Descriptor
Source
| AAHE Bulletin | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 12 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Researchers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Graduate Record Examinations | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textMallinoff, Estelle, Ed. – 1971
The theme of the 1971 meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States is graduate education in the 1970s: a response to change. The discussions offered include nontraditional graduate programs by Elizabeth R. Foster and Edwin L. Lively; on developing a national philosophy for graduate education by Robert F. Kruh, Donald W. Taylor,…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Finance, Educational Programs, Evaluation
Maryland Univ., College Park. Univ. Coll. – 1986
Proceedings of the twelfth international conference on improving university teaching are presented. Theme presentations and authors include: "Distance Education: The Promise and the Confusion!" (Allan F. Hershfield); "Distance Education: The 'New Frontier' of Learning?" (Kevin C. Smith); "Teacher Training: A Challenge to the University View of…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Faculty, College Instruction, Distance Education
Payne, Philip, Ed. – 1983
The 23 papers presented at this conference deal with the information needs of institutionally-based part-time students in United Kingdom universities, polytechnics, and further education colleges, and with library and information services for the adult learner. Keith Percy and John Simpson provide overviews on the number and types of part-time…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Education, Evening Students, Extension Education
Marchese, Theodore J., Ed. – AAHE Bulletin, 1992
This document consists of all 10 issues of the "AAHE Bulletin" published September 1991 through June 1992 (volume 44). This journal presents articles, panel discussions, interviews, and essays on issues concerning the advancement of higher education. Among the topics and issues discussed are the following: the decline of public confidence in…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Instruction, Collegiality, Educational Quality
Adelman, Clifford, Ed. – 1986
Proceedings of three regional conferences on the quality of American higher education are presented. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, these conferences consisted of round-table discussions concerning recommendations from the national report "Involvement in Learning," as well as strategies needed to…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Standards, Adult Students, Change Strategies
Maryland Univ., College Park. Univ. Coll. – 1986
Workshop and seminar summaries and abstracts of papers from the twelfth international conference on improving university teaching are presented. Theme presentation and seminar topics are: distance education; ways that associations improve university teaching; corporate, labor, university partnerships; and teaching part-time students. Workshop…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Course Descriptions, Departments
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
The applications of telecommunications technology, computers, and other technologies are addressed in five papers. In an overview, Raymond J. Lewis, Jr. suggests that colleges and universities are finding that telecommunication technologies offer cost effective ways of reaching adult learners, and that open broadcast television has been the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Broadcast Television, Cable Television, Computer Assisted Instruction
Koble, Daniel E., Jr., Comp.; Shylo, Bruce J., Comp. – 1978
Twenty-one conference presentations are included in this report of a national conference for large city vocational education administrators. Section 1 includes one presentation entitled "The Challenge of Youth Unemployment in Urban Areas" and three on "Changing Vocational Education to Impact on Youth Unemployment in Urban Areas." Each of the three…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Vocational Education, Articulation (Education), Career Education
Ryan, John W., Ed. – 1978
In addition to opening remarks and a presentation on graduate education as a national resource, presentations are included on: the uses and limitations of dimensions of quality study; assessment of quality in master's degree programs; the graduate school in the university administration structure; creativity in graduate education; the uses of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Conference Reports, Creativity
Fonseca, James W., Comp. – 1984
A total of 47 papers are presented from the George Mason University (Virginia) second annual conference on nontraditional, interdisciplinary, and external degree programs. Among the papers are authors are: "A Learning Theory Account of Walden University's Doctoral Instructional Program" (B. M. Austin); "Hospital Based Interdisciplinary Education…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Role, Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education)
PDF pending restorationZukas, Miriam, Ed. – 1996
Fifty-three papers are included in this proceedings. They include: "Power, Peers and Professional Development" (Armstrong, Zukas); "Invent Your Future, Reinvent Your Past" (Armstrong); "Managing Learning Organisations" (Barron); "Adult Learning, Cultural Diversity and Ethnoknowledge" (Benn); "Culture of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Taylor, Richard, Ed.; Watson, David, Ed. – 1997
This document contains 17 papers from a Universities Association for Continuing Education (UACE) seminar at which UACE strategies and objectives were reviewed. The papers focus on four broad areas: the context of the UACE's work to promote continuing education and lifelong learning; its role in promoting flexibility of provision; its relationship…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems
