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Basken, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
A decade ago, the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology had a few simple goals. It wanted to sharpen its educational mission, broaden students' skills, improve graduates' job-placement rates, and give the institution better ammunition for proving its worth to accreditors. It turned to the "electronic portfolio," becoming one of a small but growing…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Curriculum Development, Assignments, State Colleges
Weaver, Marissa LeClaire – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of the study was to address a problem of practice of the public affairs mission through the perceptions of faculty and staff members at Missouri State University of the University's organizational culture. The design included a phenomenological study with a set of organizational culture procedural questions related to the perceptions…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, State Colleges, College Faculty, Phenomenology
Romanik, Dale; Rembowski, Mary – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2012
Section 1008.30 (formerly 240.117), Florida Statutes, requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement a common placement testing program to assess the basic computation and communication skills of students who intend to enter a degree program at any public community college or state university. Every year the State provides reports…
Descriptors: Scoring, Community Colleges, Communication Skills, College Freshmen
Hagen, Lisa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A case-study was designed to assess the extent of change at a selected Florida community college that transformed into a state college. The purpose of the investigation was to explore how the transformation influenced institutional culture, mission, and identity based on the perceptions of faculty members and administrators. Data collection…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Colleges, College Administration, Case Studies
Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2009
The 2007 Legislature enacted the Achieve Scholarship program, which provides a $1,200 scholarship to high school graduates who took rigorous courses in high school and met certain income and other eligibility criteria. In deliberations about this new program, concerns were expressed that certain rigorous courses like Advanced Placement,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, High Schools, Rural Schools, College Curriculum
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2010
The 2010 Public Policy Agenda summarizes the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' (AASCU's) principles and priorities in key areas of higher education policy. This paper is intended to serve as a point of reference for the association's members and other interested organizations, as well as federal and state policymakers.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Colleges, Advocacy, Public Policy
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2008
The 2008 Public Policy Agenda summarizes the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' (AASCU's) principles and priorities in key areas of higher education policy. The document is intended to serve as a point of reference for federal and state policymakers, the association's members, and other interested organizations and…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Financial Aid, Access to Education, Accountability
Woolfork, Kevin – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
With the failure of most of the May 19 ballot measures, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has released additional proposed revisions to the current year (2008-09) and budget year (2009-10) state spending plans. The Governor and Legislature adopted an 18-month spending plan in late February, but that budget now has a $24 billion deficit. The…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Budgets, State Legislation, State Government
Nolan, Jim; Badiali, Bernard; Zembal-Saul, Carla; Burns, Rebecca; Edmondson, Jacqueline; Bauer, Deirdre; Queeney, Donna; Wheland, Marion – School-University Partnerships, 2009
The 2009 Professional Development Schools National Conference recognized the professional development school partnership between Pennsylvania State University and State College Area School District for its meritorious partnership work over time and so named it one of the three recipients of the first-ever National Association for Professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, State Colleges, Academic Achievement, Professional Development
Choitz, Vickie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2010
Community colleges across the nation appear to be facing a "perfect storm" during which surging enrollments, tepid state funding, and strong accountability forces are colliding to severely threaten access to and completion of postsecondary education and credentials by lower-skilled and low-income students. In the last few years, record enrollments…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Community Colleges, Expenditures, Funding Formulas
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, 2008
This report documents actions taken and data gathered by the Colorado Department of Higher Education (DHE) as required by statute to report annually on students taking basic skills courses at Colorado's public higher education institutions. DHE has prepared this report which summarizes: (1) actions by DHE and the Commission on Higher Education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Remedial Instruction, Public Education, Educational Policy
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Miller, Margaret A. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2008
This article presents an interview with two people who had responsibility for leading the development of the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA)--a joint project of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), supported by the Lumina…
Descriptors: Interviews, Higher Education, State Universities, State Colleges
North Dakota University System, 2009
Historically, tuition and mandatory fee rates of all North Dakota University System (NDUS) institutions (except the 2-year campuses) have been less than their regional counterparts. Average tuition and fee increases at NDUS institutions were significantly higher than their regional counterparts in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07, as a result, the gap…
Descriptors: State Aid, Tuition, Paying for College, Educational Finance
Lemanski, Kenneth M. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2007
Since the founding of Framingham Normal School in 1839 as the first state-supported school in the United States for training teachers, Massachusetts state colleges have evolved in response to the changing needs of the regions they serve. The Massachusetts state Legislature and Gov. Deval Patrick are now considering whether to move from the…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Community Colleges, Liberal Arts, Higher Education
Karoly, Lynn A. – RAND Corporation, 2012
In an effort to inform preschool policy in California, an interdisciplinary team of RAND researchers conducted a multiyear study of preschool education known as the California Preschool Study. One of the recommendations from that study was the need for a more in-depth analysis of the effectiveness of the early care and education (ECE) workforce…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Professional Development, Preservice Teacher Education
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