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Ahnell, I. V.; And Others – 1978
The nature of staff development in education and the role that the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) and its Georgia affiliate might play in promoting staff development efforts are discussed. The identification of individual and system needs, the coordination of these needs, and the evolution of programs meeting these needs are seen as the…
Descriptors: Institutional Role, Organizational Effectiveness, Professional Associations, Program Development
Cassara, Beverly Benner – 1993
The profession of adult education provides many excellent opportunities to enhance global understanding. One way for adult educators to become involved in international activities is through the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE). As a federation of adult education organizations that are organized in seven regions throughout the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Global Approach, Institutional Mission
Treffman, Stephen A. – 1976
Many organizations assign responsibility for planning, administering, and coordinating programs of training for their employees or members to a specialist whose title is usually director of education or training. Not much is known, however, about the process by which that role emerges. By studying the way training evolves in organizations where…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Programs, Industrial Training, Institutional Role
Trivett, David A. – 1978
Modern marketing concepts and techniques are described as offering problem-solving and explanatory directions to the study of colleges and universities. In application to the administration of higher education, marketing is defined as an approach or philosophy of management and planning based on the conviction that those institutions that survive…
Descriptors: Administration, College Planning, Conference Reports, Educational Administration
Young, Elizabeth L. – 1981
As various institutions compete to fill more roles in the educational process, they should ask themselves exactly what kind of clientele they wish to serve and what kinds of outcomes they wish to attain. Only then is it reasonable to consider strategies for using technology to support these goals. Educational institutions should plan future…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Educational Needs, Educational Technology, Entrepreneurship
Madle, Ronald A. – 1980
In brief response to a paper presented at a conference, the distinction between training and education is emphasized in terms of mission and institutions best equipped to provide each service. Discussion subsequently focuses on the need for the development of detailed descriptions of the various positions in child care, along with statements of…
Descriptors: Agencies, Certification, Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education
Finch, Alton V.; Haney, Annice M., Ed. – Balance Sheet, 1979
Describes the organization, methods, and mission of the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education, an autonomous body established to improve understanding of business and economic education, assist educators, define business education's role in the total educational program, and develop recommendations to implement that role. (MF)
Descriptors: Business Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Economics Education, Educational Development
Carlson, Norman A. – 1974
The new Federal Youth Center in Pleasanton, California is attempting to pioneer in successful ways of correcting offenders. Constructed at a cost of five and one half million dollars, the correctional institution offers many innovative programs. As part of the Federal Bureau of Prisons building program, three objectives are to be kept in mind: (1)…
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Change Strategies, Coeducation, Correctional Education
Shore, Sue – 1993
If Australia's adult educators involved in adult literacy, language, and numeracy provision are to initiate significant changes in the inequalities existing in Australian society, they must examine a range of issues extending far beyond classroom walls. Much discussion about workplace communication in recent years has evolved from the growing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
Kedney, R. J., Ed. – 1975
This collection of papers is intended to provide adult educators and administrators information that will assist in making decisions about, initiating, financing, and evaluating adult literacy programs in England. Papers in the first part of the book focus on definitions of adult literacy, examining the dimensions of the problem, the potential…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Colleges
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Esquibel, Antonio; Casso, Henry J. – 1974
Participating in the "NIE/National Education Task Force de la Raza Symposium" were 57 of the nation's top Chicano educators. During the Symposium's 2 days, these Chicano educators interacted with 5 National Institute of Education (NIE) staff members. Objectives of the Symposium included: (1) to review NIE's 1975-76 Multicultural Agenda;…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Conferences, Curriculum, Educational Finance
Schwimmer, Barbara – 1974
Day care is an entity unto itself whose values and goals have neigher been proclaimed nor supported. Unless it examines and declares its theoretical base reflecting planning in response to what it views as its purpose and mission, it will continue to be treated as a marginal, residual institution and user capriciously as a political and social…
Descriptors: Child Care, Day Care, Federal Programs, Institutional Role
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1975
Career education, as it currently exists, is put in perspective with reference to broader and more far-reaching proposals for dealing with the education/work dilemma in the United States. In so doing, career education is pictured as a movement that operates under a "possible change" philosophy. Current strengths of career education are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Development, Career Education, Educational Change