This teacher's guide is designed for use in presenting a six-unit course in managing personal matters that is part of a life skills series intended to help students become more self-sufficient in their personal and professional lives. The course's six instructional units cover these topics: personal records; risk management; health, life, and…

This pamphlet provides guidelines to higher education institutions for responding to U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigations and complying in general with the wage and hour provisions of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It provides a hypothetical case study to illustrate some of the basic principles of the FLSA in regard to colleges…

Brigham Young University's College Advising Center, staffed by faculty and nonfaculty advisors, provides traditional academic advising, maintenance of students' advising files, evaluation of transfer credit for major requirements, new-student orientation, maintaining and publishing degree requirement profiles, faculty assistance, registration…

Steps being taken by institutions to develop policy on sexual harassment on campus are discussed, including the issues of legal liability toward students, definitions of harassment, policy statements, grievance procedures, sanctions imposed, recordkeeping and reporting, students harassing other students or faculty, and sensitizing seminars for…

Briefly outlines how computers can be useful in teaching nine different subjects and in managing the central office. (JM)

Discusses issues in the University of California's policies concerning recording of disciplinary actions on student transcripts, including the conflicting recommendations of a number of professional associations in higher education concerning student records, provisions of the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and inconsistency in…

Discusses classroom computer applications in engineering: a student learning assessment program providing remedial work, positive reinforcement, teacher information for follow-up lesson preparation, and a record-keeping matrix and an expert trouble-shooting system that allows students to debug their own circuit designs by testing simulated…

Two charting strategies to help students organize patients' data are Weed's problem-oriented medical record and Russell's condition diagram. Students at the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio were divided into study groups. The condition diagram group format may be helpful for students with lower academic achievement. (Author/MLW)

Provides suggestions for continuing library instruction while the school library media center is indefinitely closed. Discusses planning, gathering materials on a rolling cart, loaning materials to teachers, keeping records, "filler" activities, field trips to the public library, and meeting with the principal. Presents solutions to two potential…

The University of Massachusetts (UMass) approach to rapid development of an information warehouse to meet needs for executive information, decision support, and general management reporting is described. Logical, management, and technological infrastructure challenges are discussed. The approach taken, which delivers summary data first before…

This study, involving four staff members in an institution for people with mental retardation, found that a computerized system of prompts to improve staff-client interactions produced more positive statements, improved distribution of interaction among clients, and resulted in delivery of more positive reinforcement than a traditional…

The Immigration and Naturalization Service oversees citizenship testing and issues visas to foreign students. Recommendations for improvement of the system include simplification of the citizenship oath, standardized citizenship tests in history and government, improved testing oversight to reduce cheating, and closer monitoring of foreign…

Research shows that by the end of 3rd grade, one of six children in the United States has already attended three or more schools. During a four-year period, overall school stability can fall below 50 percent for many schools. Students--both those who move and those who remain behind--can suffer psychologically, socially, and academically from…

This collaborative self-study, told through email excerpts and reflections, explores a teacher educator's return to high school teaching. In this study, we juxtapose our voices and alternate between past and present to develop insights that reveal how going back can lead to moving forward with respect to educating prospective teachers. While the…

The Illinois Community College Board has developed this Provider Manual as an easy reference to: (1) existing laws and regulations, both State and Federal; (2) best practices in the field of Adult Education; and to (3) act as a desk reference for both new and existing program administrators. The Manual describes: (1) the purpose of the Federal…