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Direct linkMcCloskey, Patrick J. – Teacher Magazine, 2002
In this article, the author describes how Math/Science Institute (M/SI) in New York City prepares minority students to take the rigorous entrance exam for the city's three specialized science high schools: Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, and Brooklyn Technical. M/SI was created in 1995 by Ramon Cortines, who was then chancellor of New York City's…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Minority Groups, Neighborhoods, African American Students
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Download full textWright, Dianne; Bogotch, Ira – Journal of College Admission, 2006
Over the last several years there have been numerous calls for reforming high school to college transitions. In 2000-2001, the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and the National Commission on the High School Senior Year respectively called for a re-thinking of how students moved from secondary to postsecondary education. A widely-discussed…
Descriptors: High Schools, College Credits, Grade 10, Youth
Sandeen, Arthur – 1991
This book examines the leadership role of higher education chief student affairs officers (CSAO). Organized in three parts, Part One consists of four chapters that survey the CSAO's responsibilities as a campus leader. The first chapter describes the various roles and functions of the position and discusses its origins and evolution. Chapter Two…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Arbitration
Robinson, Donald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Characterizes the University of Massachusetts School of Education Program as dynamic and creative and as offering a quality program based on change and innovation. (Author/DW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Jacoby, Barbara – 1989
A preview is given of ASHE-ERIC report no. 7 which focuses on commuting students at colleges and universities and how institutions of higher education can begin to respond to these students' special circumstances that are greatly affecting their educational experience. The diversity of commuter students and their educational goals requires the use…
Descriptors: Commuter Colleges, Commuting Students, Educational Experience, Higher Education
Missouri Southern State Coll., Joplin. – 1985
Southern's Ongoing Support (SOS) plan, developed at Missouri Southern State College, is described. This plan provides educational assistance and expertise to any first year teacher education graduate who believes help is needed in an area identified by the college as a specialty area objective. Assistance may also be requested by the employing…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship, Higher Education
Bullis, Connie; Bach, Betsy Wackernagel – 1989
To examine perspectives of change in individual-organizational socialization, a study used the retrospective interview technique (RIT) to reconstruct the history and process of individuals' socialization experiences over an 8-month period. Using the RIT, researchers asked subjects, 28 entering graduate students enrolled in three communication…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Communication Research, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Kerka, Sandra – 1989
This document reviews research on the factors affecting the retention of adult students, discusses the relevance of some attrition models for adults, and presents strategies for helping adults adapt to the university and for adapting the university to adults. Reviewing factors affecting retention, the digest says that student characteristics,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, College Environment, Higher Education
Knapper, Christopher; And Others – 1985
Students taking university-level courses through distance education have special needs, primarily because of their isolation from immediate contacts with instructors and special facilities. Developing instructional methods to meet these needs is important if the quality of distance education is to be high. Schools established solely to provide…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Johnson, Whittington B. – 1978
Recent years have indicated a shift by black students in their attitudes toward Black Studies programs. These students now judge programs by their pragmatic, rather than polemical, value in serving as an entree to professional schools. This trend is paralleled by a declining economic situation which may force colleges to terminate programs they…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Education, Black Students, Black Studies
KOHLER, WALTER J.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION PREPARED A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATING OF PREVIOUS STATEMENTS ABOUT LONG-RANGE PLANNING IN VIEW OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY IS TO PROVIDE A NEW PROVISIONAL PLAN BASED ON THE GOALS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN WISCONSIN FOR ALL INSTITUTIONS IN THE WISCONSIN SYSTEM. THE STUDY IS BASED PRIMARILY…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Planning, Educational Objectives, Educational Opportunities
BERNS, ROBERT S. – 1968
ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIST ARE EXPLORED. THE PSYCHIATRIST CAN OFFER DIRECTION AND INSIGHT IN DECISION-MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING OF THE CONFLICTS EXISTING BETWEEN STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS. IN DOING THIS, THE PSYCHIATRIST MUST VIEW GROUP PROBLEMS IN TERMS…
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Attitudes, Community Health Services, Mental Health Programs
Lipset, Seymour Martin – 1968
This is a report on a conference on "Students and Politics" held at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan from March 27-31, 1967. The purpose of the conference was to bring together scholars from various counstries who have been doing research on the nature and causal background of university student participation in politics. Some 36 papers…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Political Attitudes, Political Influences, Social Influences
Warnath, Charles F. – 1974
The value of the college counseling center has been to symbolize the concern for students of the basically depersonalized institutional bureaucracy. The center has permitted others on campus to avoid becoming involved with students. By localizing the problems which are presented by clients within the clients themselves, counselors defuse any…
Descriptors: College Environment, Counselor Role, Guidance Centers, Higher Education
Garland Junior Coll., Boston, MA. – 1974
A survey was conducted at Garland Junior College to determine the educational expectations of 69 new students, 122 parents, and 22 college faculty and administrators. Each group in this private women's college was asked to rank, in terms of expectations they held, the following items: learn job skills, mature in relations with others, become more…
Descriptors: Expectation, Females, Parent Attitudes, Private Colleges
