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Cook, Alicia Skinner – International Education, 2008
This article describes a service-learning project implemented at Colorado State University to assist a South African non-profit organization in enhancing their music education program, while at the same time advancing the international perspectives of American students in a senior capstone course on program development and grant writing. In the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Program Development, Skill Development, Grantsmanship
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Zuniga, Ximena, Ed.; Nagda, Biren A., Ed.; Chesler, Mark, Ed.; Cytron-Walker, Adena, Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2007
Intergroup dialogue (IGD), the focus of this monograph, is one of several dialogue and deliberation practices currently being used on college and university campuses in the United States. The introductory chapter introduces IGD, its historical roots, its location among similar diversity education practices, and its core components. The subsequent…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Educational Benefits, Program Effectiveness
McKenzie, Ann; Hodge, Robyn – ARIS Resources Bulletin, 1999
Employee development programs (EDPs) are workplace adult education programs which focus on encouraging personal growth and improving confidence and self-esteem through the provision of leisure-based programs. EDPs are determined by employee needs, offered free of charge, and conducted outside working hours. EDPs were first implemented in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Cohen, Ruth; Chetley, Andrew – 1994
This Spanish-language publication reflects the philosophy and support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation for early childhood care and development. It highlights different approaches to early childhood care and development and explains why the foundation believes that investing in early childhood is one of the best ways of building a brighter,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Development, Child Welfare, Community Involvement
Cohn, Ruth; Chetley, Andrew – 1994
This publication reflects the philosophy and support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation for early childhood care and development. It highlights different approaches to early childhood care and development and explains why the foundation believes that investing in early childhood is one of the best ways of building a brighter, better future. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Development, Child Welfare, Community Involvement
King, Edith W.; Houlton, David – 1984
The multiethnic situation in American schools in the 1980s can be compared to that of Britain in the 1960s, when a sudden influx of non-English-speaking children in great numbers taxed the resources of an educational system dedicated to the English language. Arguments favoring multicultural education are increasing in both countries, and the need…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Support, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Pluralism