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Direct linkKniess, Dena R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The majority of retention efforts have focused on the first-year of college, however just as many students leave college after their second-year (Berkner, He, & Forest, 2002; Lipka, 2006). Experiences of second-year students have been appearing in publications. These studies have identified the broad concerns of the second-year experience, but…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Phenomenology
Peer reviewedSchultheis, Robert A. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1971
Most pressing problems representing research priorities for the business education profession do not fit into such narrow functional categories as typewriting and shorthand. Rather the problems critical to survival of our discipline in the decade ahead are more of an interdisciplinary nature. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Educational Environment, Educational Legislation
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Science, Technical and Environmental Education. – 1989
A new Unesco project seeks to increase the capacity of developing countries to strengthen primary school academic performance by improving children's nutrition and health status. The first technical meeting of the new project took place in Stockholm, Sweden, in April 1989. Three working groups were formed which focused on assessment, intervention,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Health, Community Involvement, Developing Nations
Download full textCox, J. Lamarr; Lane, Carolee – 1981
A Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) program for nontraditional adult learners was developed, implemented, and evaluated for the purpose of making recommendations as to the need for and nature of further related research. Proposed program settings were two classes of adult basic education students and one of prison inmates. A case study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Academic Senate. – 1993
In 1992, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (CCC) adopted the Student Equity Policy requiring all districts in the community college system to develop a Student Equity Plan (SEP) to ensure that the composition of students who enroll, are retained, transfer, or achieve their occupational goals in the CCC reflects the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Planning, Community Colleges
Mitchell, Douglas E.; Destino, Tom; Karam, Rita – 1997
In response to concern about the effectiveness of programs for English-as-a-Second-Language students in California's schools, the Santa Ana Unified School District, in which over 80 percent of students are limited-English-proficient (LEP) conducted a study of both the operations and effectiveness of the district's language development program,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Change Strategies, Data Processing
Cox, J. Lamarr; Lane, Carolee – 1981
A Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) program for nontraditional adult learners was developed, implemented, and evaluated. The study objective was to determine if further investigation of use of PSI was worthwhile. From a review of literature and practice of PSI and adult learning, conclusions were drawn regarding major factors to consider…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Flannery, Daniele, Ed. – 1993
Among the papers included are the following: "Exploring Literacy through Theater" (Andruske); "Heuristic Research" (Beckstrom); "Self-Direction in Adult Undergraduates" (Blowers); "Commodification of Adult Education" (Briton, Plumb); "Collective Group Learning" (Brooks); "Psychosocial Development of Women" (Caffarella, Barnett); "Writing Wrongs"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Bain, Josie G., Ed.; Herman, Joan L., Ed. – 1987
The conference reported in this document sought to do the following: (1) focus attention on the problem of underachieving minority students, and issue a call for action to improve their educational achievement; (2) promote dialogue on promising practices aimed at solving the problem; (3) foster collaboration on solutions among practitioners,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Students, Asian American Students, Black Students
Brown, Betty J., Ed. – 2001
This document contains 15 papers devoted to the theme of management of business education. "Management of Business Education: A Perspective" (Betty J. Brown) discusses business education as education about business and education for business. The following papers explore the theme of managing the curriculum: "The Basic Business and Economic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Business Education, Business Administration Education, Business Education
