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Schroter, Daniela C.; Coryn, Chris L. S.; Montrosse, Bianca E. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2008
Peer review is an umbrella term that refers to a class of selection and oversight practices, including the familiar mechanisms of the review of proposals submitted for funding, of manuscripts for scholarly publications, and of personnel qualifications and portfolios for selection and promotion. Peer review has long been a cornerstone of modern…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Graduate Students, Scientific Methodology, Program Proposals
Mattoon, Richard H. – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2007
On October 30, 2006, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Midwest Higher Education Compact held a conference on higher education and economic growth. Speakers included Michael Moskow, Richard Lester, Michael Luger, Sean Safford, Larry Isaak, Stefanie Lenway, Rod Shrader, Brian Fabes, Arthur Rothkopf, Randy Eberts, Gary Fethke, Victor…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Human Capital, Research and Development
McBeath, Angus – Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform, 2006
This monograph is based on a keynote presentation by Angus McBeath at the "Getting Districtwide Results" Conference in Long Beach, California, which was co-sponsored by the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform and Focus on Results. The author, a former superintendent of the Edmonton Public Schools, how his school district was…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, Teacher Leadership, School Restructuring
Gorenstein, Ethan E.; Papp, Lazlo A. – 1995
In the absence of data, pharmacotherapy with benzodiazepines has become the mainstay of anxiety management in the elderly population. However, the use of benzodiazepines in the elderly has many problems. Elderly persons are more sensitive to anti-anxiety medications and are subject to a variety of increased risks, including cognitive impairment,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Cognitive Restructuring
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Munro, Anne; Holly, Lesley; Rainbird, Helen – International Review of Education, 2000
Examines the opportunities for and barriers to workplace learning among low-grade staff in the United Kingdom public sector and the role of managers and supervisors in providing access to learning opportunities. Describes innovative examples of workplace learning. Concludes that the reality for many low-grade manual and routine clerical staff…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Conference Papers, Education Work Relationship
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2006
The Section of Education for Peace and Human Rights of the Division for the Promotion of Quality Education held an expert meeting on Intercultural Education from March 20-22, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters, bringing together international experts from Australia, Bolivia, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa and the…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Educational Quality
Saunders, Laverna M., Ed. – 1996
This book addresses many of the practical issues involved in developing the virtual library. Seven presentations from the Eighth Annual Computers in Libraries Conference are included in this book in augmented form. The papers are supplemented by "The Evolving Virtual Library: An Overview" (Laverna M. Saunders and Maurice Mitchell), a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Networks