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Feldhusen, John F.; Ruckman, Debra R. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
Saturday programs can enrich schools' offerings to gifted/talented youths by providing in-depth, accelerated study in areas of interest, with the opportunity to study under high-level specialists. Important considerations in development of Saturday programs include teacher selection, training, and supervision; evaluation; financing; curriculum…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Program Development
Larson, Wendy Ann – Currents, 1990
The University of Notre Dame (Indiana) fund-raising program uses first-class transportation and hospitality in major donor weekends. Features include careful research, personalized correspondence, transportation provided by trustee-owned private planes, scheduled ground transportation, accommodations, information packets, and a weekend of…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Case Studies, Donors, Fund Raising
Hefner, Steve; McGill, Pam – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1990
A Saturday arts program was developed to serve secondary-level gifted/talented students in Richland School District Two, South Carolina. The curriculum includes aesthetic valuing, aesthetic perception, cultural heritage, and creative expression. Students learn to create better art, develop creative thinking skills, and become aware of art career…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Creative Expression, Enrichment Activities
Griswold, Jean S. – 1983
Information on Colorado State University's foreign language camps for college students is presented. Advantages of the following two models for camps are identified: a single language camp, and a combination multi-language camp with four languages (Spanish, French, German, and Chinese). Features of the camps include: speaking in the foreign…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education, Language of Instruction
Huddleston, Thomas, Jr.; Hendry, Mary – College Board Review, 1983
Recommendations are given for colleges wishing to develop adult education programs, including information sources and program ideas. A nontraditional weekend program developed at Saint Xavier College as a time-intensive baccalaureate curriculum is described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Bachelors Degrees, Higher Education, Information Sources
Longacre, Gregory A. – 1987
During a one-year period from February 1985 to February 1986, a task force explored the possibility of a Weekend College for Otterbein College, a small liberal arts institution located in Westerville, Ohio. This report provides information on the myriad of considerations for developing a Weekend College program (e.g., staffing, budgeting,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Curriculum, College Programs, Demography
Weiter, Steve – Computers in Libraries, 1996
Describes how a library automation system administrator developed a computer support network for the Finger Lakes Library System's (New York) evening and weekend hours. Discusses support options and decision-making factors--hiring extra staff, utilizing vendors, pagers, cellular phones, or contracting for third-party support. After employing staff…
Descriptors: Evening Programs, Information Technology, Library Automation, Library Networks
Download full textTechnology Univ., Sydney (Australia). – 1994
This document contains materials about and from the "History of Adult Literacy Weekend" that was held at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. The following papers about the weekend are included: "Foreword" (Patricia Ward, Rosie Wickert); "Introduction" (Rosie Wickert); "Focus on Oral…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Delivery Systems
DeMay, Mona Smith; Lynch, Robert E. – 1980
Using the Geneseo Migrant Center's Weekend Recreation Program as an example, the booklet is designed to assist directors and administrators in establishing a Weekend Recreational Program to meet educational, recreational, emotional, and social needs of participating migrant families, and to serve as a resource during the implementation of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Art Education, Blacks
Ohio Continuing Higher Education Association. – 1986
Eleven presentations are provided from the summer conference of the Ohio Continuing Higher Education Association (OCHEA). A letter from the president of OCHEA, John R. Loch, appears first. These presentations follow: "Colleges and Corporations: Partners in Continuing Education" (Donna Bovard, Martha Silling); "Weekend Colleges: Serving Adults…
Descriptors: Colleges, Continuing Education, Credits, Educational Innovation
