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Download full textSmith, Peter, Ed. – Association Supporting Computer Users in Education, 2015
The Association Supporting Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) is a group of people interested in small college computing issues. It is a blend of people from all over the country who use computers in their teaching, academic support, and administrative support functions. ASCUE has a strong tradition of bringing its members together to pool their…
Descriptors: Workshops, Administrators, Educational Games, Access to Information
Shalaway, Linda; And Others – 1978
The Michigan State University Institute for Research on Teaching, an aggregate of public school teachers and full-time investigative personnel, came under review by a one-day conference of teachers, teacher organization representatives, educational researchers, and state and federal government officials. Discussion topics that arose from the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Information Dissemination
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Office of Special Education. – 1981
Six presentations and a discussion summary are included from a 1981 symposium on educating handicapped infants. N. Johnson, "Assessment in Infant Education: Paradigms and Problems," notes shortcomings in current assessment approaches and addresses the importance of diagnosis, identification of educational goals, and evaluation of child…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Handicap Identification, Infants, Interdisciplinary Approach
Alberger, Patricia L., Ed. – 1980
Papers from a conference on student alumni programs and foundations are presented. Contents are as follows: "How Student Alumni Programs Can Serve Your Institution," by Larry Weiss; "How to Start a Student Alumni Organization," by William Harlan; "Getting the Right Students: How, When, and Where" (Harlan);…
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Graduates, Fund Raising
National Center on Educational Outcomes, Minneapolis, MN. – 1999
This report discusses the outcomes of a June 11-12, 1999, forum that addressed alternative assessments and gray areas in large-scale assessments for students with disabilities. The forum included 161 representatives from 42 state departments of education, 3 large school districts, 1 territory, and the Department of Defense Dependent Schools. Five…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Accountability, Disabilities
Communique, 1983
Delegations from Canada, Finland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States agreed to the establishment of a network for cooperation among individuals engaged in problems peculiar to the circumpolar North. The Northern Science Network, established within the Unesco Man and the Biosphere Program, consists of three themes: studies on the…
Descriptors: Animals, Citizen Participation, Cooperative Programs, Ecology
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1978
The conference provided a forum where educators, members of public service organizations, and legislators could explore the need for and commitment to citizen education, set citizen education objectives, and generate ideas for creating a citizen education effort. Conference participants explored two major aspects of citizenship…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Conference Reports
Smith, Terry B., Ed. – 1992
This proceedings of a conference presents papers that examine residential colleges and living-learning programs, how to develop and implement them, and issues surrounding their use including increasing faculty and student involvement. Papers and their authors are as follows: "Residential Colleges: An Historical Context" (Mark B. Ryan); "How To…
Descriptors: College Housing, Conferences, Higher Education, Living Learning Centers
Kamii, Mieko; Harris-Sharples, Susan – 1988
A report is given of a conference which recommended changes in the manner in which new teachers are inducted into the schools in Massachusetts. The focus of the conference was on mentoring programs. The basic philosophy of the conferees was that an effective mentoring program must be a communal enterprise, drawing upon and fostering a collegiality…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education
Cohen, Lucy M., Ed.; Grossnickle, Mary Ann, Ed. – 1983
The conference upon which these proceedings are based was held to draw together scholars, public officials, and representatives of private agencies in order to explore priority issues in research and training for professionals who work with new immigrants and refugees. Following a preface, which outlines the themes addressed by conference…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anthropology, Artists, Females
Jones, Leroy, Ed.; Hamby, Trudy M., Ed. – 1980
This publication is a compilation of keynote addresses and workshop presentations given at the Child Development Associate (CDA) Seminars held in Miami, Florida, May 20-21, 1980. The document includes an introductory overview of the CDA program; two keynote sessions dealing with providing quality care for children, and future implementation of the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Certification, Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education
Barletta, Charles, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Bringing together parents, teachers, and researchers, this conference was intended to provide a climate in which participants could examine their own needs and develop their own action plans for the development and implementation of parent and community participation in schools. The goals of the conference were to provide descriptions of proven…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Conference Reports, Decision Making
Foundation for Excellent Schools, Middlebury, VT. – 1997
The Foundation for Excellent Schools (FES) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of American public education through programs designed to increase opportunities and improve the academic performance of all students by bringing together educators, students, parents, and the local business community. Since 1987, the FES and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Community Development, Cooperation
National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC. Commission on Education. – 1973
In order to bring national focus on the lack of minority engineers, more than 250 engineers, educators, students, and representatives of minority social action groups, professional and technical societies, foundations, industry, and government met to discuss the recruitment and financial support of minority students, program financing, and the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Committees, Conferences
Indian Education Training, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. – 1980
Recognizing the need for a new approach to the problem of federal/state jurisdictional overlaps in delivery of services to Indians, the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped contracted with the National Association of State Boards of Education and Indian Education Training, Inc. to conduct a series of national and regional conferences which…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indian Education, American Indians, Child Advocacy
