Accreditation is a process intended to evaluate and assure educational quality. The Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA) is the national organization whose primary purpose is to support, coordinate, and improve all non-governmental accrediting activities at the postsecondary level in the United States. Describes the organization's…

Postsecondary teachers have an opportunity to get involved in professional leadership through NVATA. (AG)

To help further the movement toward international communication in the field of educational administration, this directory lists national, international, and governmental organizations and offices concerned with educational administration for most countries in the world. Preceding the listings is an article on the growth of an international…

Growing problems in education demand practical systems for the peaceful resolution of grievances without hindering the educational process. The American Arbitration Association (AAA), a private nonprofit organization, can provide effective methods for the solution of many different types of disputes. It can administer representation elections for…

A review of the 75 year history and current activities of the Worker's Educational Association, a voluntary society for adult liberal studies and trade union courses. (SJL)

The article examines the American Council of Education's programmatic efforts in (1) continuing functions--formal military evaluations and the GED testing program, (2) new functions--a project on noncollegiate-sponsored instruction and developing interfaces among credentials, and (3) general concern for credit policies and practices. (MW)

The president of the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA) answers some basic questions about accreditation, describes what COPA is and does, and notes how it relates to other organizations involved in or affected by accreditation. He calls COPA the "balance wheel" meshing many accreditation forces for smooth operation. (MF)

Financial aid sources available to visually handicapped students for postsecondary educational, vocational, or technical programs are outlined. Sources include national and state blindness agencies, colleges and universities, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, and the federal government. (Author/JDD)

This memo outlines the mission of the Council for Exceptional Children, describes activities planned to accomplish the mission, and encourages special educators to assist in promoting a unified force within a diverse field capable of meeting policy and economic challenges of the future. (JDD)

A bibliography on postsecondary accreditation covers: (1) in part I, 529 books, articles, and historical references completed during 1970-1984 and (2) in part II, 122 doctoral dissertations for the 1935-1984 period. Eighty percent of the dissertations were completed since 1980, as were 42 percent of the other materials. Part I includes some brief…

This document, one in a series developed to provide technical assistance to 22 Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers, discusses the rationale for the development of gerontological education as well as the content and program focus of career training and continuing education. The next section examines the current literature on education for long-term…

This document contains three papers from a seminar conducted by the Universities Association for Continuing Education (UACE) on the theme of reading the Dearing report, "Higher Education in the Learning Society," which was released by the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education in the United Kingdom in July 1997. "What…

Examines working forms of the adult education system in Finland, including municipal adult education, boarding schools, national education organizations, distance studies and educational services, administration of adult education, university teaching and research of adult education, and adult education organizations. (CT)

The resource guide begins with a brief checklist of behaviors which adults with learning disabilities may exhibit and goes on to public suggestions for assessing the problem and locating a diagnostician. It then briefly describes 17 books, pamphlets, articles, and newsletters as well as 14 organizations. Seven sources of information on…