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Student-Community Engagement and the Development of Graduate Attributes
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O'Connor, Kristine Mason; Lynch, Kenny; Owen, David – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of student-community engagement in ensuring relevance of higher education to civil, social, economic and moral issues. It reviews the literature around three inter-related themes: calls for higher education institutions to engage with their communities; the kinds of attributes university…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Citizenship, Community Relations, School Community Relationship
Leveraging Alumni and Business Community Relations to Assess the Information Systems Curriculum
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Plice, Robert K.; Reinig, Bruce A. – Journal of Education for Business, 2009
A recent Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (2006) task force called for increased interaction between business schools and the business community to identify essential skill sets and help with the curriculum-management process. An information systems curriculum-assessment study solicited input from recent alumni working in the…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Alumni, Business, Community Relations
Community Investigations: Looking at Uncertainty.
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Kolbe, Tom – Primary Voices K-6, 1999
Describes a three-year collaborative project, Investigating Our Community, involving teachers and fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. Focuses on moving from mandated curriculum that defines inquiry with known outcomes to inquiry that explores the unknown knowledge and stories of their school's neighborhood. Finds that a community investigation…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Relations, Curriculum Development, Grade 4
Vocational Education for the Handicapped in Rural Areas. LINCpaper 814.
Holden, Carol; And Others – 1983
The paper examines six issues affecting the development of vocational education programs for handicapped students in rural areas. Problems facing special education in rural areas include financial difficulties and inadequate services. The following six issues are addressed (sample recommended strategies for change in parentheses): broadening the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Relations, Community Resources, Cooperation
ESTABLISHING JUNIOR COLLEGES, A REPORT OF A NATIONAL CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY UCLA, THE AAJC, AND THE COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITING JUNIOR COLLEGES OF THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES (LOS ANGELES, JULY 10-12, 1963).
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California Univ., Los Angeles. – 1964
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW COLLEGES WERE DISCUSSED IN A SERIES OF 18 PAPERS. SPECIFIC TOPICS INCLUDED TIME-SEQUENCE FACTORS, ESTABLISHMENT OF STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES, PROVIDING PLANT AND FACILITIES, SECURING AND ORGANIZING PERSONNEL, DEVELOPING COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND FINANCING. THIS DOCUMENT…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Community Relations, Conference Reports
Validating Students: A Collaborative Model. Elementary School Review.
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Peebles, Lucretia – Social Studies Review, 1996
Maintains that content-rich, meaningful curricula can provide learning opportunities to all students. Describes an informal, nonprofit community-based learning program that extends the school's curriculum beyond the classroom by providing access to multimedia resources. Presents an 11-step collaborative model for the project. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Community Involvement, Community Relations
The Principal in Metropolitan Schools.
Erickson, Donald A., Ed.; Reller, Theodore L., Ed. – 1978
This collection of articles is designed to help metropolitan school principals meet the challenges of their positions. It is especially concerned with how principals can contribute to effective education for students of markedly heterogenous backgrounds. The authors deal with such issues as the principalship and metropolitan administration, the…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection