Performing City Resilience is a collaborative research project that investigates interrelations between theories, practices and strategies of city resilience, and those of performance. In this essay, the authors explore ways performance might conceive of and contribute to practices of hazard mitigation strategy to better understand how these might…

College life is an exciting time for thousands of emerging adults on campuses across the nation. It is also an opportunity for students to engage in behaviors that can impede personal health. Numerous studies link personal health and wellness to academic achievement.1-3 The core mission of most institutions of higher education (IHEs) is academic…

This account identifies some of the tensions that became apparent in a large interdisciplinary technology-enhanced learning project as its members attempted to maintain their commitment to responsive, participatory research and development in naturalistic research settings while also "enacting" these commitments in formal research review…

The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges was established to promote the best interests of higher education in the state and to represent community college faculty at the state level. This 20th annual report summarizes the activities of the Academic Senate for 1995-96. The first part presents a report from the Senate President, a…

Describes a Prescriptive Discipline Plan developed by teachers at a Florida middle school. The plan featured three offense categories: minor infractions handled by teachers, intermediate offenses (cheating, disrespect, and insubordination) handled by administrators, and serious offenses (fighting, assault, sexual misconduct) invoking automatic…

This 21st annual report summarizes the activities of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges for 1996-97. The first part presents a report from the Senate President, a financial statement, lists of goals and committee priorities for 1996-97, and minutes from the Senate's fall 1996 and spring 1997 sessions. The second part presents…

Describes recommendations of a task force formed under the auspices of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, including more standardized procedures for collecting and evaluating environmental data. (MLH)

A study sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences is currently under way. The study will examine today's challenges in chemistry, enhance chemists' awareness of societal issues and society's awareness of its dependence on chemistry, strengthen the base for science policy decisions, and consider human/material resources needed in chemistry.…

This article describes activities of a new project of the Association of American Colleges, "American Commitments: Diversity, Democracy and Liberal Learning." Comments of some of the project's panel members on diversity and liberal learning are presented. (MSE)

This case study describes the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), which was formed to explore ways to help children from its rural development program gain access to improved education. Working mainly in rural areas, BRAC focused on improved quality through improved education service delivery, management detail, and finance. While…

Discusses planning for those in higher education and presents a model for such planning. (Author/RK)

Describes an instructional development team approach designed to make secondary reading programs more effective. (Author/JM)

This manual, one of four related documents, is an overview of a program in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District (Pennsylvania) to remove sex bias from the curriculum, from extracurricular activities, from guidance materials and practices, and from personnel practices. The first part of the manual describes the model in terms of its rationale,…

Variety, academic compatibility, and class are the components of a winning lecture program. An award-winning program at Southern Utah State College, along with its rules and general operations, are described. (MLW)

Hospital ethics committees are unknown entities. The composition of the group, the tasks and cases they address, their jurisdiction and legal status, and the group dynamics that evolve within them play a major role in resolving ethical disputes. A role-playing exercise was devised that simulates an ethics committee. (MLW)