Distance higher education is an important component of the Chinese higher education.How to enhance the quality of distance higher education is one of the key issues to be addressed in the research areas of distance ed...Distance higher education is an important component of the Chinese higher education.How to enhance the quality of distance higher education is one of the key issues to be addressed in the research areas of distance education and higher education.As a crucial step to quality improvement,the constitution of accreditation system in distance higher education balances the benefits of all parties involved.This paper explores the American accreditation system of higher education and distance education and concludes with suggestions for the constitution of the Chinese quality assurance system:1)establishing third-party institutions to share part of the government roles;2)constituting the accreditation system;3)setting up appropriate standards;4)publicizing results of quality assurance work;and 5)building internal quality assurance mechanism.This paper is aimed to provide some reference to the constitution of accreditation system of distance higher education in China,facilitate the solution of quality problems in distance education,and promote the continuous improvement and development of distance education in China.展开更多
What is bilingual education? Why is it an important issue in the U. S.? How did bilingual education develop in the U. S.? What are variations on the bilingual concept? What is its present situation? I became more and ...What is bilingual education? Why is it an important issue in the U. S.? How did bilingual education develop in the U. S.? What are variations on the bilingual concept? What is its present situation? I became more and more interested in bilingual education in the U. S. The prefix bi- of the word bilingual implies that two languages are used. The Bilingual Education Act (Title Ⅶ, Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in the U. S. makes this explicit:展开更多
文摘Distance higher education is an important component of the Chinese higher education.How to enhance the quality of distance higher education is one of the key issues to be addressed in the research areas of distance education and higher education.As a crucial step to quality improvement,the constitution of accreditation system in distance higher education balances the benefits of all parties involved.This paper explores the American accreditation system of higher education and distance education and concludes with suggestions for the constitution of the Chinese quality assurance system:1)establishing third-party institutions to share part of the government roles;2)constituting the accreditation system;3)setting up appropriate standards;4)publicizing results of quality assurance work;and 5)building internal quality assurance mechanism.This paper is aimed to provide some reference to the constitution of accreditation system of distance higher education in China,facilitate the solution of quality problems in distance education,and promote the continuous improvement and development of distance education in China.
文摘What is bilingual education? Why is it an important issue in the U. S.? How did bilingual education develop in the U. S.? What are variations on the bilingual concept? What is its present situation? I became more and more interested in bilingual education in the U. S. The prefix bi- of the word bilingual implies that two languages are used. The Bilingual Education Act (Title Ⅶ, Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in the U. S. makes this explicit: