Faculty perspectives on teaching students with intellectual disability are important to consider as college programs continue to grow and more students are enrolling. To ensure faculty experiences are considered in program development and improvement, we conducted a brief literature review of postsecondary education-related articles, focusing on…

This book examines the characteristics commonly believed to be instrumental to a successful fund-raising program, such as trustee participation, constituent relations, and program management. It presents detailed studies of 10 diverse institutions' successful fund-raising programs (from public two-year colleges to private research universities) to…

Tips are offered to facilitate planning of travel-study courses in health education. (GW)

This article presents an interview with Robert Deware, associate professor of organization behavior at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, who offers advice on setting up and managing a university public relations office. It focuses on issues of office size, staffing, structure, and strategy. (MDM)

Discusses several lessons from the past: the history of education should be a part of the preparation of teachers and administrators; the development of schools and colleges goes in cycles; and the unity of educational endeavor should be a concern for schools, colleges, and universities. (CT)

The theme of this document is that programmatic decision making can be carried out effectively only if appropriate kinds of information are made available. If an institution knows its objectives, it can define a course of action for the years ahead. Through use of a cost simulation model, it can forecast the resource implications of that plan.…

A fictitious college or university outdoor education center (built on average responses from the 10 present major center directors) is pictured, and recommendations for a future ideal outdoor education center are made. The material is summarized from a thesis written at Indiana University for the Doctor of Recreation degree, 1972. (NQ)

Over four years Florida State University has assisted the People's Republic of China in developing a national system of college/university career services. The national career services delivery model includes delivery of career guidance, information, and assessment; application of theories of career guidance to delivery services; delivery of an…

This is the third of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges…

A two-year, nationwide research study was funded in 1974 with discretionary funds of Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to identify alternative patterns for developing community service programs. The study focused on methods used by decisionmakers in a variety of settings in which it was felt that strengthening had occurred as a…

College and university faculties and students often dislike being reminded that the organization of which they are a part is an economic enterprise. Yet, each individual college and university is an economic entity, substantially concerned with obtaining and utilizing economic resources. In the process of getting and spending, colleges and…

Concerns are expressed about the state of professional continuing education in colleges and universities, particularly with regard to new State licensure laws, the exclusion of extension professionals from the action in many programs, lack of planning for the disadvantaged, and program control by outside professionals. (JT)

Designed as an aid for establishing and strengthening occupational safety and health programs on college and university campuses, this administrator guide is divided into four chapters. The first chapter defines and gives background information on the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). In addition, it presents a discussion of what the OSHA…

This article presents suggested policies to help administrators of athletics, physical education, and intramural programs as they seek to provide leadership to the club sports movement on their campuses. (RC)