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Download full textMestenhauser, Josef A., Ed.; And Others – 1988
The 18 author contributed papers examine orientation programs for foreign college and university students studying in the United States and for U.S. students preparing to study abroad. The marriage of theory and practice in addressing the two major issues of: (1) lack of agreement on standards for orientation; and (2) the common lack of student…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Culture, Foreign Students
State Univ. of New York, Albany. School of Education. – 1987
Attempting to address the unique situation of beginning teachers and respond to increasing interest in teacher training, certification, support systems, and teacher empowerment, the Select Seminar for Beginning Teachers drew together 11 new teachers, 4 returning teachers, and 5 administrators from 16 school districts in upstate New York. This…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Needs Assessment
Hord, Shirley M. Ed.; And Others – 1985
Participants in the "Beyond the Looking Glass" Conference established a set of objectives for each of the three teacher education constituencies: practice, policy, and research. The teacher education continuum of preservice, induction, and inservice served as one dimension of a framework for structuring dialogue, discussion, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Inservice Teacher Education, Policy Formation, Preservice Teacher Education
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
This program and proceedings document outlines the schedule of presentations at a 1-day conference on college student athletes' first year experiences. The schedule is followed by abstracts of 16 presentations. The presentations address the following topics: standards of the National Collegiate Athletics Association; sports counseling using…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Freshmen, Coping, Counseling Techniques
Hall, Gene E. – 1986
A synthesis is presented of the outcomes of the "Beyond the Looking Glass" Conference which brought together educational practitioners, policy makers, and researchers to make concrete suggestions for what should be done to improve the conditions, processes, and effects of teacher education. Three major points of agreement formed the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Change, Inservice Teacher Education, Policy Formation
Connell, Charles W., Ed.; Gardner, Lynn J., Ed. – 1982
Developments and issues in academic advising are addressed in this collection of program abstracts from the 1982 conference of the National Academic Advising Association. Summaries are provided of the general sessions, preconference workshops, conference workshops, focus and special sessions, topical sessions, and paper sessions. In addition to…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Administrative Policy, Adult Students, Change Agents
Polson, Cheryl J., Ed. – 1985
Proceedings of the 1984 National Conference on Academic Advising are presented, including three main addresses, brief overviews of workshops, detailed outlines of topical sessions, and abstracts of 58 conference papers. The conference highlighted advisors' involvement in critical teaching functions. General session titles and authors are as…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Career Counseling, College Freshmen
Washington Univ., Seattle. Center for Instructional Development and Research. – 1986
Materials from a spring 1986 teaching assistant (TA) planning meeting held at the University of Washington are presented. The training meeting was sponsored by the Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR). Contents include: a list of workshops; a timeline for planning TA orientation activities; information on CIDR print materials,…
Descriptors: Conferences, Consultation Programs, Course Evaluation, Foreign Students
