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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Public two-year colleges"”.
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Faculty Engagement with Learning Outcomes Assessment: A Study of Public Two-Year Colleges in Colorado
… and/or practices. This issue emerged in two primary ways within the Scholarship of Assessment (SoA) body of literature: (1) as a misalignment of learning outcomes assessment practices between faculty and their institutions, and (2) as a lack of transparency concerning what faculty are, in …
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Policy Implications Concerning Distance Education as Perceived by Faculty at Public Two-Year Colleges in Georgia
… traditional classroom setting. Competition among public institutions of higher learning, as well as from the private sector, is also driving the movement toward distance education. Administrators are seeking ways to meet the educational needs of the diverse student population that is increasingly …
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A comparison of expenditure patterns in public two-year colleges with declining, steady, or increasing budgets
… in the actual internal allocation activity of public two-year colleges. First, this study examined whether there was a significant difference in the way that public two-year colleges with declining, steady, or increasing budgets apportioned their funds in each of six major expenditure …
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Accessibility, affordability, and flexibility: The relationship of selected state sociopolitical factors and the participation of adults in public two-year colleges
… factors relate to adult participation in public two-year colleges, and assessed how Montana compares to those states enrolling the most adult students. Utilizing archived data from the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS), …
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Accessibility, affordability, and flexibility: The relationship of selected state sociopolitical factors and the participation of adults in public two-year colleges
… factors relate to adult participation in public two-year colleges, and assessed how Montana compares to those states enrolling the most adult students. Utilizing archived data from the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS), …
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The use of environmental factors to differentiate public two-year colleges on the basis of collective-bargaining status and bargaining-agent affiliation
… variables could be used to differentiate public two-year colleges on the basis of collective-bargaining status and bargaining-agent affiliation. The following null hypotheses were tested: 1. There are no differences between states with collective bargaining in community colleges and those …
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A descriptive comparison of public two-year college residence hall programs
The purpose of this study was to describe public, two-year college residence hall programs, and compare them to nearby public, four-year college and university residence hall programs. Program comparisons were made using criteria of stated purposes, educational programs and services offered, …
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Criteria for Initial Appointment in Rank and Subsequent Promotion for Faculty in Two-Year Public Colleges
<p>The growth of community colleges over the last five decades has not been met with a commensurate expansion of knowledge about policy development. In order to address this gap in knowledge, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of rank among two-year colleges in the United States; to …
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Group Attributes and Group Processes: An Inferential Analysis of Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors For Quality Enhancement Plan Development
… of a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) at public, two-year colleges as part of the institutional accreditation process managed by the Commission on Colleges for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). To date, no published studies have been conducted which examined any …
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A comparison of selected residential and non-residential public two-year college music programs' fulfillment of NASM guidelines for specific aspects of music in general education
… between selected residential and non-residential public two-year colleges in the United States. The comparison was made by conducting a nationwide mail survey to see how well each college fulfills ten guidelines for specific aspects of music education for the non-major. These guidelines were …
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A comparison of staff development programs in two-year colleges with and without formalized staff development plans
… and informal staff development programs in public two-year colleges in the United States, and (2) to determine whether or not the existence of formal staff development programs relates to expenditure for staff development activities. The current status of the nature and extent of staff …
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LIMITATIONS IN DIVERSIFYING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS: SEEKING PREDICTORS FOR PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT SUCCESS
… when compared to the general population, public two-year colleges, and the professional association. Factors with a positive influence on NPTE(R) pass rate percentage for all PTA programs included public institutions, longer total length of program, and having previously earned a …
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Non-punitive grading practices in the two-year college
… grading practices and policies in the two-year college remained highly uncertain due to a lack of substantive research. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to answer the following research questions: (1) How many public and private two-year colleges are currently using non-punitive …