While recent research on why adults participate in continuing education programs does not provide educational planners with any easy prescriptions for programing success, it does suggest some broad directions for more effective program development, particularly in relation to needs assessment, the promotional aspect of marketing, and the design…

Research was conducted to show how segments of the population of minority and disadvantaged youth might be positively influenced by selective information campaigns to participate in vocational education programs. The first-year effort (stage 1) undertook to measure student attitudes and to develop recommendations for using this information in…

Examines the following factors, cited as important for building enrollments in a report on successful slavic language programs: (1) speaking and listening skills; (2) individual attention; (3) outreach activities; and (4) extracurricular programs. (AM)

Excerpts from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Presidents' Commission policy paper on intercollegiate athletics reform address such issues as the college experience of athletes, awarding of student financial aid, eligibility, the effects of competition, recruitment policies, program effects on institutions as well as athletes, and…

The responses of social work education to declining enrollment are examined, including increased recruitment, careful applicant screening, adaptation for part-time students, accommodation of changing domains in practice, curriculum development, and program and degree redesign. (MSE)

A large and growing part of American postsecondary education, proprietary schools, offer lessons for traditional institutions in attracting new students in a career-oriented market. Effective marketing is important since proprietary schools compete not only with each other, but also with public community colleges. Specific schools and agencies are…

A teacher education policy is proposed by the education deans of 23 private and public universities to create an elite corps of elementary/secondary teachers rules out undergraduate education majors and requires a master's degree in education, a substantial internship, and in some cases, a specialized postgraduate degree. (MSE)

The new goals for teacher education proposed by the Holmes Group Consortium, the education deans of 23 research universities, concern the institutional environment, faculty, students, and professional curriculum. (MSE)

Discusses the history of higher education in China, particularly since 1949, and describes the current situation of higher education, including reforms needed and in progress. (MH)

For all of the attention rising college costs continue to receive, it is striking how poorly informed many decision makers are when it comes to setting tuition and fees. And it's equally astounding that so many institutions are learning the consequences of pricing decisions undertaken solely by trial and error when a wrong judgment can affect…

The Sterling Municipal Library (Baytown, Texas) has conducted an adult literacy project since 1986. The project provides uses Literacy Volunteers of America methodology to teach basic reading as well as English as a second language to all adults with low literacy skills who request the services. No fees are charged for the services. A special…

This document presents the British government's response to the report "Learning Works," which was written by a committee charged with identifying ways of engaging individuals who have traditionally not taken advantage of educational opportunities. Chapter 1 outlines the following steps that the government proposes to take to promote…

This report describes activities and accomplishments of a 3-year pilot project conducted by the Center for Women in Engineering (California) to improve the classroom climate for girls at the K-12 level. Project programs included workshops for K-12 teachers, three educational outreach programs for teachers and students, and laboratory…

The WorkAbility Program was a 3-year project initiated in October 1991 by the Metropolitan Community Colleges (MCC) in Kansas City, Missouri, to increase the employability of students with disabilities by addressing needs for career counseling, mentoring, job search skills preparation, and career-related work experiences. The five sections of this…

Indexes of socioeconomic status (SES) are widely used in school and higher education because of the known relationship of low educational participation and achievement by socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. Because an index of SES can predict which areas and social groups need to be "targeted" to improve educational participation,…