position at the center of the American university. Enrollments…
Descriptors: English Departments, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Educational Change
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2021
Each year, the Rennie Center collects state-level indicators in our Data Dashboard to provide context on the condition of education in the Commonwealth. This data is collected from the MA Department of Early Education and Care; MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; MA Department of Higher Education; U.S Census Bureau; and U.S.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Census Figures, Higher Education
Tight, Malcolm – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
The articles published in 15 specialist academic journals--based in Australasia, Europe and North America--focusing on higher education in the years 2010 (n = 567) and 2000 (n = 388) are analysed. The analysis focuses on: the themes and issues addressed in the articles published, the methods and methodologies used, theoretical engagement, the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Periodicals, Educational Research
Tennessee Department of Education, 2017
The division of college, career and technical education (CCTE) of the Tennessee Department of Education established the office of postsecondary coordination and alignment in 2012 for the purpose of expanding and promoting early postsecondary opportunities (EPSOs) for all high school students across the state. The office is also charged with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Departments of Education, Alignment (Education), Postsecondary Education
Oni, Abimbola Oluranti – African Higher Education Review, 2013
The education sector especially higher education in Nigeria faces financial challenges. The recurrent cost of university education constitutes about 95% of the total cost incurred by the government in Nigeria. However, the Nigerian government is unable to meet the UNESCO recommendation that 26% of national budgets should be allocated to education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Finance, Finance Reform
Pinto, Susana; Araújo e Sá, Maria Helena – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Higher education plays a fundamental role in the construction of a European citizenship that demands the development of plurilingual competences. Although the Bologna Process highlights that development (relating it to mobility, employability and lifelong learning), language education does not seem to be a priority in the agenda of higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Multilingualism, Student Mobility, Employment Potential
Peer reviewedChecker, Armand – Journal of Medical Education, 1977
To gather baseline data about the employment characteristics of departmental chairmen, this investigation measured how many years medical school faculty members serve as chairmen. It traced the chairmen's names for eight departments of 86 medical schools during 1954 through 1975. Findings are reported in terms of nonchairmen years, initital…
Descriptors: Administrators, Department Heads, Departments, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCrown, Victor – Academic Medicine, 1991
A 1977 study examined the organization of six medical schools' basic sciences, including faculty research interests and department affiliations, and was updated with 1987 data from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Results show overlapping research interests, blurred departmental boundaries, and divergence between faculty research…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Departments, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
National Education Association Research Department, 2010
The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…
Descriptors: School Statistics, State Departments of Education, Enrollment, Public Education
Peer reviewedRhoades, Gary – Thought & Action, 1995
A study analyzed the administrative costs of a research university of 35,000 students by examining departmental budgets from 1987-88 to 1991-92. Focus of the analysis is on rates of growth and decline in central administrative, instructional, and academic college expenditures rather than on absolute levels of expenditure. (MSE)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, Costs
Peer reviewedGray, Harry L.; Hoy, Charles H. – Higher Education Review, 1989
The article raises concerns about changing patterns of departmental organization within British universities in such areas as staff development, departmental management structures, and conflict between the demands of teaching and research. It suggests steps to promote excellence in both research and teaching. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Departments, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedBerman, Russell A.; Bernhardt, Elizabeth; Castro-Klaren, Sara; Chaput, Patricia R.; DeJean, Joan; Harper, Jane; Henning, Sylvie Debevec; Hunter, Paul; Kaplan, Edward K.; Kirkpatrick, Susan; Lindenberger, Herbert; Ozzello, Yvonne; Marks, Elaine; Patrikis, Peter C.; Peck, Jeffrey; Schor, Naomi; Trommler, Frank; Valis, Noel; Wood, Richard J.; Ziolkowski, Theodore – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
Nineteen responses to an article on the leadership crisis in the field of foreign languages and literatures are presented. Most agree with the article, expanding on its scope or extending its argument; some offer new directions to resolve the problem. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Departments, Educational Trends, Higher Education
