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Mihyeon Kim; Conor Dibble; Ashley Morris – Gifted Child Today, 2025
From its inception, the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary has been committed to the education of gifted students. Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska, founder of the CFGE, created a learning environment to work directly with gifted students and parents by providing diverse university-based pre-collegiate programs in both residential and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Enrichment Activities, High School Students
Friedman, Joanie – Metropolitan Universities, 2019
The University of Chicago (UChicago), known for transformative education, created the Civic Leadership Academy (CLA) to address the need for leadership development in government and the non-profit sector. In 2014 the Office of Civic Engagement recognized that while there were a host of leadership development opportunities for individuals in the…
Descriptors: Universities, Leadership Training, Citizen Participation, Fellowships
Enck, Suzanne Marie – Communication Teacher, 2015
This semester-long activity for a "Gender Fair" project helps undergraduate students gain an appreciation of gender as a social, historical, and cultural construction that is constituted intersectionally (with race-class-sexuality, at minimum) and fundamentally through communication practices. Specifically, upon completing this project,…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Gender Issues, Exhibits, Undergraduate Students
Voorhees, Rhondie; Petkas, Steven N. – New Directions for Student Services, 2011
The Common Ground Multicultural Dialogue program in the Department of Resident Life at the University of Maryland is an innovative peer education program designed to teach skills for engagement through exploration of contemporary multicultural societal dilemmas. The Common Ground Dialogue Program was launched in 2000 to provide undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Peer Teaching, Multicultural Education, Student Leadership
Wunsch, Alan P. – ABCA Bulletin, 1978
Proposes guidelines for program objectives, course content, internship, and other considerations in preparing doctoral students in business communication. (RL)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Skills, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education
Lovitt, Carl R. – 1992
Clemson University is addressing the related issues of: (1) how to integrate writing in courses throughout the curriculum; and (2) how to assess students' writing ability as well as the impact of assessment programs on that ability. Since 1990, the responsibility for addressing these two goals has been assumed by the Pearce Center for Professional…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Program Development

Book, Cassandra L. – Communication Education, 1977
Demonstrates how small group discussion can be used as a teaching strategy across secondary school subject areas. (MH)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Group Discussion, Leadership Training, Program Descriptions
Gruba, Paul; Tapper, Joanna – 1998
The Communication across the Curriculum (CAC) program at the University of Melbourne (Australia) was set up in a top-down manner, which was partly driven by outside pressures. Although informed by writing-across-the-curriculum theory and practice, the program reflects the university's original concern about the teaching of communication skills by…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Wynne, D. R. – Adult Education (London), 1975
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Partridge, Susan – 1995
Educators are successfully incorporating electronic mail into elementary and secondary classrooms. This paper refers to an article by Hugh Barr which describes a variety of instructional programs that use electronic mail as part of the social studies curriculum. Barr notes that essential components of interschool e-mail are purpose, structure, and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
Beall, Melissa L. – 1981
This paper describes the components of the interdisciplinary, kindergarten through grade twelve communication skills program developed by educators in the Lincoln, Nebraska, public schools. The paper contains (1) a brief discussion of the background of the communication skills program; (2) an overview of its characteristics; (3) statements of the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, Los Alamitos, CA. – 1975
Five papers summarize the development of the Elementary Communication Skills Programs in reading, composition, spelling, and expressive language, as well as the training system designed to accompany each program. These programs are intended for use in kindergarten through grade 4. Product development, field tryouts, revisions, and results for the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Language Programs

Shute, Stephanie – English Journal, 1986
Tells English teachers how to develop a speech program using skills that are similar to those used in essay writing. Shows how the following steps in the speech-making process can be divisions in the course: purpose, audience, content, delivery, and evaluation. (EL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English Instruction, Language Arts, Program Content

Laughton, Joan – Volta Review, 1980
The article describes the Communication Unit, (which provides services in language, speech, auditory processing, amplification, speechreading, manual communication, and related domains) within the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf which serves 250 hearing impaired children birth through high school age. (SB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Coons, Daniel E. – 1976
The nationwide problem of declining communication skills is evident in the large numbers of students entering college with deficiencies in reading, writing, and speaking skills. This paper discusses the operation of a communication skills program within a college communication skills center which functions as a supportive resource service and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Program Descriptions