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Allen, Mary J. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2006
General education is the core of the undergraduate experience. It provides a lasting foundation for students' future academic, civil, cultural, economic, and social lives. Additionally, as part of most general education curricula, general education as well as first-year experience programs are becoming virtually universal in colleges and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Holding Power, General Education, Higher Education
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
This booklet presents a revision of the American Council on Education policy statement regarding sexual harassment in light of legal developments that have occurred since the original publication of the statement in December 1986. Among the changes in the statement is the inclusion of a non-exhaustive list of conduct which has great potential to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Colleges, Court Litigation, Federal Legislation
Machovec, George S. – 1986
This digest presents a reprint of an article which examines management principles that should be considered when implementing library end user searching programs. A brief discussion of specific implementation issues includes needs assessment, hardware, software, training, budgeting, what systems to offer, publicity and marketing, policies and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Software, Evaluation, Library Administration
Boyer, Kathy; And Others – 1993
This policy paper summarizes the research on change and effective staff development to drive an outcomes-based, results oriented approach to increase student success. The paper provides a discussion of the following ideas necessary for practice: (1) participants must be involved in planning and developing training; (2) training must be relevant,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Bolton, John K. – 1990
In 1990-91, the Rockville Campus (RC) of Montgomery College (MC) in Maryland, revised its English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program to make it more responsive to student needs and begin offering ESL courses for institutional credit in fall 1991. Faculty at MC's Takoma Park Campus (TPC), however, objected to RC's proposed changes, particularly to…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Planning, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Litowitz, Len S.; Sanders, Mark – 1999
The licensure requirements for technology teachers vary widely from state to state. The goals of the alternative teacher licensure movement have been to allow more individuals to become certified as teachers more quickly and to attract more people with life experiences into teaching without the necessary completion of traditional undergraduate…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Competency Based Teacher Education, Definitions, Educational History