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Direct linkWeerts, David J.; Sandman, Lorilee R. – Review of Higher Education, 2008
Recent reforms in the Carnegie Foundation classification system and regional accreditation standards have fueled momentum for community engagement in higher education. This study employs a knowledge-flow conceptual framework to identify barriers and facilitators that influence the adoption of an engagement agenda at land-grant and urban research…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Classification, Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education
Ch'i, Hsi-sheng – 1997
This volume traces the history of a collaboration between the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and China's National Center for Education Development Research. The collaboration, which began in 1988, was initiated to conduct a comparative study of education in the two countries through information exchanges and seminars.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational History
Download full textLeach, Eugene E. – CURRENT, 1983
During the first two decades of radio broadcasting in the United States, commercial broadcasters persuaded federal regulators, much of the public, and many educators that there was little need for independent noncommercial stations. Educational programming could be entrusted to "cooperation" between commercial hosts and guest educators.…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Cooperation, Educational Radio, Federal Regulation
Chicago United, IL. – 1985
This paper addresses a decline in educational standards and discusses the role of curriculum. After defining the problem, it presents the evidence, pointing to the following factors: (1) decreasing student achievement after the fourth or fifth grade; (2) a curriculum that reflects and perpetuates this decline, e.g., by setting course requirements…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Community Coll. System. – 1989
The Commission to Study the Future of Community Colleges in Kentucky was established in 1988 to review the accomplishments of the Kentucky Community College System (KCCS), to assess its current status, and to provide direction for the KCCS towards the year 2000. Developed as part of a collection of articles and reports on the KCCS for use by the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Role, Community Colleges
Kershaw, Amy – 2000
To address the growing demand for high-quality child care, many communities are seeking to develop specialized child care facilities funds to build new, and improve the quality of existing, child care programs. This toolkit is designed for policymakers, nonprofit leaders, child care providers, and others interested in increasing access to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Finance Reform
