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Peer reviewedNussbaum, Leo L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1984
Eckerd College's Academy of Senior Professionals brings together retired and semi-retired high-achieving professionals for continuing intellectual and cultural stimulation and to work singly or in groups on projects of personal and social significance. The program includes lectures, colloquia, forums, social and recreational events, and individual…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), College Faculty, College Instruction, High Achievement
Peer reviewedSlater, Morton; Iler, Elisabeth – Academic Medicine, 1991
The Gateway to Higher Education program, established in New York City in 1986, has demonstrated that minority students who perform at least at grade level can begin a rigorous college preparatory curriculum in ninth grade and achieve outstanding academic achievement through their high school years, if necessary support is available. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, High Schools, Higher Education
Casellas de Kelly, Maria del Rosario – 1985
A University of New Mexico program in Spanish for professionals began in 1981 as a Spanish and Portuguese program to provide language training for personnel in health care, business, law, and education. The program encountered early problems of uneven enrollments, funding difficulties, and some lack of interest from the campus professional schools…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Enrollment Trends, Financial Support, Higher Education
Andersen-Fiala, Linda R. – 1985
The efforts of language teachers in a university International Business Program (California State University, Fullerton) to develop internships, both abroad and in the United States, revealed a variety of techniques for generating interest and action. It was found that while some limited arrangements can be made through personal contacts, other…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Administration Education, Chinese, College Administration
Download full textWomen's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Designed to help organizations interested in expanding job options for women to plan and hold a community-based conference on nontraditional jobs, this guide outlines basic steps in planning, provides information about successful programs, and makes suggestions about how to deal with the mechanics of a conference. Following an introduction which…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Affirmative Action, Career Development, Career Opportunities
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Prepared for employers and staffs of job service and training programs, this guide presents information on how to conduct a workshop to expand employment opportunities for women in nontraditional occupations--in blue collar skilled work as well as white collar professional, technical, and managerial jobs. The guide includes sections on purpose of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Affirmative Action, Career Development, Career Opportunities
Brownstein, Leonard A. – 1985
La Salle University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) developed a three-track M.A. program in Spanish and bilingual studies which offers intensive training in Spanish and English and cross-cultural, interdisciplinary courses dealing with facets of Hispanic culture and Hispanics' adjustment problems in the United States. Track I is for bilingual…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Cross Cultural Training, English (Second Language), Higher Education
