The Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T) is the premier international peer-reviewed conference, sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Computer Society, which addresses all major areas related to software engineering education, training, and professionalism. This year, as…

Thirty papers are presented in this monograph providing insights, ideas, and directions for recreational sports professionals. Topics covered at this conference included: (1) administration and management of recreational programs; (2) program operation; (3) recreational theory and research; (4) professional development; (5) special interests and…

Proceedings are presented of hearings before the Senate Committee on Appropriations on the abuse and mismanagement of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Programs and to determine if the Department of Health, Education and Welfare is making proper use of consultants. Among those testifying were Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, who discussed…

The symposium reported in this document was a cooperative project of people interested in parks and recreation, and particularly in the international aspects of the movement known as Sports for Everyone. The following papers were presented: (1) "Overview of the World-Status of Sport for Everyone" (Jurgen Palm); (2) "Development of Leadership and…

This proceedings contains papers, abstracts of papers, and descriptions of professional development workshops at the 1999 International Conference of the Association for Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE). Following conference schedules and session information, substantive entries include: "The 1999 National Outdoor Book Awards";…

This Proceedings from the Communication across the Curriculum (CXC) strand of the National Communication Association's 2001 Summer Conference first highlights and describes five of the most common types of programs across the nation: Speaking Intensive Programs, Combined Speaking and Writing Programs, Discipline-Specific Programs, Faculty…

This series of papers on needs assessment and program evaluation for school library media supervisors defines these concepts and explores ways in which they can be applied to the school media program. Papers included are: "A Humanistic Approach to Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation," by Tom Sills; "Approaches to Needs Assessment and Program…

The National Coordination Forum was held to coordinate efforts of Migrant Education Preschool (MEP) and Migrant Head Start (MHS) to better serve the migrant preschool child. The introduction highlights the major differences between MEP and MHS (in authorizing legislation, eligibility, and program organization and administration) and the problems…

This conference proceedings record contains 17 papers concerning outdoor education, outdoor recreation programs, adventure education, and environmental education. Papers include: "Nature's University" (keynote speech on environmental ethics and outdoor education); "Mission '90" (a workshop on developing a mission statement for…

This document contains an executive summary and the report of the workshop. An overview highlights major events and outcomes of the workshop. Major addresses and the staff development sessions that occurred at a workshop for key staff of geriatric education centers (GECs) are discussed. Summaries of presentations include the following:…

This report provides a brief description of a 1985 conference on distance education together with the papers presented by six of the seven keynote speakers. It is noted that, in addition to these papers, the conference included 30 application sessions which allowed the 182 participants to select issues and topics to explore in small groups. The…

The proceedings of a conference on the status of Higher Education Opportunity Programs are presented in this volume. The main concern throughout the conference was the loss of identity of the special programs that would come with their mainstreaming or institutionalization within the college. Counselors complained about the enormous paperwork and…

This proceedings contains 15 conference papers and presentation summaries from the 14th annual International Conference on Outdoor Recreation and Education (ICORE). Titles are: "The Hidden Costs of Outdoor Education/Recreation Academic Training" (Christian Bisson); "The Service Learning Concept: Service Learning in the National…

The Office of Education convened the National Invitational Conference on Institutional Eligibility for the purpose of reviewing and analysing the issues surrounding eligibility for postsecondary educational institutions and programs. Some of the specific goals and purposes of the conference were to review and make recommendations concerning: (1)…

The principal objective of the international conference reported here was to bring together people involved with the promotion, development, support, coordination, and funding of volunteer programs to exchange ideas and experiences. Part I is a short paper on the historical perspective of voluntarism. Part II, a summary of conference proceedings,…