The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates past efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with different administrative arrangements for risk assessment, and evaluates various proposals to modify procedures. The book's ...
Retention and graduation have become major issues for the academy, as higher education finds itself under increasing scrutiny from governments, the media, consumers, and the courts. All are concerned with achieving greater diversity and access while controlling costs but not sacrificing quality - a seeming impossibility. This volume presents some ...
Student engagement in now part of the higher education lexicon in North America. This volume explains the value and relevance of the construct, with an emphasis on how results from the national Survey of Student Engagement have been used for various purposes. Because process indicators are often used as proxy measures for institutional quality, ...
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Institute of Medicine, Committee on Research Development and Institutional Strengthening for Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in Developing Countries, Christopher P Howson (Editor)
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are increasing in epidemic proportions in developing countries. CVD already accounts for almost 10 per cent of the developing world's burden of disease and is likely to become the developing world's leading cause of death. There is reason for hope, however, given that huge potential exists for applying R&D to control ...
America's Christian colleges have a long history of providing educations for students of all religious denominations. This reference identifies the best of the best: Christian colleges and universities with as few as 500 students to more than 10,000, all with quality programs for students. Especially good for students seeking a school with more ...
An easy-to-use guide to the top-rated colleges and universities with below average costs. Information is based on the annual survey of 1,784 colleges and universities. Two-page profiles on each college, hundreds of beautiful photographs, completely indexed with degrees, majors, and men's and women's scholarship sports. -- Enables parents and ...
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Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Role of Institutional Review Boards in Health Services Research Data Privacy Protection, Division of Health Care Services
New technologies have revolutionized survey research processes and how researchers and institutions of higher education college gain information from subjects. At the same time, it seems that increasing demands for accountability are forcing colleges and universities to conduct more high-quality surveys to gauge institutional effectiveness. In ...
In this volume, the editor and authors take a proactive, strategic stance by proposing a roadmap for the reinvention of institutional research. A decade ago, in volume 104 of "New Directions for Institutional Research", M. W. Peterson proposed that the future would challenge institutional research not only to help improve institutions but also to ...
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