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Dula, Traci L. M. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
Precursor to the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), the Inter-University Committee on the Superior Student (ICSS) was active from 1957 to 1965 under the leadership of Joseph Cohen at the University of Colorado. As NCHC culminates fifty years of supporting collegiate honors education, its historical context needs to include the…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Black Colleges, College Role, Educational Development
Long, Michael H. – Language Teaching, 2015
After completing a law degree at the University of Birmingham when I was 20 and not really knowing what I wanted to do, except that it was not law, I became an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher accidentally through signing up as a volunteer with the British United Nations Association (BUNA), roughly equivalent to the US Peace Corps.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Teachers
Trujillo, Tina – National Education Policy Center, 2011
"Charting New Territory: Tapping Charter Schools to Turn Around the Nation's Dropout Factories" argues for a more prominent role for charter operators in turning around perennially low-performing high schools. However, the report's ultimate findings and conclusions are out of proportion to the strength of the research evidence on school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Experiments, Dropouts
Hoffman, James V. – Research in the Teaching of English, 2012
This essay raises concerns over the future direction for educational aid designed to promote literacy in developing countries. The essay focuses on the EGRA (Early Grade Reading Assessment) initiative in Africa. At one level, this essay challenges the claims for empirical and research-based support for the EGRA. At a broader level, this essay…
Descriptors: Expertise, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Developing Nations
Bolden Crockett, Anitra – ProQuest LLC, 2017
African American superintendents in the United States supervise more than 300 school districts, 2% of the more than 14,000 school districts in the nation (NABSE, 2011). The paucity of available literature, however, fails to acknowledge the African American superintendents' practices and perception of the role(s) they employ during the collective…
Descriptors: Superintendents, African Americans, Administrator Role, Collective Bargaining
Boser, Ulrich – Center for American Progress, 2013
Far too often, school leaders fail to consider how technology might dramatically improve teaching and learning, and schools frequently acquire digital devices without discrete learning goals and ultimately use these devices in ways that fail to adequately serve students, schools, or taxpayers. Because of a growing debate concerning spending on…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Outcomes of Education, National Surveys
Shah, Ritesh – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
Motivations to reform curriculum in post-conflict, or post-colonial states are often driven by the need to (re) construct a cohesive and publicly legitimated national identity that is starkly different to that which existed prior. This paper explores the context behind such action in the Timor-Leste (East Timor) and some challenges which policy…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Nationalism, Conflict, Educational Change
Pérez, Zenen Jaimes; Hussey, Hannah – Center for American Progress, 2014
Recently, sexual assault on college campuses has received increased national attention. In its first report, the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault highlighted steps colleges and universities can take to curb the number of sexual assaults on campuses. For the first time, the U.S. Department of Education has released the…
Descriptors: Rape, Violence, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation
Yazan, Bedrettin – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
In many developing countries, women's education has been a highly prominent issue which is not adequately addressed in their education policies. The participation of female populations in education in most of the developing regions of the world has been much lower than the participation of their male counterparts [UNICEF. 2005a. "Report Card…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Gender Bias
Bello, Hassan; Abdullah, Nor Athiyah – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2022
It has been extensively researched how satisfied students are with the vast majority of goods and services offered by educational institutions of higher learning. However, there appears to be a paucity of research on students' satisfaction with the facilities and services of computer-based assessment (CBA) centers in higher education institutions,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Satisfaction
Adam, Michelle – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
The Pew Research Center asked an important question earlier this year when it embarked on an ambitious project called Is College Worth It?: College Presidents, Public Assess Value, Quality and Mission of Higher Education. While most today believe that getting a good education is key to success in the society, this report revealed surprising issues…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Presidents, Paying for College, Outcomes of Education
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2009
More than 800,000 American children spend some time in foster care each year, most because they have been victims of child abuse or neglect. The families of 3.5 million children are investigated or assessed for alleged maltreatment each year, and more than 900,000 children are determined to be victims--three-quarters of them neglected, and…
Descriptors: Social Services, Child Welfare, Administrative Organization, Organizational Change
Wise, Gregory – ProQuest LLC, 2017
English learners (EL) account for approximately 10 percent of American public school students and a quarter of all public school students in the state of California. This student group, while already a sizable minority, is also the fastest growing group of students across the state and nation. Therefore, ways that public school systems meet, or…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Social Justice, Instructional Leadership, English Language Learners
Zaghi, Arash Esmaili; Reis, Sally M.; Renzulli, Joseph S.; Kaufman, James C. – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2017
A critical need exists in engineering education to draw on the non-traditional divergent thinking and risk-taking necessary for making radical technological breakthroughs. Literature suggests that individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) characteristics demonstrate unparalleled creativity and risk-taking potential. While…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Thinking, Risk, Innovation
Frana, Philip L.; Rice, Stacy – Honors in Practice, 2017
James Madison University (JMU) and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) teamed up in April 2014 to build a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between their respective four-year and two-year honors programs. This MOU is the basis for the continued work between these two institutions to collaborate and find research to assist other interested…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Honors Curriculum, College Transfer Students, Transfer Policy