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Showing 1 to 20 of 6668 for “"higher education"”.
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Veterans in higher education : an ethnographic study of veterans' higher education experience
This ethnographic study examined the higher education experience of six Global War on Terrorism combat Veterans, using two research questions: 1) How does a Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Veteran student perceive his/her educational experiences at a four year university? 2) What are the …
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Sustainable higher education institutions : sustainable development challenges of portuguese higher education institutions
Esta investigação insere-se no domínio do desenvolvimento sustentável das instituições de ensino superior (IES). O seu desenvolvimento foi aplicado às IES portuguesas. Atualmente são conhecidas diferentes práticas internacionais das IES face ao desenvolvimento sustentável. No entanto, em Portugal, …
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Higher education and migration
… takes an in-depth look at the pathways to higher education in the U.S., focusing on two key facets: college choice behavior of high school graduates, and internal migration patterns of young educated adults in the U.S. (high school graduates and college graduates). This dissertation should …
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Business models and higher education
… and the identification of the use within higher education of business models using interview data, cross-referenced to institutional success, measured by a variety of metrics, may allow inferences to be drawn about the relationship of the relative success of institutions and the role, if …
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Pragmatic constructivism in Higher Education
This critical review of the author’s educational research focuses on two long running points of difference in higher education. The first is whether to use an approach of instruction or construction. Should students be regarded as ‘empty vessels to be filled’ or ‘fires to be lit’ (e.g. Freire, …
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Technology Transfer in Higher Education
The integration of technology transfer in higher education has emerged as a crucial conduit for the proliferation of knowledge and innovation. Delving into this importance, this study first embarks on a comprehensive literature review to unravel the quintessential role of research and development …
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Internationalization of Korean Higher Education
"Regarding policy pressures, the government's international policy adoption was not a significant driving force for Korean universities to internationalize their campuses. It has been Korean universities that have filtered and favored particular interpretations of the policy goals and …
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Rethinking dance in higher education
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-04-06 without embargo terms
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Competency-based Learning in Higher Education
In 2004 the Victorian Office of Higher Education accredited a four-year undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Health Science (Myotherapy). This degree had stemmed from a three-year competency-based, Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy which is no longer accredited in the Vocational Education and Training …
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Higher education & personal change in prisoners
This thesis concerns the paradox of Higher Education in prisons - paradox because the aims, practices, ideals and ideologies of the former are recognisably at odds with those of the latter, whose concern is essentially 'human containment'. Based on a three-year classroom ethnography of men …
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Performance funding 2.0 in higher education
… and student debt at public institutions of higher education have grown substantially over the last decade, state governments have looked increasingly to performance funding programs to incentivize the efficient delivery of higher education, particularly by decreasing time-to-degree. Even …
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Data Envelopment Analysis in Higher Education
… of Data Envelopment Analysis (DBA) within a higher education institution in relation to alternative measurement approaches.<br/><br/>The first chapter presents an introduction to the higher education context with discussion of the issues affecting performance measurement. It also contains a …
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Assessment for learning in higher education
… examining closely the assessment practice in one higher education institution in the UK, the thesis presents a number of original contributions to the literature, knowledge base and practice of assessment for learning.<br/><br/>The thesis challenges the established literature in assessment for …
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Improving Qualitative Assessment In Higher Education
This dissertation considers in turn the role education plays in civil, democratic society; the role assessment plays in education; and the role theoretical constructs and cultural contexts play in assessment. Then, through literature review, document analysis, and interviews, the analysis …
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E-Learning in Jordanian Higher Education
… implementation of e-learning in Jordanian higher education from the perspectives of faculty members at selected Jordanian universities. Analyses of emailed survey data from 157 faculty members showed that the level of faculty knowledge of e-learning was good (M = 3.049) on the 4-point …
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