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Peer reviewedCoburn, Karen Levin; Woodward, Bill – New Directions for Student Services, 2001
Examines the design and execution of parent orientation programs in higher education that meet the needs and expectations of today's diverse families. Includes a variety of examples from institutions that have developed effective programs that complement their institutional missions. (GCP)
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Parent Participation
Direct linkWatson, Lemuel W. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2000
Interinstitutional collaboration can help educators in local communities identify and respond to the unique challenges they face. Student support services at high schools and community colleges can work together to design programs (e.g. new student orientations, counselor-to-counselor activities, staff development) to assist students in their…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Bound Students, College Preparation, College School Cooperation
Roberts, David, Ed. – 1985
Issues in distance education at the tertiary level in Australia are addressed in three papers. The need to provide mature students with information before course attendance is discussed by Edward R. Reid-Smith in "Why Educational Advisory Services for Mature Students?" During 1982-1984, new external students at Riverina College of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Comparative Education, Distance Education
