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King, Brenda; And Others – Open Campus, 1982
Several approaches being used to support students in distance education programs in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries are described. Britain's Open University support services are offered through tutor-counselors in about 260 local study centres throughout the United Kingdom. Students are assigned to specialist tutors who…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Education, Educational Technology
McCorkle, Chester O., Jr; Archibald, Sandra Orr – 1982
A new approach to academic management is described that combines innovative techniques of planning, resource management, and evaluation to enable administrators to respond more effectively to challenges of the present and future. Chapter 1 describes the challenges facing higher education: (1) protecting and enhancing institutional quality; (2)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning, Faculty College Relationship
Dalili, Farid – 1982
The separate but complementary roles of the international student advisor and counselor are discussed, and foreign student personnel services are addressed. It is suggested that the increasing number of international students indicates a need for a full-time foreign student advisor. The job is complicated by the different cultures and different…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Admission, Counselor Role, Cultural Differences
Delaware Univ., Newark. Commission on Lifelong Learning. – 1980
Tasks of the University of Delaware Commission on Lifelong Learning are discussed as part of a 5-year plan (1981-1985). Near-term, intermediate-term, and long-term objectives for the 5-year plan are identified. Following each objective, references are made to chapter and pages in the text that provide relevant background information and supporting…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Advisory Committees, College Role, Continuing Education
Eagan, Eileen – 1981
The origins of the student movement of the 1930s are discussed, with attention to internal dynamics and reactions to external events, and the impact on student attitudes today. After providing a background of the antiwar movement, individual university revolts and strikes are considered. An explanation is offered concerning students' thoughts and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Activism, Civil Liberties, Demonstrations (Civil)
Scollon, Ron – 1981
Educational practice and barriers to full participation of Alaska Natives in postsecondary education were examined in an ethnographic study begun in October 1980 by the University of Alaska. Focus was on the institutional placement, organization, and functioning of gatekeeping encounters within the university, primarily the central Fairbanks…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Alaska Natives, College Attendance
Download full textDeWitt, Robert C. – 1982
A continuing orientation course offered by Pennsylvania State University, Beaver Campus, for "social security students" during the 1982 spring term is reviewed in terms of course content, student characteristics, the use of undergraduate group facilitators, the grading system, and students' evaluations of the course. The course was…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Planning, College Admission, Course Content
Pillinger, Barbara Baxter; Kraack, Thomas A. – OSA Research Bulletin, 1980
The concept and implementation of long-range planning for student affairs is considered, and a simple model for planning that could be useful to chief student personnel officers is presented. Several issues are considered in this process: the conditions and premises crucial to planning, a systematic approach to planning, the locus of the planning…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Environment, College Planning, Decision Making
Startup, Richard – 1980
The academic activity and occupational role of the university teacher is examined from a sociological as well as an educational viewpoint. The sociological focus is on the role the teacher assumes as dictated by the central concept on what a university teacher should be, including the types of relationships that surface from this central concept.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Department Heads, Departments, Higher Education
Powell, J. P. – 1976
Trends affecting higher education in Australia, issues relating to selection and admission, and difficulties that many students face during their first year in college are discussed. Declining enrollment trends and an over-supply of graduates in a number of fields, especially some science fields, are discussed. A shift of emphasis away from…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Adult Students, Articulation (Education)
MCDOWELL, JAMES V.
STUDENT ORIENTATION TOWARD COLLEGE WAS STUDIED BY ADMINISTERING A UNIFORM BATTERY OF TESTS AND QUESTIONNAIRES, INCLUDING THE CLARK AND TROW ROLE ORIENTATION INSTRUMENT (RO), TO 1,988 ENTERING FRESHMEN AT 13 SMALL COLLEGES. IN THE SPRING, 25 PERCENT OF THESE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN MOST OF THE SAME BATTERY. STUDENTS WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR TYPES ON…
Descriptors: Classification, College Freshmen, Educational Environment, Orientation
McVey, Ronald; And Others – 1977
These five papers represent different aspects of John Jay College of Criminal Justice's efforts in the area of professional career development, with special attention given to the concerns of minority group students and young and mid-career professionals. The introductory paper summarizes the College's history in the area of career development.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Programs, Guidance Programs, Higher Education
Smith, David C. – 1979
The focus in this history of the University of Maine's first century is on the problems facing administrators and trustees in keeping the institution alive and growing in an environment both politically and socially hostile to public higher education. The establishment and growth of the early university are described, and special periods in its…
Descriptors: Athletics, College Environment, Educational History, Extracurricular Activities
Gerst, Arthur; Trent, James W. – 1972
This document is the first volume in a 5-part series that reports the results of a project undertaken to critically review and analyze major longitudinal studies of child and student development. These studies were conducted to discover the variables, techniques, methodologies, and problems pertinent to evaluative studies of the effects of schools…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Environment, Educational Planning
Roesler, Elmo V., Ed. – 1972
A survey of high school juniors and seniors in areas served by members of the Appalachian Developing Institutions Consortium was conducted to: (1) discover the kind of image each consortium institution had with these students; and (2) obtain information on these students' backgrounds and educational plans to assist administrations in establishing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Educational Needs, Postsecondary Education
