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Disinger, John F.; And Others – 1988
This digest identifies characteristics of successful higher education programs in environmental studies and trends in environmental studies programs and courses. Characteristics of programs that have continued for the past two decades are listed. Some of the variables associated with programs that have not continued are identified. Recent trends…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Science, Curriculum, Educational Trends
Teitel, Lee – 1994
This digest is based on a full-length report (with the same title) on advisory committees to universities and colleges. Under decreased resources and increased pressures for more accountability, advisory committees are an effective way for colleges and universities to connect with their environments. An advisory committee is a group of volunteers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, College Administration
Alstete, Jeffrey W. – 1995
This digest discusses the use of benchmarking as a strategy for assessing and improving efficiency and productivity of administrative processes and instructional models in colleges and universities. Benchmarking, developed by the Xerox Corporation in the 1980s, is defined as an ongoing, systematic process for measuring and comparing the work…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Benchmarking, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis
Kauffman, Dagmar – 1992
This ERIC Digest focuses on the student teacher, the school-based cooperating teacher, and the university supervisor, all of whom form a supervisory triad. Barriers to improved student teaching supervision such as incongruent role expectations and lack of substantive communication and collaboration among triad members are discussed. Some efforts…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Keig, Larry; Waggoner, Michael D. – 1995
This digest, based on a full report of the same title, provides an examination of the improvement of college teaching and argues for the central involvement of faculty themselves in collaborative peer review and looks at some central issues and challenges to implementation. Since summative evaluation involved in tenure and promotion decisions…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Development
Abdal-Haqq, Ismat – 1991
This digest provides an overview of a new institution, the professional development school (PDS), and of its place in improving public schooling. The PDS is the result of a collaboration between universities and local school districts. In recent years, the literature has suggested that public schools as they exist today cannot adequately prepare…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education