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Did the Women's Colleges Founded in the Progressive Era Represent a New Model? Connecticut College for Women as a Case Study
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Marthers, Paul P. – American Educational History Journal, 2013
Connecticut College for Women and its Progressive Era sister colleges (Douglass, Simmons, Skidmore, and William Smith) are distinctive for the prominent vocational and service elements each college had in its original mission and curriculum. Historians however have often left Connecticut College for Women out of the story of American women's…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Colleges, Progressive Education, Educational History
The Journey Is the Reward
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Pulley, John – CURRENTS, 2013
The alumni relations profession has undergone profound changes in the past century. Alumni officers have responded to opportunities and threats presented by advancing technologies, shifting cultural norms, and unstable world economies. Innovations such as Facebook and smartphones have changed everything, and in a flat world, alumni relations…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Administration, Alumni Associations, Administrators
Honesty Is the Best Policy
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Hay, Tina – CURRENTS, 2013
Soon after news of the child molestation scandal involving Jerry Sandusky, a former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach, broke in November 2011, the development and alumni relations staff gathered for a town hall-style meeting. "The Penn Stater" has tackled controversial topics before: student riots, a faculty member…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Team Sports, Sexual Abuse, Athletic Coaches
Degree of Difficulty
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Adams, Caralee – CURRENTS, 2010
Everyone in the business of raising funds for graduate and professional schools knows that the effort has certain challenges. Deborah McCreery, of Widener University School of Law, identifies two main hurdles to alumni fundraising at Widener Law: (1) student loan debt; and (2) a perception problem. At Widener Law and other professional and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Alumni, Alumni Associations
Strengthening and Developing GED Alumni Associations in Washington and Greene Counties.
Washington-Greene County Community Action Corp., Waynesburg, PA. – 1991
A project was conducted in Pennsylvania to strengthen the Greene County General Educational Development (GED) alumni association and to create a GED alumni association in Washington County. Four activities were conducted to strengthen the Greene County chapter: (1) a newsletter was produced; (2) an awards banquet was held; (3) a schedule of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Students, Alumni, Alumni Associations
Establishment and Development of a Mifflin County GED Alumni Association. Final Report.
Molek, Carol – 1986
Because General Educational Development (GED) graduates in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, were in need of an association to encourage their further educational development and enhance their newly established feelings of self-worth, an alumni association was formed. Within this peer group, alumni vented frustrations, obtained special training,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Alumni, Alumni Associations
The Pennsylvania Adult Basic Education Staff Handbook, 1992 Edition. Final Narrative Report.
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Reiff, Tana – 1992
The narrative report in this document describes the design and development of an adult basic education staff handbook and its evaluation by 35 respondents. The handbook contains brief articles organized in seven sections: (1) background for the adult educator (teacher role, adult education history, programs of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Alumni Associations