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Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1981
In response to a request from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Region V of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored a workshop on waste management in universities and colleges. It consisted of four sessions: (1) managing general university waste and regulatory concerns; (2) chemical waste management; (3)…
Descriptors: Colleges, Federal Regulation, Hazardous Materials, Higher Education
Sproull, Robert L.; Hall, Harold H. – 1987
Multidisciplinary programs have a venerable history, but most of the early history was either at big university equipment projects or at first-rate industrial laboratories. There has always been a small amount of interdisciplinarity, such as the physicist's or chemist's cadging crystal specimens from the geologist. But only in the post World War…
Descriptors: College Science, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Preston, James C. – 1980
Published to provide the reader with a working knowledge of the educational programs provided for local governments by land grant institutions in the 12 Northeastern states, these proceedings present papers and summary reports covering important aspects of the various programs. Part I contains in-depth papers concerning: the development of local…
Descriptors: Community Services, Curriculum Development, Extension Education, Government School Relationship
Williams, Thomas T., Ed. – 1984
The Professional Agricultural Workers Conference (PAWC) provides a forum for participants to articulate strategies to improve the quality of life for rural people. The PAWC is designed to provide a forum for people involved with university programs to exchange ideas and information; encourage development of action-oriented activities directed at…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Economic Development, Federal Programs
Download full textAldous, Myrtle, Ed.; And Others – 1974
In an effort to pool information on the working operations of Indian teacher education programs in Canada and parts of the United States, a conference on Native teacher education was held in mid-October 1973 at Saskatoon. Nine programs sent delegates, including the University of Alaska, University of Alberta, Brandon University (Manitoba),…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Course Content
Hudson, James I., Ed.; Nevins, Madeline M., Ed. – 1981
In October 1980 a national conference on health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) was held by the Association of American Medical Colleges and supported by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, in response to inquiries about the advantages and disadvantages of AMC affiliation with or sponsorship of HMOs.…
Descriptors: Case Records, Clinics, Competition, Cooperative Programs
Turner, Solveig M., Ed. – CIHED Newsletter, 1981
This issue--an international overview of cooperative/work experience education--contains ten case studies and four student viewpoints. It begins with an article discussing types of cooperative/work experience programs, including those focused on in the case studies. A second article previews the Second World Conference on Cooperative Education.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Education, Higher Education
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
This document presents the program and proceedings of a national forum on new students with disabilities and includes abstracts of presentations by 22 institutions as well as specific conference information. The following institutions are represented: (1) Algonquin College (Ontario, Canada), (2) Austin Peay State University (Tennessee), (3)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Colleges, Community Colleges
Levine, Judith R., Ed.; Feist, Stanley C., Ed. – 1990
The 17 papers in this compilation were selected from 29 presentations given at the conference. The collection includes the following papers: (1) "Does Classroom Context Affect Examination Performance?" by Debra Elliot, Toni Strand, and David Hothersall; (2) "Accent on Abilities: Empowering the Learner by Integrating Teaching, Learning, &…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Students, Community Colleges
Brown, Douglas, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This volume contains the proceedings of an international colloquium on higher education in federal countries with complex divisions of responsibility for the many facets of higher education. The volume is organized in four parts. Part I contains one paper, "The Federal Context for Higher Education" by Ronald L. Watts and a description of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Role, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries
Loring, Rosalind K.; And Others – 1978
The four conference papers presented here examine specific strategies and programs by which colleges and universities can design and adapt programs for adult students. In "Strategies of Adaptation" Rosalind K. Loring notes six major types of adaptation to which traditional, four-year schools have resorted (flexible schedules, simulated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Change Strategies, College Programs
Gross, Ronald – 1979
The expansion of higher education in the United States has resulted in a variety of outreach programs to bring postsecondary education off the campus and into the community. New systems and programs of nontraditional study have emerged. Issues of current concern in open learning include: quality and effectiveness, outreach and access, research and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Correspondence Study
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
These proceedings report on a 1994 conference on the planning, implementing, and refining of programs designed to enhance the first-year experience of college students in urban settings. Early sections detail conference aims, background and policies. One section describes workshops on various topics, provides a profile on the keynote speaker, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Economically Disadvantaged
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
Smith, Lee W.; Muntone, John C. – 1979
A final report and compendium of presentation papers and related materials on a management workshop for institutional administrators in optometric and podiatric education is presented. Place and dates of the workshop are listed as are the participants, and the program agenda is provided. A synopsis of the curriculum content of the workshop…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Colleges, Conference Reports
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