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The Collegiate Learning Assessment
The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) is a measure of how much students' critical thinking improves after attending college or university. This report illustrates how institutions can set their own standards on the CLA using a method that is appropriate for the CLA's unique characteristics.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Common Battlefield Training for Airmen
Air Force members who do not routinely cross a defended perimeter when deployed may not have received sufficient training for doing so when they need to. The authors conducted surveys and interviews to determine the kinds of experiences airmen have had "outside the wire," worked with subject-matter ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Recommendations for Improving the Recruiting and Hiring of Los Angeles Firefighters
by Jefferson P. Marquis • Nelson Lim • Louis T. Mariano • Chaitra M. Hardison • Lisa Miyashiro • Robert Bozick • Kirsten M. Keller • Leslie Adrienne Payne • Jacqueline A. Mauro • Gillian Oak • Lisa Saum-ManningReviews the Los Angeles Fire Department's hiring practices as of June 2014 and outlines a recommended new firefighter hiring process that is intended to increase efficiency of the hiring process, bolster the evidence supporting the validity of it, and make it more transparent and inclusive.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015