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Preece, Marsden; Morgan, Peter – British Journal of Education and Work, 1995
At a Welsh university, an experimental program to encourage creativity evolved into a mainstream course on innovation. The modular program seeks to give students understanding of pressures for change, theoretical models of innovation, techniques to enhance abilities, and protection of intellectual property. (SK)
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Innovation
Peer reviewedGarrison, D. Randy; Kirby, David – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 1995
An innovative professional master's of continuing education program at the University of Calgary took five years to be established. It had to overcome differing views of faculty, the opposition of the dean of education, and other types of political and philosophical resistance. (SK)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Masters Degrees
Koki, Stanley I. – 1987
The Hawaii Project on Children and Youth At-Risk represents a long-term effort to strengthen the individual school's capacity to meet the special needs of students at-risk. According to the project's definition, a student is at-risk if he/she has consistently failed to make satisfactory school progress, if that failure could be positively…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Ingalls, Zoe – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Harvard University's founding and development, reputation, famous graduates, presidents, and history of curricular innovation and change are outlined as it celebrates 350 years of existence. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, College Curriculum, College Presidents, Educational Change
Peer reviewedDiem, Richard A.; Knoll, John F. – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1982
Presents an overview of correctional education programs at the Bexas County Adult Detention Center. Analyzes its institutional systems model and describes problems encountered by the program, including funding and administration. The success of the program in changing attitudes and skills remains to be seen. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedBible, Thomas D. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1979
Two related problems are discussed: developing a methodology which (1) will not require full commitment of a local education agency to new techniques which may be ineffective in local settings and (2) will allow graceful abandonment of a new technology that may be proved ineffective. An example is discussed. (CTM)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Evaluation Methods
Peterson, David A.; Bolton, Christopher R. – 1980
Gerontology instruction at the college and university level is analyzed in light of various developments, major issues confronting the field, and specific needs of faculty and administrators. Chapters discuss: growth of interest in aging and gerontology; growing awareness of the aging in higher education; the literature of gerontology education;…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Credentials, Curriculum Development, Educational Gerontology
