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Nocon, Honorine; Nilsson, Monica; Cole, Michael – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2004
On the basis of extensive research on university-community collaborative education projects in southern California and southern Sweden, this article proposes two roles and a research strategy and approach as elements essential to sustained collaboration. Recognition and fulfillment of the roles of "spider" and "firesoul," while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Community Relationship, Ethnography, Educational Anthropology
Melnick, Rob; Waits, Mary Jo; Rex, Tom – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1998
Research in two inner-city areas of Phoenix (Arizona) and its surrounding suburbs documents the importance of analyzing a metropolitan area's economy from the perspective of industry clusters before determining economic development policies and strategies for urban revitalization. In addition, the project reveals lessons about the role of…
Descriptors: College Role, Economic Development, Higher Education, Inner City

Eaton, Gertrude M.; Miyares, Javier – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
A discussion of program review at the multicampus University of Maryland focuses on the role of the central system administration in providing a framework that encourages integration of program review into institutional planning and budgeting activities. Systemwide program review procedures are outlined, and the complicating factor of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning, Financial Problems
Bates, A. W. – 1984
This position paper explores the potential of new technology to radically alter both distance education and conventional higher education. It hypothesizes that technological developments could even lead to the demise of the conventional campus-based higher education institution by the year 2000. Instead, people of all ages would be able to study…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
Raggatt, Peter, Ed.; Harry, Keith, Ed. – 1984
This volume, the first of two, documents a selection of current worldwide research and activities and new developments in the area of distance-taught higher education. An introductory editorial summarizes the current status of distance teaching in higher education and identifies trends drawn from the reports collected. Details of origins, size,…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Case Studies, Distance Education, Educational Radio
Bates, A. W. – 1981
This paper describes how audiovisual media have influenced the way students have learned--or failed to learn--at the Open University at Walton Hall. The paper is based in part on results from a large body of research that has repeatedly demonstrated the interrelatedness of a wide range of factors in determining how or what students learn from…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Audiovisual Aids, Distance Education, Educational Radio

Taylor, James C.; And Others – Distance Education, 1986
Describes a study which examined relationships between academic persistence and turn-around time, feedback interval, and contacts between student and institution beyond assignment submissions at Allama Iqbal Open University, Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Open Learning Institute of British Columbia, Tasmanian State Institute of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Cross Cultural Studies, Distance Education, Dropout Rate
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1988
This document concerns the operation and evaluation of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) program. Included with a general letter addressing the operation of the program are several appendices which attempt to answer the questions put forth in the letter. These appendices include considerations of: (1)…
Descriptors: College Science, Engineering, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology
Amidei, Rosemary – 1989
Since 1968, the California Sea Grant program has operated to produce scientific research oriented to solving problems in marine resource development, management, and conservation. This document decribes the facets of this program, their accomplishments and goals. Discussions include: (1) historical notes; (2) coastal governance; (3) coastal…
Descriptors: Animals, Conservation (Environment), Educational History, Environmental Education
Holmberg, Borje – 1985
A questionnaire developed in six languages--English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Spanish--was mailed to more than 1,500 organizations known by the FernUniversitat in West Germany to be connected in some way to distance education, correspondence education, or home study. The study was undertaken as a response to the lack of systematic…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Continuous Progress Plan, Correspondence Study, Developing Nations

Bartholomew, Calvin H. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1987
Describes the development of the Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center (ACERC), which is a cooperative project of Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, and 25 governmental and industrial research laboratories. Discusses the research objectives, the academic program, the industrial relations and technology transfer program,…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, College Science, Engineering Education, Government School Relationship
Zwana, Japhet M. – 1988
This report outlines current concerns and interests affecting non-white students in the State University of New York (SUNY) system and proposes initiatives to redress the historical inequilibrium of non-white student achievement. Data were gathered from scholarly publications, reports, and position papers, and at conferences. The following issues…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Students
Lasley, Paul, Comp.; And Others – 1986
The 12 states comprising the North Central Region have been affected in similar ways by the farm crisis of the 1980s. Statewide surveys show sizeable proportions of farm operations that are experiencing moderately high levels of financial stress. The problems caused by chronic stress on family structure and functioning, the loss of mainstreet…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Action, Community Problems, Economic Status