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Sagintayeva, Aida, Ed.; Kurakbayev, Kairat, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education presents conference proceedings of the annual Eurasian Higher Education Leaders' Forum held June 12-13, 2013, at Nazarbayev University. The theme of this year's Forum is "Global Trends in Higher Education and their Impact on the Region". Many internationally-recognized higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Trends, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1989
Papers from the 17th Annual Conference present observations and analysis of how the power equation has, or has not, been altered by the introduction of faculty and support staff unionism. The first section on power relationships between professors and senates contains: "The Academic as Political Man or Woman" (Seymour Lipset); "Governance: Senates…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Governing Councils
Premfors, Rune – 1981
The evolving patterns of authority in the higher education systems of countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are reviewed. Attention is directed to the major characteristics of the traditional patterns of authority, pressures for changed experiences during the transformation from elite to…
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Education, Coordination, Decision Making
Piper, David Warren, Ed. – 1973
This selection of conference papers on a national purpose for higher education in England begins with an analysis of the distribution of power in "Who Decides the Purposes?" Maurice Kogan argues for a "consumer council" formally representing students. The concept of "social purpose" is examined by Bill Weinstein in…
Descriptors: College Role, College Students, Conference Reports, Consumer Protection
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Harris, Joseph; And Others – Journal of Education, 1990
This series of roundtable papers explores the attempt of writing instructors to empower students by teaching them both to write within the discourse of the academic community and to write critically against it, resisting its accepted forms of thought and discourse. (CJS)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Educational Sociology
State Univ. System of Florida, Tallahassee. – 1980
Proceedings from a conference entitled "Women Moving Forward: Improving Florida's Economy through Leadership, Power and Influence" are presented. The 1979 statewide conference, which brought together leaders from industry, government, education, and the communities, was designed to promote the social and economic needs of women. Contents…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, Business, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1981
Issues concerning the future of higher education and trends in the 1970s are analyzed in the proceedings of the 1981 Intergovernmental Conference of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. The following themes are addressed: access to higher education, the changing relationship between higher education and working life, new…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Planning, College School Cooperation
Moreno, Dan, Ed.; And Others – 1977
Among the most crucial economic cutbacks were those directed at the minimal gains Asians, Blacks, Chicanos, and Native American communities had attained in an intensive ten-year struggle for education, particularly the Ethnic Studies programs. Consisting of three panels, the symposium critically examined the common base that Ethnic Studies…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Conferences, Educational Change
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. – 1976
Proceedings of a 10-state 1976 regional conference on the relationship of the state coordinating agency with the executive and legislative divisions of state government in meeting budget needs for higher education systems are presented as part of an inservice education program. The participating states were Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Budgeting, Decision Making
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Perspectives on leadership, the workplace, and changing values are presented in three papers. In "Changing the Shape of Work: Reform in Academe," Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses the structure of academic career paths and ways to improve the quality of worklife for individuals employed in academe, applying theories she developed in her study on work…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Business, College Administration
Carbone, Michael, Ed. – 1989
The 13 papers contained in this document represent a selection of presentations from a national forum on teacher education which addressed empowerment and professionalization of teachers. The papers are: (1) "Imagining Preservice Teachers" (Alison Brennan, M. Serra Goethals, Rose Howard); (2) "Corsini 4R Schools Empower…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1981
Proceedings of the 1981 conference on the legal and economic status of collective bargaining in higher education, sponsored by the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, are presented. Papers and authors are as follows: "Yeshiva Shock Waves" (David Kuechle); "The Yeshiva Case:…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1975
The 1974 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Measurement Award was presented to J.P. Guilford at the ETS Invitational Conference. Irving Kristol, in "Moral and Ethical Development in a Democratic Society," called for the restoration of authority within our major social institutions, especially schools. Martin Trow examined the effects of the college…
Descriptors: Awards, Community Influence, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development
Strenglein, Denise, Ed. – 1977
Centralized control of budgets and programs, a growing consumerism among students, and collective bargaining are among the issues addressed in a Florida statewide conference on institutional research. papers and reports include: the keynote address; a legislative workshop; a collective bargaining panel; The New College Story as Told by 103 Alumni…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Alumni, Budgeting
Kuchinke, K. Peter, Ed. – 2000
This two-volume document contains the proceedings of the 2000 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). Volume 1 contains the following materials: conference overview; text of a town forum on social responsibility and human resource development (HRD); papers from symposia 1-24; and papers from innovative sessions 1-4. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)