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Download full textRowan-Kenyon, Heather T., Ed.; Cahalan, Margaret, Ed.; Yamashita, Mika, Ed. – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2018
There are large gaps in educational access and attainment between the rich and poor in the United States. In 2016, there was a 25 percentage-point gap in college enrollment rates for high school graduates in the top and bottom family income quartiles. Reflections on Connecting Research and Practice in College Access and Success Programs is the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Low Income Students, Disabilities
Direct linkJason Litzenberg Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2023
This book considers the past, present and future directions of innovation in US-based Intensive English Programs (IEPs), which provide international students with an immersion-style environment for learning academic English, prior to matriculating into a full-time college or university degree program. IEPs frequently serve as sites for pre-service…
Descriptors: Intensive Language Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English for Academic Purposes
Owens, Hilda F., Ed. – 1984
The seven chapters in this monograph were written to provide the student affairs professional with one professional resource among the many that are necessary to understand the legal aspects of professional responsibility in this area. "Risk Management and Professional Responsibility" (Hilda F. Owens) identifies some elements of…
Descriptors: College Programs, Higher Education, Legal Responsibility, Professional Occupations
Weiss, Larry J., Ed. – 1989
Twenty-six contributed papers address aspects of parents programs developed by colleges and universities. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Parents--Who Are They and What Do They Want?" (Clark Oldroyd); "Bringing Parents into the Institutional Family" (John Sayre); "Parents Programs and Philanthropy Along the…
Descriptors: College Programs, Family School Relationship, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Kendall, Jane C., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This publication is the second of three volumes of a resource book intended for anyone who wants to start, strengthen, or support a program or course that combines community or public service with learning. This volume, which is organized in four parts, provides a variety of practical issues and ideas for programs and courses that combine service…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Programs, Community Services, Course Descriptions
Kirby, Alan F., Ed.; Woodard, Dudley, Ed. – 1984
A discussion among student personnel administrators of how they had come to careers in student affairs, of the complexities of making choices for personal and professional development, and of advice they wished they had received from, or would like to give to, others in the field led to the development of this monograph. Articles include: (1)…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Choice, Career Development, College Programs
McGovern, Thomas V., Ed. – 1994
This volume synthesizes the scholarship and practice of the teaching and learning of psychology to create a practical handbook for faculty who work with undergraduates in this discipline. Section 1 establishes the framework with "Principles for Quality Undergraduate Psychology Programs" (Cynthia Baum, and others). Section 2 reviews seven critical…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Active Learning, College Instruction, College Outcomes Assessment
O'Donnell, Sheryl, Ed.; Shaver, Barbara, Ed. – 1981
Curriculum and instructional development approaches that are designed to promote scholarship on women are described in 22 articles. The articles, which are based on the Women's Scholarship Project at the University of North Dakota, concern: career planning, women's studies courses, professional studies, research, and the theoretical applications…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Planning, College Programs, Curriculum Development
Caldwell, Patricia; Scopinich, June – 1993
Materials from Southwestern College, the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges, and the California Research Bureau (CRB) are presented to help community college practitioners calculate curricular costs. First, a set of charts and forms from Southwestern College include the college's definition of curriculum efficiency,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Curriculum, College Programs, Community Colleges
PDF pending restorationHamcke, Adrienne J., Ed. – 1993
This document is a compendium of descriptions of 163 innovative programs and services for commuter college and university students from campuses across the nation. Entries include a brief description of the program, statement of goals, rationale, and pertinent background information; resources including staff, volunteer, and funding; evaluation…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Programs, Commuting Students, Data Collection
Strommer, Diane W., Ed. – 1993
This monograph offers seven case studies and supporting papers on university colleges and undergraduate divisions and their role in shaping the freshman college experience. An introductory section offers a preface, information on the authors and a first chapter "University Colleges Today" by Diane W. Strommer which examines the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Colleges, Case Studies, College Curriculum
Upcraft, M. Lee, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This monograph contains 14 papers on all aspects of college and university student and family orientation programs. The papers are: (1) "Orienting Today's Students" by M. Lee Upcraft; (2) "Theoretical Perspectives on Orientation" by Michael Dannells; (3) "Trends and Issues in Orientation Programs" by Gerry Strumpf and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Instruction, College Programs, College Role
Gardner, John N.; Van der Veer, Gretchen – 1998
The theme of this collection of 17 monographs is defined as the "senior year experience," that final period of the undergraduate experience leading to entry into graduate school or the workplace. Part 1, "Understanding the Unique Needs of Today's Seniors," examines the characteristics and needs of senior as they make the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Capstone Experiences, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Adelman, Clifford; Reuben, Elaine – 1983
A total of 117 descriptions of notable programs and promising practices related to 30 specific problems, practices, and goals in American postsecondary education are presented. The programs described are the result of three searches made by the staff of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, although neither the staff nor the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Articulation (Education), Career Education, College Freshmen
Merriam, Sharan B., Ed.; Cunningham, Phyllis M., Ed. – 1989
This handbook contains 48 articles on adult and continuing education. Part 1, which deals with adult education as a field of professional practice, includes articles on such topics as the social and historical contexts of adult and continuing education, adult education and international development, the voluntary sector and adult education, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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