Describes the faculty development program at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio), which awarded developmental grant proposals to individual faculty, groups of faculty, and departments over a three-year period. Results of a faculty survey showed the program produced generally positive changes, with both anticipated results (e.g., increased use of…

Examined factors affecting the success of a staff-development program in promoting long-term use of cooperative learning. Surveys of teachers who participated in a statewide cooperative-learning staff-development program indicated that three years after the training, most participants used cooperative learning some of the time. Membership on a…

Programmed identity-matching training was given to five participants with severe mental retardation and histories of failures in assessments and training attempts. When an intermediate goal of establishing one-trial discrimination learning was eliminated, four participants completed the program and passed tests for generalized identity matching…

Demonstrates that popular assertions regarding the social benefits of additional higher education are dubious. Reveals four decisive factors: presumed economic growth; changes in graduates' and nongraduates' relative earnings; differences between the marginal and average student; and belief in scale economies. Unless economic growth favors…

Contains articles describing and evaluating the Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum (IGC) Project, a curriculum for the first two years of medical school designed to encourage more graduates to enter generalist fields. Articles are grouped in sections: "What Was the ICG Project?"; "What Can Others Learn from the IGC…

Addresses issues related to prevention efforts applied to eating disorders and presents an overview of risk factors that have been identified. Emphasizes the importance of understanding the psychological and physical developmental processes during adolescence and the sociocultural context in which eating disorders develop. Concludes with a summary…

School-effectiveness research has made three considerable contributions: establishing a field exhibiting the characteristics of normal science, generation of research findings on numerous important topics, and combating of social/professional pessimism concerning educational-advancement prospects. School-effectiveness researchers will probably…

Describes the benefits to students, the institution, and society of leadership development programs at community colleges, and discusses the features of exemplary leadership programs and program effectiveness. (EV)

Evaluation of a developmentally based early intervention program for young children with autism in Scotland by comparison of treatment (n=14) and no-treatment (n=6) groups found treatment children improved significantly more than control group children on measures of joint attention, social interaction, imitation, daily living skills, motor…

Addresses one Communication Department's sojourn in designing, developing, and proposing a unique Master of Arts in Applied Communication. Discusses steps in developing an applied graduate program, the mission statement for the program, the curriculum, the expected impact of the graduate program on the undergraduate program, and program strengths.…

Gives a theoretical rationale for a portfolio evaluation project and describes a directly applicable structure and procedure for such a project. Discusses how the task of assessing the efficacy of technical communication service courses provides an opportunity to learn more about student and faculty needs and to update and improve curriculum. (SC)

Reports on the Archdiocese of Louisville's (Kentucky) mentoring program for directors of religious education (DREs), which provides an opportunity to become familiar with the standards for DRE ministry. Examines the five stages of the mentoring process: matchmaking, orientation, monthly meetings, concluding session of prayer and testimony, and…

Home visiting programs for families with young children have been in effect for many years; however, this is the first comprehensive meta-analytic effort to quantify the usefulness of home visits as a strategy for helping families across a range of outcomes. Sixty home visiting programs contributed data to analysis within 5 child and 5 parent…

This article reviews cultural and methodological considerations when developing effective preventive interventions among Latino families. A prevention approach guides the discussion of five key issues in prevention science, including (a) the role of risk and protective factors, (b) fidelity and adaptation strategies, (c) program effectiveness, (d)…

When STARS reform efforts were launched in 2000, teacher training in assessment was seen as crucial to the success of the program. The STARS reform efforts focus on both supporting the implementation of quality classroom assessment practices and implementing a district-based accountability system. The training programs described in this article…