Personalization technology has become an important topic in e-commerce, fostered by the emergence of the relationship-marketing paradigm. But teaching e-commerce personalization technology is a challenging task, since it requires a balance between marketing and management and technical implementation issues that must be calibrated according to the…

Since its establishment in the 1860s, Washington's higher education system has evolved rapidly to meet a myriad of state needs in fields as diverse as agriculture, bioscience, chemistry, environmental sciences, engineering, medicine, law, business, computer science, and architecture. Today, higher education, like other vital state functions, faces…

This three-volume report presents the results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residences, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the Fall 1994 term. The first volume summarizes: (1) the distribution of all credit course students by load (full-time/part-time), level…

This report provides an overview of West Virginia's 16 public colleges and universities, focusing on developments at individual institutions and in the state as a whole. It provides a description of each institution, lists its missions and goals, and provides data on enrollment and degree trends from 1988 to 1994. The report also provides overall…

A 1993 national survey investigated the attitudes of current directors and coordinators of college and university English-as-a-Second-Language programs (n=100) concerning the effectiveness of graduate programs in training them for their professional and administrative responsibilities. Results indicate that graduates of these graduate programs…

In ongoing development of the Second Chance Teachers Program at an historically African-American university, Xavier University of Louisiana, several strategic adjustments to the realities of recruitment were found necessary to achieve enrollment targets. The program was originally conceived as a project to draw surplus military personnel into…

This report charts progress made by women in public postsecondary Maryland institutions during the decade 1984-94. Data tables and text show: (1) a steady increase in the proportion of full-time faculty women, although men still hold most senior appointments; (2) that community colleges hired a greater percentage of women in 1993-94 than did…

The annual review of the activities of the Colorado Commission for Achievement in Education found that the primary focus of the Commission's activities during 1996 was a study of graduate education, and to this end a task force on graduate research and education was created to study issues related to current basic and applied research at graduate…

This report profiles graduate and first-professional students enrolled in postsecondary institutions in 1989-90 and describes their education expenses, the sources and types of financial aid they received, the composition of their aid awards, and the availability of other sources of financial support, such as their own and spouse's earnings and…

This three-volume report presents the results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the Fall 1993 term. The first volume summarizes: (1) the distribution of all credit course students by load (full-time/part-time), level…

The shortage of qualified special educators in Louisiana is critical, particularly in rural areas. Factors contributing to this shortage include low teacher salaries, reduction of tuition exemption for teachers taking certification courses, and higher tuition costs. University training programs must assist teachers in developing necessary…

This paper describes a partnership developed between the Baltimore County Public Schools and Johns Hopkins University. The purpose of the partnership was to train teachers to become school-based leaders in technology through a 36-credit graduate program in Technology for Educators. The paper is divided into the following sections: (1) the partner…

This document consists of all of Volume 8 (26 issues) of the journal, "The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education," a biweekly journal that addresses issues in higher education for Hispanic Americans. Each issue presents several feature articles, a policy update column called "Outlook on Washington", a description of an exemplary…

Strategies for designing and teaching graduate-level courses in English for special purposes (ESP) to Thai students are outlined, based on a course taught in one institution. An approach that integrates language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and stresses communicative competence is recommended, with English used as the medium…

Papers and task force reports are as follows: "Possibility and Plurality: The Futuring of Adult Education" (Greene); "Adult Education in an Information Age" (Steele); "Fulfilling the Promise of Adult and Continuing Education" (Quigley); "Imperatives for Planning Impactful Continuing Education Programs" (Knox); "Graduate Education for the 1990's:…