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Evenbeck, Scott E.; Jackson, Barbara; Smith, Maggy; Ward, Dorothy – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2010
Organizing for Student Success draws on data from more than 50 institutions to provide insight into how university colleges are organized, the initiatives they house, and the practices in place to ensure their effectiveness. Twenty case studies from 15 different campuses offer an in-depth understanding of institutional practice. Ultimately,…
Descriptors: Models, College Programs, Success, Institutional Characteristics
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
Murphy, Dianna, Ed.; Evans-Romaine, Karen, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2016
A number of reports in the US have highlighted the country's need for improved second language skills for both national security and economic competitiveness. The Language Flagship program, launched in 2002, aims to raise expectations regarding language proficiency levels at the post-secondary level and to address structural gaps in the curricula…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Second Language Programs, Program Descriptions
Meyerson, Joel W., Ed.; Massy, William F., Ed. – 1995
This volume contains six essays on higher education which provide lessons and successful techniques for meeting the challenges of the future. The first essay, "Academic Renewal at Michigan" (James Duderstadt), describes the modern research university as a complex corporate conglomerate in danger of diluting its core business. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1986
Theory and research on the effectiveness of college operations are covered in 12 chapters. Current research on each topic is reviewed, with attention to conceptual and methodological issues, and an agenda for future research is offered. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: "Transformational Leadership in Colleges and Universities" (Kim S.…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, College Administration, College Programs, Court Litigation
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
2000
This document contains 35 papers from the program development section of an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The following are among the papers included: "Using Quality Indicators to Create World-Class Curricula: From Concept to Application" (Curtis Finch,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Bachelors Degrees, Benchmarking
Wilson, Arthur L., Ed.; Hayes, Elisabeth R., Ed. – 2000
This handbook presents the perspectives of more than 60 leading authorities on the study and practice of adult and continuing education. The following are among the papers included: "A Selective History of Adult Education Handbooks" (A.L. Wilson, E.R. Hayes); "The Concept of Critically Reflective Practice" (Stephen D.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning