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Alliance for Excellent Education, 2018
Early College High Schools (ECHSs) and dual-enrollment programs allow students to take college courses while still in high school. Research has shown that students participating in these programs are more likely to enroll in college, post higher college grade point averages, persist, and ultimately graduate from college. Too often, however, the…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2018
This document contains a model policy for a partnership for traditionally underrepresented student achievement. The model legislation stipulates terms relating to: (1) the intent of the state and goal of the partnership; (2) definitions of terms; (3) the partnership sought by the (state) Department of Education (department); (4) the partner…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Disproportionate Representation, Advanced Placement Programs
Randall, David – National Association of Scholars, 2018
America faces a growing crisis about who can say what on our college campuses. At root this is a crisis of authority. In recent decades university administrators, professors, and student activists have quietly excluded more and more voices from the exchange of views on campus. This has taken shape in several ways, not all of which are reducible to…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Educational History, Educational Trends, College Faculty
Aunai, Samasoni – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Purpose: Most community college students do not graduate let alone transfer to university. Hence, the purpose of this qualitative study was to (a) examine the learned experiences of California community colleges and California State University (CSU) administrators and staff in implementing the California Student Transfer Achievement Reform (STAR)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Transfer Students, Outcomes of Education
Hegji, Alexandra; Smole, David P.; Heisler, Elayne J. – Congressional Research Service, 2018
This report identifies and describes federal student loan forgiveness and loan repayment programs that are currently authorized by federal law. It provides brief, summary descriptions of identified programs. These program descriptions are intended to provide policymakers with general information about the purpose of existing programs and how they…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Loan Repayment, Federal Legislation, Incentives
Crossland, Alise; Gray, Tracy; Reynolds, Jillian – American Institutes for Research, 2018
There's unprecedented opportunity for state and local educators to invest in digital tools and professional development to transform teaching and learning. Rapidly evolving technology has provided new ways for all students, including those with disabilities to learn and for educators, students, and their families to interact. At the same time, the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Access to Computers, Students with Disabilities
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2018
The Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education provides funding and priority recommendations for Nebraska State College, University of Nebraska, and Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis (NCTA) capital construction budget requests, as outlined in Nebraska's Constitution and Statutes. The overarching principle used in this…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Higher Education, Maintenance, State Colleges
George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2018
Each school year, approximately 6.8 million students miss at least 15 days of school, putting their academic success at risk and making them chronically absent as defined by the federal government. This report provides case studies that detail specific ways cities are leading efforts to get students to school each day. Case studies for the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Truancy, Educational Change
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Kobakhidze, M. Nutsa; Samniashvili, Lela – Higher Education Quarterly, 2022
In Georgia, the question of academic freedom emerged only after the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and its universities could begin reckoning with a heavy past of ideological pressure, censorship, governmental control and top-down management. Despite official declarations of the right to academic freedom and its…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Social Change, Academic Freedom, Foreign Countries
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Brown, Martin; Altrichter, Herbert; Shiyan, Igor; Rodríguez Conde, María José; McNamara, Gerry; Herzog-Punzenberger, Barbara; Vorobyeva, Irina; Vangrando, Valentina; Gardezi, Sarah; O'Hara, Joe; Postlbauer, Alexandra; Milyaeva, Daria; Sergeevna, Natalia; Fulterer, Sieglinde; García, Adriana Gamazo; Sánchez, Lourdes – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
Whether voluntary or enforced, increasing patterns of migration have significantly impacted schools by making them linguistically, culturally, religiously and ethnically more diverse than ever before. This increasing diversity requires school leaders to put in place mechanisms to ensure equity of participation for migration background students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Styles, Cultural Relevance, Cultural Awareness
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Ramírez-Valdivia, Martha T.; Latorre, Paulina – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to identify any relation between the strategies defined in Chilean higher education institutions strategic planning and the compliance with both national accreditation criteria and the dimensions of an integrated internationalization approach, allowing to determine if standards and funding policies shape…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Factor Analysis, Universities
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Kingson, Eric R.; Alford, Keith A.; Kerr, Alexandra Leigh; Berner, Hannah Meryl; Gillespie, Jenna Lahmann; Mohn, Jessica Elizabeth; Ryan, Ellan Sophia; Simmons, Eric B. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2022
Appreciation of policy practice and its rudiments can be achieved beyond the walls of a university classroom, an understanding exemplified by Syracuse University School of Social Work's annual James L. Stone Legislative Policy Day (LPD). This article describes the school's approach and its creative use of the Onondaga County Legislative Chambers…
Descriptors: Universities, Social Work, Counselor Training, Activism
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Garavito-Munoz, Edwin – British Journal of Religious Education, 2022
This paper attempts to look at the Colombian case of secularisation, touching on the current state of religion and Religious Education from three perspectives: the law, the Catholic Church, and the wider society, to determine the challenges acquired by the gap developed between religion, religiosity and secular legislation. With this in mind, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Federal Legislation, Laws
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Huchting, Karen; McGowan-Robinson, Laura – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2022
The purpose of this narrative paper is to provide a reflective description of the formation, structure, and work of a diverse coalition dedicated to collaboratively informing educational policy advocacy in California. Specifically, this article offers an example of how community members from across settings mobilized into collective action to…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Policy Formation, Educational Policy, Advocacy
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Garrad, Traci-Ann; Vlcek, Samantha; Page, Angela – Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, 2022
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that can affect a person's ability to manage the complexities of varied social and environmental situations. This is particularly evident in the dynamic context of a school classroom. To assist students with ASD to navigate the complexities of Australian primary and secondary…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Evidence Based Practice, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities
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