This document for participants comprises the agenda and abstracts of papers to be presented at the third national conference on the retention of black college students. The conference will offer 4 general sessions, 6 special sessions, 31 concurrent sessions, and several special activities. A total of 130 presenters will present abstracts of select…

This document presents the proceedings of a third national conference on the retention of black college students. The conference was comprised of 4 general sessions, 6 special sessions, 31 concurrent sessions, and several special activities. A total of 130 presenters presented abstracts of selected papers. The following key topics were explored in…

As a part of the Institute for Services to Education's (ISE) continuing effort to revise the curriculum and pedagogy of the Thirteen-College Curriculum Program (TCCP), the English staff of ISE brought reading specialists from the consortia schools together during the 1972 summer conference to examine the relationship of reading to TCCP. An…

This is a report on a best practices conference conducted by the New Jersey Council of Community Colleges. The conference was designed to allow the 19 state community colleges to share their most valuable innovations, programs, services, and other ideas for enhancing community college instruction, administration, and overall effectiveness. The…

Developments leading to the establishment of a committee on distance education for Western Canadian universities are reported in proceedings of meetings, a steering committee report, and a proposal. An invitational meeting was held in April 1981 to consider: the state of the art on the use of electronic communications media, consortia arrangements…

College curricula and instruction, differentiation, and innovation and change in American and Japanese higher education are discussed in 18 papers presented at the 1984 international seminars of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Higher education in three European countries is also addressed. Titles and authors…

Four papers presented at the conference on the applications of foreign languages and international studies to business focus on the use of German in international trade and the development of college German curricula for that purpose. The papers include the following: "Adding Business German to the German Curriculum: Obstacles, Strategies,…

This document contains a total of 57 welcoming speeches, theme addresses, seminar and workshop papers, and poster sessions that were presented at a conference on technological education and national development. The papers explore the ways technology and technological advances have both necessitated and enabled changes in the way education is…

This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…

A collection of 11 papers presented at the conference on applications of foreign languages and international studies to business addresses curriculum development and materials selection for college business Spanish. The following papers are included: "Procedures for Implementing and Funding Spanish Courses for University Business Students" (Laura…

Topics covered in papers presented at a conference on languages and communication for world business and the professions include: (1) trends and aspects of internationalizing the business curriculum; (2) internationalized programs in business, foreign language, and cultures; (3) internationalized courses in business, foreign languages, and…