Kennesaw College has built on its diversity to encourage student persistence, participation, and success through a freshman orientation to the college experience and pairing of faculty members with high-achieving students for research projects. (MSE)

Reviews the history of the response of professional social work organizations to the problems of rural poverty. Offers specific strategies to increase the involvement of the Council on Social Work Education and the National Association of Social Workers with rural poverty. (JHZ)

Reviews the development of information resource management philosophies, methodologies, and techniques over the past five years. Areas that need improvement are discussed, including information resource management techniques, methodologies, research and educational bases, and professional associations. (13 references) (CLB)

Foreign language teachers' organization leaders criticize the ideas and planning behind a privately-funded National Foreign Language Center, charging that: they were not adequately involved in its preparation, adult language education would be overemphasized, the funds could be used otherwise, and a tendency toward a single language education…

This essay suggests that conversation, crucial for human life in society and intrinsic to nature of libraries, may be the appropriate model for providing guidance, means, and context for change in academic librarianship. The business model, missions and goals, collection development, bibliographic instruction, and organizational considerations are…

Examines the impact of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) on education for library and information science and its efforts to influence the field. Highlights include themes historically pursued by ALISE, recent association initiatives, its probable future directions, and its relationships with other professional…

This revision of Standards for College Libraries, which was prepared by Association of College and Research Libraries' Ad Hoc College Library Standards Committee, includes an introduction to standards; objectives; collections (print, audiovisual, resource sharing, determination of grade); organization of materials; staff; service; facilities;…

Summarizes the University of Tennessee's teacher education improvement plan which included creation of the Institute for Teacher Education--a transdepartmental organization overseeing all teacher education functions. Discusses selection of students in teacher education, curriculum redesign, student teaching requirements, responsibility of faculty…

The ability of organizations to operate effectively is dependent on the degree to which individuals' personal goals mesh with institutional aims. Changes in management techniques that can help colleges and universities to operate more effectively and more efficiently are explored. (MLW)

Describes organizational structure and activities of the Center for Education and Information Technology (Netherlands), a national organization for exchange and distribution of the latest scientific and technical developments in information technology and its application in education, and a service institute to better the use of educational…

Examines changes at the National Science Foundation since Edward Knapp was appointed director, including relations with National Science Board, vacancies in deputy directorship and four assistant directorships, relations with Office of Science and Technology Policy, research grant administration, budget control, policy analysis, programs outside…

This 1999 report focuses on how well the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) is positioned to meet future challenges, and what changes are needed for SIAST to continue effectively responding to the needs of Saskatchewan students and the labor market. The review focuses on future trends and developments that are shaping…

This is the 2001-2002 management plan for the City College of San Francisco (CCSF), California. The plan contains the following sections: (1) Overview of Planning and Budgeting; (2) Vision, Values, and Mission; (3) College Goals and Strategic Priorities; (4) Annual Institutional Plan CCSF 2002-03; (5) College Core Performance Indicators; and (6)…

This document explores the policies and practices essential for maintaining a profitable, efficient, and productive continuing education program. A continuing education organizational structure must produce results (sales) and services (delivery), and organizational roles must be clearly defined so that income is linked to expenses. Sales and…

Frequently, the expectations placed on education can lead to confusion over its mission. How one college president, at career end, views the purpose of education is presented in this address. The paper details how educators have tried to meet myriad demands in the face of eroding social support systems, claiming that educators must limit their…