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Special Issue: Veterans in Higher Education--When Johnny and Jane Come Marching to Campus
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DiRamio, David; Jarvis, Kathryn – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2011
This volume is intended to provide useful information about students with military experience who are attending college by blending the theoretical, practical, and empirical. The chapters contain theories, frameworks, facts, and ideas for consideration when approaching the subject of the newest generation of college students who have experienced…
Descriptors: Veterans, Military Service, Higher Education, College Students
Student Veterans and Community Colleges
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Rumann, Corey; Rivera, Marisa; Hernandez, Ignacio – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2011
Higher education and the military have been linked throughout U.S. history. Following World War II, the President's Commission on Higher Education released "Higher Education for American Democracy," popularly known as the Truman Commission Report of 1946. It called for, among other things, the establishment of a network of public community…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges, War, Veterans
The Willed Future: Thoughts Garnered form the Cheshire Cat.
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Barker, Ben D. – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
It is argued that productive change in Veterans Administration (VA) dental services will require planned change, new models of dental care and education that respond to different needs and circumstances, creative partnerships between the VA and institutions, and perhaps a new conceptualization of dental care as a medical subspecialty. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Dental Schools, Educational Change
Considerations for Managing Large-Scale Clinical Trials.
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Tuttle, Waneta C.; And Others – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1989
Research management strategies used effectively in a large-scale clinical trial to determine the health effects of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam are discussed, including pre-project planning, organization according to strategy, attention to scheduling, a team approach, emphasis on guest relations, cross-training of personnel, and preparing…
Descriptors: Experiments, Higher Education, Medical Research, Planning
An Ideal "Type"?--The Characteristics of Effective School Principals as Perceived by Aspiring Principals Both from within Education and Those from an Alternate Career Path
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Schneider, Alex; Burton, Neil – Management in Education, 2005
Kerry and Murdoch (1993), analysing the essential characteristics of leaders and school principals, raised two key questions: (1) What kind of leadership will schools require to help them face the next ten years?; and (2) How equipped are managers in school to provide that leadership? Traditionally, aspiring school principals emerge from the…
Descriptors: Leadership, Principals, Administrator Characteristics, Instructional Leadership
Economic Analysis of Equal Educational Opportunity Programs.
Mela, Ken – Journal of Educational Opportunity, 1997
Presents methods for assessing the impact and economic viability of federal equal-educational-opportunity programs, particularly in higher education. Techniques for gathering needed data and analyzing them are offered in the context of a hypothetical community college Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program and two real VUB programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Educational Economics, Equal Education