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Download full textGodfrey, Paul C., Ed.; Grasso, Edward T., Ed. – 2000
The articles in this volume, 15th in a series of monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines, show how student learning can be enhanced by joining management theory with experience and management analysis with action. Service learning prepares business students to see new dimensions of relevance in their coursework, and it provides…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Education, College Students, Higher Education
Pence, James L., Ed.; Haynes, Evelyn, Ed. – 1992
The first part of this monograph contains three essays that define faculty development and describe development activities, including library-related initiatives. "Using Faculty Development to Meet the Challenges of Higher Education" (Martin Tessmer) describes how development activities can help college educators meet teaching, professional, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Educational Administration, Educational Development
Hagel, Karla, Comp.; And Others – 1991
At a conference in 1988 the Maricopa Community Colleges (Arizona) began the process that resulted in development of the Ocotillo Action/Research Groups to study the development of educational technologies in the community college setting. This year-end report presents the following reports of the various working groups, which summarize activities…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administration, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Chickering, Arthur; And Others – 1981
The challenges and reforms facing the modern American college having to deal with an increasingly diverse range of students--in terms of age, educational purposes, background and preparation, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity--are discussed. Thirteen chapters by professors in the arts, sciences, and professions discuss implications for their…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Style, College Administration
Diamond, Robert M., Ed.; Adam, Bronwyn E., Ed. – 1995
This report presents the statements of discipline-based professional associations and accrediting agencies on professional recognition of college faculty for their varied contributions in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service. An introductory section describes the evolution of a nationwide effort to open dialogue on faculty priorities…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Art Education
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1996
This volume contains 10 papers on higher education theory and research. "Variation Among Academic Disciplines: Analytical Frameworks and Research" (John M. Braxton and Lowell L. Hargens) reviews work on disciplinary differences and proposed conceptual schemes for explaining these differences. "Public Policy and Public Trust: The Use…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Doctoral Programs, Educational Finance
Jones, Lee, Ed. – 2000
This book offers 26 papers by black male scholars that examine the experience of being a black man in the academy and demonstrate what black men have contributed to the scholarly enterprise. After a Foreword by the editor and an Introduction by Lee Jones, in Part 1, "Characteristics of the Academy," includes eight papers that cover…
Descriptors: Athletics, Black Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Culture
