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Download full textNewmann, Fred M. – 1987
Higher order thinking can be defined as interpreting, analyzing, and manipulating information to solve a challenging problem. This definition does not restrict higher order thinking to any level of cognitive ability or any class of people; it includes thinking involving both nonacademic and academic topics; and it is not limited to any particular…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cognitive Processes, High Schools, Instructional Improvement
Mayhew, Lewis B.; And Others – 1990
This book addresses the process of achieving, maintaining, and restoring academic and intellectual quality in American higher education. It argues that: (1) the fundamental mission of the undergraduate institution is to prepare learners through the use of words, numbers, and abstract concepts; and (2) public responsibility for the support of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Administrator Role, College Faculty
Floeter, Kristen; Klumpyan, Tamie – Campus Activities Programming, 1998
Student leaders and students actively involved in campus activities are offered suggestions for managing stress and for promoting their own physical, social, spiritual, intellectual, cultural, emotional, and environmental well-being. Advice includes acknowledging stresses, understanding behavior patterns, and making appropriate changes. A wellness…
Descriptors: College Students, Extracurricular Activities, Health Promotion, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBaird, Leonard – Planning for Higher Education, 1992
Educational leaders can take specific steps to improve academic achievement during college, including increasing and improving student-faculty interaction; providing an integrated, mind-opening general education core curriculum; promoting student extracurricular activity; encouraging students to live on campus; and permitting individualized course…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, College Curriculum, College Environment
Rhodes, Frank H. T. – Presidency, 1998
A university president emeritus offers lessons on effective leadership, focusing on five areas presidents often neglect: personal exhaustion; muddled or lack of priorities; relationships with family members and friends; personal isolation; and intellectual starvation. Suggested antidotes include serious reading, continued teaching, participation…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Presidents, Family (Sociological Unit)
PDF pending restorationCoomes, Michael D. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1992
Knowledge of student development theory has direct practical benefits for the college financial aid administrator. Developmental theories of Arthur Chickering and William Perry provide expectations for student behavior and suggest interventions for these aid-related areas: monitoring academic progress; student employment; student debt counseling;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, College Students
