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Download full textFonseca, James W., Ed. – 1985
Six papers on graduate education are presented from the George Mason University (Virginia) annual conference on nontraditional interdisciplinary programs. The papers and authors include: "Management Education: A Non-Traditional Graduate Program for the Non-for-Profit Manager" (Susan Calkin); "'Pracademics': the Role of the Adjunct…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Education, Continuing Education, Corporate Education
Reithlingshoefer, Sally J., Ed. – 1992
This volume presents the proceedings of a conference on higher education non-traditional and interdisciplinary programs. The papers are grouped into 13 categories. The categories, together with some of the topics treated by the papers grouped within them, are as follows: (1) "Assessing Experiential Learning" (integration into a…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Development, Cultural Influences, Educational Assessment
Moreno, Dan, Ed.; And Others – 1977
Among the most crucial economic cutbacks were those directed at the minimal gains Asians, Blacks, Chicanos, and Native American communities had attained in an intensive ten-year struggle for education, particularly the Ethnic Studies programs. Consisting of three panels, the symposium critically examined the common base that Ethnic Studies…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Conferences, Educational Change
McGuinness, Kathleen, Comp. – 1986
A total of 50 papers are presented from the George Mason University (Virginia) fourth annual conference on nontraditional and interdisciplinary programs. They are grouped in the following major categories: adjunct faculty, corporate/university linkages, experiential learning, graduate nontraditional programs, interdisciplinary program issues,…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Adult Students, College Curriculum, College Science
Reithlingshoefer, Sally J., Ed. – 1991
These selected papers on non-traditional and interdisciplinary programs in higher education take as their theme, developing effective interdisciplinary instruction. The first set of papers which address teaching in interdisciplinary programs describe particular programs, address teaching theory, and examine interdisciplinary teaching in connection…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Fonseca, James W., Ed. – 1984
Fourteen papers on adult education are presented from the George Mason University (Virginia) first annual conference on nontraditional, interdisciplinary, and external degree programs. The papers and authors include: "The American Experiential Learning Tradition: Educating the Whole Person" (Walter Raubicheck); "Experience,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Students, Bachelors Degrees, Business
Fonseca, James W., Comp. – 1985
Sixty-one papers are presented from the George Mason University (Virginia) annual conference on nontraditional interdisciplinary programs. They are grouped in the following categories, with three to ten papers per category: adjunct faculty; corporate/university linkages; experiential learning; graduate non-traditional programs; interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Adult Education, Consultants, Continuing Education
Reithlingshoefer, Sally J., Ed.; Sanford, James F., Ed. – 1988
A total of 72 papers on nontraditional and interdisciplinary programs are presented in 11 tracks: (1) Assessing Learning Outcomes and Providing Quality in Non-Traditional Degree Programs (8 papers, including "Assessing the Quality of a Non-Traditional Degree Program: A Case Study," by Solomon Deressa and Mary Sue Simmons); (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Bachelors Degrees, College Curriculum, College Programs
Cox, Roy, Ed. – 1979
The roles of cooperation and choice in higher education are discussed in papers compiled from the 1977 Annual Conference of the University Teaching Methods Unit of the University of London. Financial constraints, a movement away from narrow specialist courses, effectiveness of interdisciplinary courses, instructional innovations, and changes in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, College Students, Cooperative Programs
Alliance, an Association for Alternative Degree Programs. – 1991
Workshops and presentations in this volume are as follows: "Learning the Language of Learning" (Firestone); "Self-Study Examination Program of Higher Education for Adults in China" (Wang, Smith); "Using the Principles and Process of Adult Learning to Develop an Award Level Program for the Education of Adult Educators: An…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
These proceedings are comprised of 25 presentations divided into 5 "tracks." Section I, Diversity and Social Justice, has "Free to Learn with Body and Soul Jazz Divas, Beat Poets, and Street Preachers" (Ferrante, Belcastro); "Clashing Cultures in Our Classrooms" (Gabrich, Rothenberger); "Encouraging Adults in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students, Articulation (Education)
Adult Higher Education Alliance. – 2001
These proceedings included the following papers: "The Language of Interdisciplinary Programs or 'What Do You Mean By That?'" (Ezzell, Turner); "When Mothers Become Students: Impact on Children and the Family System" (Burns, Gabrick); "Multi-Discipline Theorizing Meets the Blackboard: The Evolving Discourse Community"…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Sanford, James F., Comp.; Reithlingshoefer, Sally J., Ed. – 1990
Alternative approaches to learning are the subject of these approximately 50 papers on non-traditional and interdisciplinary programs in higher education. The first set of papers addresses adult learning, including possible teaching and learning strategies, and ways to develop faculty and student performance through college fairs for adults, adult…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Continuing Education
Fonseca, James W., Comp. – 1984
A total of 47 papers are presented from the George Mason University (Virginia) second annual conference on nontraditional, interdisciplinary, and external degree programs. Among the papers are authors are: "A Learning Theory Account of Walden University's Doctoral Instructional Program" (B. M. Austin); "Hospital Based Interdisciplinary Education…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Role, Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education)
McGuinness, Kathleen, Comp. – 1987
Nearly 100 conference papers from the George Mason University annual conference on nontraditional and interdisciplinary studies are presented. The are grouped into 14 categories: (1) assessment of prior learning, which includes "Lifelong Learning: Integrating the Liberal Arts and Experience in Adult General Education" (J. Gary Bernhard) and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Continuing Education
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