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Annand, David; Jensen, Tilly – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Substituting open educational resources (OER) for commercially-produced textbooks results in demonstrable cost savings for students in most higher education institutions. Yet OER are still not widely used, and progress toward large-scale adoption in most colleges and universities has been slow. This article reviews the literature informing…
Descriptors: Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services, Multimedia Materials
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
This report examines the Perkins Student Loan Program, and in particular, the weaknesses in the Department of Education's policies, procedures, and practices for recovering Perkins loan fund assets from schools that go out of business. The report reveals that when schools in the Perkins Student Loan Program close, the Department of Education…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Assessed Valuation, Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid
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Weatherley, Richard; And Others – Peabody Journal of Education, 1983
Events in the 10-year debate over school closings in Seattle, Washington, are chronicled. The Seattle Board of Education attempted to close 18 schools but had to reshape its policies in the face of massive community opposition. The need for efficient property management is stressed. (PP)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board of Education Policy, Community Involvement, Declining Enrollment
Kuzmich, Carl J.; And Others – 1993
The development of a HyperCard application program, "Connecting to Your MARS Account," is described. The program was intended to assist users of the biomedical computer system at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), the Medical ARchival System (MARS), to connect to their computer accounts. Criteria from instructional, graphical,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Development
Newman, Charles A., Ed.; Caton, Joyce J., Ed. – 1981
This yearbook, consisting of 18 papers, deals with updating the content of secondary business education programs. The focus of the articles is on trends affecting secondary business education curricula, determining curriculum needs in secondary business education, implementing content changes, and changing secondary business education content to…
Descriptors: Accounting, Advisory Committees, Business Administration, Business Education