After three years of charter school assessment, the EPIC model, which uses state test results in reading and math to measure the impact of a school on its students over time, is beginning to show emerging trends and common threads among high-performing charter schools in the United States, Out of the 22 award-winning schools, ten have previously won EPIC awards.
... prep and connections to post-secondary education school-wide.". EPIC is not just about rewarding ed...
The National Institutes of Health has placed in the docket for public review and comment the Draft Supplementary Risk Assessment for the NEIDL, which is intended to respond to the concerns of the local community, courts, the National Research Council, and the general public regarding possible impacts of the laboratory. The purpose of the Draft Supplementary Risk Assessment for the NEIDL is to present the human health consequences of a potential accidental event or malevolent action resulting in the release of a pathogen or loss of biological containment at the NEIDL. Furthermore, this risk assessment compares the potential public health consequences resulting from the potential loss of biocontainment in a range of population density areas that represent urban, suburban, and rural enviro...
... has been constructed; the BU Corporate Education Center in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts; and the BU ...
The Mortgage Bankers Association is expanding its educational opportunities by offering both MBA members and nonmembers a new advanced designation of Certified Residential Underwriting for residential real estate. Beginning in 2005, this program will promote continued education for lending professionals focused on this segment of the industry. The CRU designation can be accomplished with participation in the continued education of underwriting by ensuring competency regarding ongoing subject matter through general assessment knowledge, the development of audit plans and targeted training.
Even healthy college students improve their fitness levels with a class that focuses on exercise and diet. But although they learn about both, it's a lot harder to get them to eat properly than it is to convince them to be more active. That's according to William J. Vincent, director of the Brigham Young University General Education Wellness program. He bases the assessment on pre- and post-class surveys administered to students who take the health education class, which is mandatory as part of the BYU's basic education requirements. Most universities offer such classes as options; BYU's must-take aspect makes the class somewhat unique, he says.
This study addresses a campus institutional effectiveness (IE) process and its influence on faculty and staff. Although a comprehensive, rational IE process appeals to campus leaders, this study found that it creates significant faculty and staff challenges. Campus leaders, faculty, and staff differ in their (a) knowledge and support of IE; (b) participation in IE process activities; and (c) perceptions of IE strengths, weaknesses, and usefulness. Needed IE data are typically available to campus stakeholders except for student learning outcomes data across all academic programs. Administrators, faculty, and staff agree that a lack of time is the major IE impediment. IE expectations may be too challenging for campus participants, and faculty and staff need more institutional support to a...
... and accountability in higher education have expanded over the past two decades, campuses ... expanding campus strategic planning, assessment, and evaluation capacity remains a fundamental foc... results for the following: the mandated general education assessment examination, major field stud...
This paper has two objectives. The first is to advocate that "action research" be considered as a methodology for research in accounting education. The second is to describe an on-going Action Research Project (the Project), the purpose of which has been to increase the academic success rates of educationally disadvantaged students accounting and business courses. The Project is part of an Alternative Admissions Program (AAP) located at a mid-sized public university in the Northeast United States. The Project has involved a small sub-set of students in the AAP who expressed an interest in majoring in business or accounting. The Project description covers a period of eight years during which time the authors engaged in a cyclical series of action steps including planning, acting, observi...
... purpose of the AAP was to increase the general level of academic success of educationally disadva..., but also through the completion of assessment forms required by the staff of the AAP and the Col...
...PART 668: STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS. Subpart A: General. 668.10 - Direct a...
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