In 1988 a paper described "Start-Up Strategies for Speaking and Listening across Disciplines," with special reference to eight institutions which at that time had relatively freshly-minted programs in speaking across the curriculum (Weiss). Eight strategies for starting such programs were delineated and remain viable today, but the…

Reviewed available studies reporting on the negative effects of drug education programs. Findings indicated that program objectives were to prevent drug abuse. The programs' actual effect was to liberalize attitudes towards drug use. (LAB)

Among 228 secondary students not taking marketing classes (84%), attitudes were almost equally related to tangible attributes (relationship to future employment, job placement, college preparation) and symbolic attributes (exciting, sophisticated) of marketing education. Recruitment strategies should emphasis both types. (SK)

This report is the result of a nationwide survey conducted in March 2008 of student life officers and campus safety directors to assess the impact of the April 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech on campus safety and security policy and practice. Discussion areas include: (1) Student Privacy vs. Need-to-Know; (2) Prevention, Mitigation and Recovery;…

Skill/competency approaches to workplace-based policy seek to assess and train for discrete individual competencies with the goal of increasing employability and productivity. These approaches have become increasingly prominent across a range of advanced capitalist countries. A substantial critique has emerged over this same period regarding…

With the expansion in publicly funded prekindergarten programs across the country, a number of policy initiatives are aiming to bring these various providers of preschool services together to create coordinated systems of early care and education. This article reports the findings of a focus group study with stakeholders at all levels of the…

Although many in the social work profession have written about empowerment, few have offered a description of the empowerment process from the perspective of clients and workers in high-risk communities. This qualitative study presents a model of empowerment practice from the perspective of frontline workers, the challenges they faced, and the…

In Bangladesh, the system of assessment has always been guided by curriculum though the system only covered learners' ability of memorization and comprehension skills. Other categories of skills in the knowledge like application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation are hardly included in the assessment. Besides, some of the essential qualities such…

Introduction: We examine the role of the digital repository manager, discuss the future of repository management and evaluation and suggest that library and information science schools develop new repository management curricula. Method: Face-to-face interviews were carried out with managers of five different types of repositories and a Web-based…

These hearing transcripts provide testimony on a rule proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), "Nutrition Objectives for School Meals," that would require meals served under the national school lunch program to be consistent with federal dietary guidelines. The majority of the testimony addressed the content of…

The United States Office of Education defines bilingual bicultural (b/b) education as the use of 2 languages (one of which is English) in a well-organized program which would include the history and culture associated with the student's native language. In this paper, some Chicano perceptions of Southwestern b/b education are reviewed. Bilingual…

Reports on a parent survey evaluating the full-day kindergarten program at the Metcalf Laboratory School in Normal, Illinois. Finds that parents preferred the full-day program over the previous half-day program, and that they thought their children enjoyed the full-day program. (MM)

The author presents considerations for business educators concerning recruitment of students for the business program. Several specific recruitment techniques are included. (CH)