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Wingspread Conference on Quality Assurance in Teacher Education (Racine, Michigan, May 11-13, 1986).
Download full textBarr, Robert D., Ed.; Schalock, H. Del, Ed. – 1986
A small group of influential educators participated in a Wingspread Conference to discuss the topic of teacher warranty programs. While each of the warranty programs described at Wingspread was distinctive, there were a number of features that all seemed to have in common: (1) teacher warranty programs are a form of quality assurance for…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Helping Relationship, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Dickey, Ann K., Ed. – 1988
The 1987 Association for Institutional Research annual forum theme, "Managing Education Better," is covered by keynote and general sessions speakers from four angles: (1) how to study the student, (2) effects of different presidential styles, (3) the changing role of information technology, and (4) evaluating the effectiveness of our…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administration, Administrative Policy, Administrator Evaluation
Naples, Caesar J., Ed. – 1999
Following an introduction, listing of the program for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference, and description of the Center, this conference proceedings contains the following papers: (1) "Some Thoughts and Facts on CUNY, Public Higher Education in New York State, and Accountability" (Augusta Souza Kappner); (2) "Academic Politics and Academic…
Descriptors: Accountability, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Distance Education
Uhl, Norman P. – 1978
Symposium papers pertaining to the competition for students accompanying college desegregation are summarized. Attention is also briefly directed to the impact of court-ordered guidelines for the development of desegregation plans, and the North Carolina Central University's Institute on Desegregation, which promotes research into desegregation.…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Choice, College Desegregation, College Environment
Eshelman, James N., Ed. – 1969
Presentations of both the plenary sessions and the business meeting are included in the proceedings. Topics covered include: reassessment of the function of graduate education; dimensions of graduate study; faculty and student power and roles in decision-making; interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and polydisciplinary programs; and grading. (LBH)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, Conference Reports, Decision Making
Walsh, Michael H. – 1991
This paper presents the keynote speech from a symposium on finance and management in higher education. Following introductions, the speaker, an executive from the business community who also serves on several university governing boards, asserted that, like businesses, institutions of higher education face a nearly continual need to respond to…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Change Strategies, College Administration, Educational Finance
Floyd, Deborah L., Ed. – 1991
This summary of a colloquium on leadership issues and challenges for the 1990's is comprised of six chapters addressing different colloquium themes. Chapter 1, "The National Agenda for Community College Student Affairs: Addressing Priorities for the 1990s," by Deborah L. Floyd, describes the Leadership Agenda developed by representatives from the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning
Walleri, Dan, Ed.; And Others – 1989
The eight general session, exemplary practice, and roundtable papers contained in this conference proceedings report focus on various aspects of institutional effectiveness and student outcomes. The volume includes: (1) "Effectiveness and Student Success in Community Colleges: Practices, Realities, and Imperatives," by Peter Ewell; (2) "Rhetoric…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Planning, Community Colleges
Piper, David Warren, Ed. – 1973
This selection of conference papers on a national purpose for higher education in England begins with an analysis of the distribution of power in "Who Decides the Purposes?" Maurice Kogan argues for a "consumer council" formally representing students. The concept of "social purpose" is examined by Bill Weinstein in…
Descriptors: College Role, College Students, Conference Reports, Consumer Protection
Schuette, Gretchen; And Others – 1986
An action conference on issues related to community college student success was held in May 1986 to stimulate and share ideas related to access, assessment, and intervention that would better ensure student success. The reports and working notes of the small groups assigned to examine these topics were used to create this summary document.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, College Instruction, College Role
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
The National Collegiate Drug Awareness Week 1988 (conceived and initiated by the Inter-Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Substance Issues) began with a Kick-Off Conference of educators that provided students and professionals an opportunity to share ideas and experiences. One-page abstracts of 17 conference presentations are as follows:…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Attitude Change, College Students, Community Involvement
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1995
This publication contains a collection of 95 abstracts of presentations on college student transitions, particularly those of freshmen, transfer students, and seniors. Each abstract is designed to give the reader a short summary of a presentation and to provide the name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for additional…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Environment, College Freshmen, College Instruction
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Coll. of Education. – 1991
These proceedings and addendum contain 31 papers: "Linking Motivation and Participation in Adult Education" (Babchuk, Courtney); "Workplace Literacy Education as Contextual Learning" (Babchuk, Dirkx); "Model for Focusing Research in Adult Agricultural Education" (Birkenholz et al.); "A Research Agenda for Adult Civic Education" (Boggs,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Walleri, Dan, Ed.; And Others – 1991
The 27 papers included in this proceedings report focus on various aspects of institutional effectiveness and student outcomes. The papers are: (1) "Assessment Update: Ends, Means and Results" (Banta); (2) "The Top Ten Issues Facing America's Community Colleges" (Lorenzo and Banach); (3) "Assessing Institutional Effectiveness in Continuing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Planning, College Role
Rayfield, Gina, Ed.; And Others – 1977
Proceedings of the first National Conference on Academic Advising, sponsored in 1977 by the University of Vermont, are presented. Among the 36 papers presented are the following: "Making Advising Work: Basic Elements in Developing and Implementing a Successful Academic Advising Program" (David S. Crockett); "A Community College Academic Advisor's…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, College Freshmen
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