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Yates, Frank P. – Journal of College Placement, 1976
Limited staff and budget forced a placement office to evaluate the necessity of its various services, with some surprising results. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Planning, Higher Education, Individual Needs, Job Placement
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Fordyce, Michael W. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
It was hypothesized that normal community college students could become happier if they could modify their behaviors and attitudes to approximate more closely the characteristics of happier people. The resulting self-study program may be helpful to individuals wishing to increase emotional satisfaction they derive from living. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, College Students, Happiness, Higher Education
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Cooke, Thomas C. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1981
Describes the Indiana internship program which provided experiential education in vocational special needs to 40 interns in a 10-week summer program. Presents the findings regarding perceived increased competency levels resulting from this experience. (CT)
Descriptors: Competence, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Individual Needs
Harris, Susan; Kuckuck, Sherrill – 1975
Because the needs of mature students are so radically different than the 18-22 year-old student, it is essential that student personnel workers respond to these needs by creating specially designed orientation and extra-curricular programs. This document offers an itemization of all factors that must be considered in designing a complete program…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Extracurricular Activities, Guidelines
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Hoenack, Stephen A.; Berg, David J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1980
The roles of incentives in academic decision making are examined, potential uses of incentives in academic decision making are suggested, and research projects that promise to increase the understanding of desirable uses of incentives in academic planning are proposed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Behavior, Budgeting, College Planning, Higher Education
Baker, Carol E.; Gehring, Donald D. – Southern College Personnel Association Journal, 1982
Proposes three concerns for an effective professional development program. First, both the institution's and individual's goals must be incorporated. Second, the program design should be grounded in adult development theory. Finally, implementation strategies must capitalize on the adult staff member as a self-directed learner. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Females, Higher Education, Independent Study
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Copeland, Elaine J. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1982
Describes why counselor training incorporating the needs of racial and ethnic minorities is needed and provides four models: (1) the separate course model; (2) the area of concentration model, (3) the interdisciplinary model; and (4) the integration model, which may be used in program development and implementation. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Course Objectives, Credit Courses, Elective Courses
Reid, Barbara J.; Bross, Mary – 1991
This paper describes Project TRAIN (Training Rural Area Interventionists to meet Needs), a federally-funded competency-based program that provides graduate-level preservice training for early intervention professionals interested in working with special-need infants, toddlers, and their families. In the third year of the program 19 trainees have…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Early Intervention, Evaluation Criteria, Graduate Study
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1983
This conference report consists of the texts of nine papers presented at a conference on the need for nursing education programs to respond to the needs of the elderly for specialized nursing care. Included in the volume are the following reports: "The Aging Society and Nursing Education: A National Perspective," by Daniel J. O'Neal,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Associate Degrees, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Wheeler, Jeanette D. – 1981
One of five modules in the foundation series of the 16-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists, this module is intended for use in classes or individual study arrangements at the preservice or inservice level by students with varying amounts of experience in vocational education. (These modules are revised…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Cooperative Education