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Download full textCanadian Policy Research Networks Inc., Ottawa (Ontario). – 2002
Canadian Policy Research Networks, with the sponsorship of the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation, organized a conference on Access to Post Secondary Education (PSE) that brought together a cross section of experts and stakeholders, including government representatives, to discuss trends in participation, access, and financial and other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, College Preparation, Educational Trends
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1997
The purpose of the Postsecondary Vocational and Applied Technology Education (VATEA) Grants Officers' conference was to have officers share with each other the best practices of the VATEA programs. The report of the conference includes a presentation on workforce preparation by the Acting Deputy Commissioner, a keynote address from the Regent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Job Training
Jenkins, Hugh M. – 1990
The Donor Agencies Workshop involved individuals from a wide range of academic disciplines and other fields that helped develop the expertise of foreign students, scholars, and trainees to increase the educational and economic resources of their home countries. This report presents the remarks made by the 47 workshop participants concerning: (1)…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Developing Nations, Donors, Foreign Students
Dunbar, Jeffrey B. – 1985
Teams of faculty members from the 13 institutions of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest examined how liberal arts colleges can play a significant role in addressing the demand for good teachers in America's public schools. More specifically, they examined the characteristics of good teachers, the relation of these characteristics to the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Liberal Arts
Psacharopoulos, George – 1981
Cost and expenditure developments in countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are considered. The time evolution of overall educational expenditure without reference to a particular school level is examined, using National Account statistics. This analysis involves: examining the education share in…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Finance, Expenditures, Federal Aid
Dix, Linda S., Ed. – 1987
Women have been markedly underrepresented in science and engineering in the United States. Statistical reports have documented this underrepresentation which persists despite the fact that women and minorities are an increasingly important source of talent for maintaining world leadership in these areas. This document reports on a workshop…
Descriptors: College Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Education
Squires, Geoffrey; And Others – 1981
Access to higher education in countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is addressed. The following topics are considered: principles for quantitative planning of higher education, admission policies and the institutional framework, changing links between secondary and higher education, access…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Comparative Education
Leslie, Larry L., Ed.; Hyatt, James, Ed. – 1981
Thirty papers from a 1980 University of Arizona conference on higher education financing policies and the state government-college relationship are presented. Papers and authors include the following: "Higher Education Financing Policies: A Context" (Ernest Boyer); "The State Board Perspective" (William Arceneaux); "The…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Colleges, Compensation (Remuneration), Declining Enrollment
Muller, Jane, Ed. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1977
Background data pertaining to postsecondary education in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio are presented as part of a seminar on statewide concerns about the future of public higher education, which was part of an inservice education program. For each state the following is included: demographic and fiscal information, a description of the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Curriculum, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends
Carey, Phillip, Ed.; And Others – 1979
The response of the University of Minnesota (UM) to minority education is addressed in this document, which contains three papers and the proceedings of the First Annual Minority Student Personnel Workshop at UM. Among the general areas of concern identified by the school's Office for Minority and Special Student Affairs (OMSSA) are the following:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Access to Education
Hood, Mary Ann G.; Reardon-Anderson, Kathleen – 1979
Based on a 1978 symposium sponsored by National Association for Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA), information is presented on foreign students in the United States, the case of Saudi Arabian government-sponsored students in the U.S., the U.S. response to the needs of foreign students and their countries, and unresolved issues. The profile of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Admission, College Curriculum, College Role
Russell, Michele, Ed. – 1993
Papers on aspects of college admission, records, and institutional research functions are: "How To Improve Office Morale" (Victor Swenson); "Staff Meetings: How To Save Hours per Month and Develop Your Staff" (LuAnn Harris, Shelley Olsen); "Selling SPEED/ExPRESS" (Laura Patterson, Thomas Scott); "Advisement and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes
