This document contains statistics in summary form about higher education in Maryland. The first table compared Maryland data to national averages for educational achievement, enrollment, campus mix in enrollments, degrees conferred, average resident undergraduate tuition and fees, state funding, and average faculty salaries. Other tables, grouped…

This paper describes how the University of Massachusetts (Boston) developed partnership programs to improve achievement of students with significant disabilities just beginning to participate in a standards-based general curriculum. Fundamental to the effort was development of a 12-credit graduate certificate program focused on adapting the…

This report presents a teacher-based action research model for preparing classroom teachers to assume leadership roles in educational reform. A task force, convened in 1995 at one college, identified critical characteristics for integrating professional development and university requirements for a graduate degree. It evolved into a reflective…

This study examined the impact of the Opening Doors Summer Research Institute, an intensive summer research program designed to reverse negative retention trends among minority college students. The study examined experiences of minority students participating in a research program designed to introduce culturally diverse undergraduates to the…

After participating in a graduate level Science, Technology, and Society course, a third grade teacher utilized constructivist approaches with her students to foster life-long learning. The focus of this paper is how students searched for patterns while participating in collaborative discussions focused on current events in science. The tools in…

This paper first examines how the graduate institute of teacher education at Bank Street College of Education, New York, has worked to foster reflective practice over time and across program components. It examines the mission and structures that have been enacted to this end and identifies ongoing challenges encountered. The paper first discusses…

This report on student indebtedness is based primarily on a current study which is measuring the average Stafford loan balance facing students, as well as indicators of payment stress. The study is based on data on about 325,000 loans from the USA Group's entire loan servicing portfolio, which includes both subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford…

This document describes the final grant report for the Anchorage School District (Alaska) project titled Extending Curricular Effectiveness through Links among Standards (EXCELS). This grant was a demonstration project designed to provide extensive professional development related to national standards. A process was developed for bringing…

This document consists of course materials for adult participants in a graduate-level course in "Survey of Human Resource Development." Following an introductory section on training materials, including a course pretest, and an introduction to graduate study, the course covers the following topics: (1) history of training; (2) behavioral sciences…

This study examined the matriculation status of all fall term 1993 students at the Fischler Graduate School of Education and Human Services of Nova Southeastern University by fall term 1998, differentiating between campus-based students and distance education students at individual sites. Data were obtained on matriculation rates of 1,584…

This CD-ROM computer disc contains a separate data analysis system for the following National Center for Education Statistics studies: 1996 Beginning Postsecondary Students First Follow-Up (BPS:96/98); 1990 Beginning Postsecondary Students Second Follow-Up (BPS:90/94); Baccalaureate and Beyond Second Follow-Up (B&B:93/97); Undergraduate…

This paper recounts how one urban-based university addressed the need for teachers to acquire the knowledge and skills required to take on increasing types of leadership roles. The university formed a partnership with a nonprofit organization to design and implement a 32-semester hour master's degree program to address the issue. The program…

This study examined differences in final course grades for campus-based and distance education students in the Graduate School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University (Florida). Data on 8,096 course grades for winter term 1997 were obtained from university records. It was found that students enrolled in courses offered…

Three main questions guided this study: (1) What are the possible implications, positive and negative, from implementing an Ed.D. program at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU)?; (2) What were the conditions for teaching at other universities when an Ed.D. program was adopted?; and (3) What have been the long-term effects--positive,…

This paper introduces the use of various classroom assessment techniques for evaluating teachers, suggesting how information gained from these assessments can improve college teaching practice. Classroom assessment can help instructors become more sensitive to individual students, create more awareness of where understanding is less clear, keep…