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New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1976
The proceedings of a conference on the status of Higher Education Opportunity Programs are presented in this volume. The main concern throughout the conference was the loss of identity of the special programs that would come with their mainstreaming or institutionalization within the college. Counselors complained about the enormous paperwork and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Opportunities, Higher Education, Program Administration
Schweinberger, Otto W. – 1977
A major conference was held on December 16, 1976 in Moline, Illinois to provide representatives from colleges and communities through the state with an opportunity to meet with academic humanists in a discussion of the history, present role, and potential of the community college. Local conferences were then developed in four sections of Illinois,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Community Attitudes, Community Colleges, Conference Reports
1973
These are the speeches and the results of the Conference on School Consultation. The conference had four primary purposes: (1) provide an opportunity for mental health professionals to focus on an important area of services which has previously been overlooked by most CMHC's; (2) provide the opportunity for mutual discussion and development of new…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Conference Reports, Consultants, Consultation Programs
Bronx Community Coll., NY. – 1977
The objective of the final conference was to provide an opportunity for the 10 Associate institutions of National Project II to share what they had learned, both individually and as a consortium. Each institution had been chosen to participate in the project on the basis of an exemplary program for underprepared college students. This document…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid
Petro, Peter G., Ed. – 1973
Conference addresses and summaries of group discussion are included in these proceedings of a symposium held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Employment Service and to explore its future role. The first item is a research report, "The Potential Impact of the Employment Service on the Economy," by Charles Holt, followed by…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Conference Reports, Employment Services
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Silva, Liliana, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2013, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 26 to 28 of April. Our efforts and active engagement can now be rewarded with these three days of exciting new developments about what we are passionate about: Psychology and its connections. We take pride…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychoeducational Methods, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
Lewis, Anne – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
The 2005 National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) conference marked the 20th year of work on critically important accountability topics by the UCLA institution, "a tremendous accomplishment for a research center," according to Aimee Dorr, dean of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Accountability, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
DeSanctis, Vincent, Comp. – 1979
Four speeches delivered at the Research in Adult Basic Education Conference are presented. The first paper, by Larry Martin, describes his preliminary investigation into psychosocial characteristics of adult basic education and adult secondary education participants. The second paper, An Alternative Program for Attaining Adult Literacy, by Gordon…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Medical Coll. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Center for Women in Medicine. – 1975
The conference reported here was held (1) to assist the Office of Health Resources/Health Resources Administration in developing a long-range plan and identifying strategies to improve the efficacy of women in the health system and (2) to recommend by priorities those actions which would have the most positive impact on the status of women in…
Descriptors: Administration, Change Strategies, Conference Reports, Consumer Economics
National Center for Health Services Research and Development (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1977
The thirteen papers included here were presented at a conference on the importance of systematic research in evaluating the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system and administrative functions. The first paper spells out the roles and responsibilities EMS administrators incur when they make a commitment to participate in a research project. An…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Conference Reports
Indiana State Board of Vocational and Technical Education, Indianapolis. – 1975
These 10 presentations were made at a State conference to explore the problems and possibilities of job placement as background for implementing a Statewide guidance program with emphasis on counseling, placement, and followup for selected target groups. Focus is on three issues of job placement: (1) Where do the responsibilities for job placement…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Conference Reports
Bottoms, Gene; And Others – 1977
Current delivery systems for vocational education and their implications for the future is the topic of presentations included in this report of an EPDA (Educational Professions Development Act) leadership development seminar. Major contents are an evaluation summary, texts of the three major speeches, and outlines of afternoon interaction…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Bilingual Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Conference Reports
Pickard, C. Glenn, Jr., Ed.; Watkins, Julia D., Ed. – 1977
The conference reported here was held for nurse faculty and physicians from twenty-five family nurse practitioner (FNP) programs based in twenty-one states to provide the participants with an opportunity to consider their common curriculum problems and successes in FNP education. The first half of this booklet contains five paper presentations…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Clinical Experience, Conference Reports
Alabama Univ., University. – 1984
These proceedings contain eight presentations that report research in the area of marketing and distributive education: "An Analysis of Private-Sector Training and Development for Marketing and Service Related Industries" (Stewart Husted); "Microcomputers: Updating the Teaching of Merchandising in the Virginia Tech Teacher Education…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Articulation (Education)