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US Department of Education, 2005
A two-day conference on Emergency Evacuation of People with Physical Disabilities from Buildings, sponsored by the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR), Interagency Subcommittee on Technology (IST), was held on October 13-14, 2004, in Rockville, Maryland. This document is meant to summarize the conference's presentations and…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Physical Disabilities, Buildings, Safety
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 2002
During summer and fall 2001, the Florida Commissioner of Education conducted eight regional meetings, open to the public, on school safety and security. The purpose of the meetings was to explore safety issues faced by districts and schools, share best safety practices, and generate local discussion on matters of school safety and security. This…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Crisis Management, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs
Smith, Peter, Ed. – Association Supporting Computer Users in Education, 2014
The Association Supporting Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) is a group of people interested in small college computing issues. It is a blend of people from all over the country who use computers in their teaching, academic support, and administrative support functions. ASCUE has a strong tradition of bringing its members together to pool their…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Computer Uses in Education, Small Colleges
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
Provided herein are seven papers presented at the ninth annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Teaching in January 1919. Papers focused on the theme of training teachers of agriculture and included: (1) Training teachers after employment (R. W. Stimson); (2) Improvement of teachers in service (J. T.…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Educational Change, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Education
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1992
The Media History section of the proceedings contains the following nine papers: "'This Is a Test': The Evolution of the Emergency Broadcast System" (Larry G. Burkum); "Radio Homemaker Programming: Old Time Radio's Ingredient for Attracting Women Listeners" (J. Steven Smethers and Lee Jolliffe); "Her Amplified Voice:…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Censorship, Communications Satellites, Content Analysis
Crisp, Jeff, Ed.; Talbot, Christopher, Ed.; Cipollone, Daiana B., Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers is the product of research conducted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The papers, which were presented at a 2001 workshop, "Refugee Education in Developing Countries: Policy and Practice," are: "Education in Emergencies" (Margaret Sinclair), which reviews the rationale for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Developing Nations, Educational Finance
Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1990
This volume presents 27 conference papers: (1) "1985 Killing Waters Revisited: Physical Plant Emergency Preparedness" by Al Ingle; (2) "We Were Prepared: UC (University of California) Santa Cruz Experience in a 7.1 Earthquake" by F. Louis Fackler; (3) "Indoor Air Quality of Buildings and Schools" by Marilyn S. Black;…
Descriptors: College Administration, Communications, Construction Management, Educational Facilities
2003
The Advertising Division of the proceedings contains the following 20 papers: "Stereotyping the 'Model Minority': A Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. Primetime Network Commercials, Comparing Asian Female and Male Characters to Themselves and Others" (Dennis J. Ganahl, Liang Ge and Kwangok Kim); "Cultivation Effects of Television…
Descriptors: Advertising, College Students, Consumer Economics, Crisis Management
National Center for Health Services Research and Development (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1977
The thirteen papers included here were presented at a conference on the importance of systematic research in evaluating the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system and administrative functions. The first paper spells out the roles and responsibilities EMS administrators incur when they make a commitment to participate in a research project. An…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Conference Reports
White, Leigh Cree, Ed. – 1981
The 4-H/Community Resource Development workshop was designed to help people conducting Extension 4-H programs on sensitive and complex community issues improve their ability to create a better climate for discussion of alternatives and development of community projects. Topics of the presentations included the role of the 4-H administrator,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement
Mountain States Regional Medical Program. – 1974
Presenting summaries of the speeches and panel and audience discussions at the Conference on Rural Health Services in Nevada (Reno, 1974), these proceedings include the following: (1) Introduction ("The objective of this Conference was to get the providers together with the consumers to discuss problems of health services in rural Nevada and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Consumer Protection, Coordination
Shores, Elizabeth F., Ed. – National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives - Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute, 2006
When Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast of the United States in August and September 2005, it was arguably the worst calamity to strike the region in history. Less well known than the loss in life or property from these storms are the effects on early care and education. Those who work with or on behalf of young children found in…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Mental Health
Smith, Peter, Ed.; Smith, Carol L., Ed. – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2004
This 2004 Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) conference proceedings presented the theme "Leading Strategic & Cultural Change through Technology." The conference introduced its ASCUE Officers and Directors, and provides abstracts of the pre-conference workshops. The full-text conference papers in this document…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Computers, Student Surveys, Interaction