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Brillhart, L. V.; Debs, M. B. – Engineering Education, 1983
Surveyed 187 engineering colleges on composition/rhetoric courses required of engineering students, required and/or elective technical writing courses, and attitudes toward writing/writing instruction. Results from 108 responding institutions indicate that, although administrators support such courses, course implementation does not always reflect…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Curriculum, Degree Requirements, Engineering Education

Crompton, John L.; Lamb, Charles W. – Community Development Journal, 1980
Illustrates the importance of adopting a formal strategy for eliminating programs. Outlines a three-step procedure for identifying candidates for elimination, evaluating these programs, and implementing the decision. The procedure provides community service agencies with guidelines for better serving the needs of their clientele. (SK)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Leisure Time
Kenny, John – Canadian Training Methods, 1978
Probes the benefits and a few drawbacks of teleconferencing. Suggests users benefit by exchanging information, discussing policies, coordinating facilities, forecasting trends, solving problems, clarifying course topics, reinforcing learning, saving travel money and administrative time, and involving junior level people. Compares phone…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Conferences, Cooperative Programs, Coordination

Hosler, Russell J. – Business Education Forum, 1976
Questions are raised about some cooperative education programs' implementation procedures. The writer is not opposed to the concepts of office simulation or cooperative education but does feel that serious consideration should be given to the appropriate length of these programs and to the nature of the population they serve. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Problems, Office Occupations Education

Zigler, Edward; Styfco, Sally J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1994
Provides a comparative analysis of the Perry Preschool project, an experimental program that delivered high quality preschool education to 58 at-risk, African American children, and the national Head Start preschool program. Finds that each program has unique strengths and weaknesses. (MDM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Outcomes of Education, Parent Participation

Van Scyoc, Lee J.; Gleason, Joyce – Journal of Economic Education, 1993
Reports on college-level microeconomic classes to compare learning in short-term intensive course with traditional semester-length course. Found students in three-week courses performed better on achievement tests than those in traditional semester courses but this advantage disappeared when knowledge retention was measured. Raises policy…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Strategies, Higher Education

Coleman, Susan; Narduzzi, James – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1993
The University of Hartford's International Summer Business Program provided French college students with perspectives on U.S. business and culture, improved English fluency, and real-world experience. The intensive one-month program led to significant improvements in business vocabulary and comprehension of business concepts. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Foreign Students, Higher Education, International Educational Exchange
James, Chris; Williams, Alun – Management in Education, 2005
The provision of training and development for National Professional Qualifications for Headship (NPQH) and the assessment of the qualification in Wales differ in a number of ways from the provision and assessment in England. This article compares the Welsh and English systems, with a focus on application and selection, price of qualification, time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Comparative Education, Administrator Education

Page, Robert G.; Boulger, James G. – Journal of Medical Education, 1976
Based on questionnaire response from 105 medical schools (33 of which offer 3-year programs) the author concludes that the programs have been a productive and valuable medical educational experience, that more objective studies are needed to evaluate the products, and that they should remain an option. (JT)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees, Higher Education
Corcoran, Ellen – 1989
This paper addresses the specific areas of stress for graduate interns in programs that require a year-long internship as part of a post-baccalaureate course of study prior to certification. The focus is upon three categories of stress that contain issues and concerns which speak directly to questions about the impact of a program with a longer…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Economic Factors, Higher Education, Internship Programs
Hughes, Thomas M.; And Others – 1986
This study investigated the Center of Excellence Program (COE) comprised of 24 Lyndhurst and Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Scholars at Memphis State University. The major purpose was to delineate personality characteristics prominent among the scholars who participated in a novel fifth year academic and clinical program for certification of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personality Traits, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness
James, Terry L. – 1987
Two combined preparation and induction programs for teacher candidates at Memphis State University (Tennessee), the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program and the Lyndhurst program, utilize a mentoring approach to professional development for program interns and beginning teachers. Each candidate has two mentors: a pedagogical mentor from the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Ladders, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
James, Terry L.; And Others – 1987
This paper describes the process of recruiting high quality liberal arts graduates into teacher preparation programs at Memphis State University, Tennessee. The two graduate programs, the Master of Arts in Teaching and the Lyndhurst, both require full-time attendance, have lock-step delivery systems and extended internships, and are intensive. In…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Admission Criteria, Career Choice, Graduate Study
Monahan, William G. – 1986
The current circumstances in the teacher education profession provide the appropriate environment for much needed, effective change in the field. Serious and thoughtful exploration should be made of the length of teacher education programs, with 4- and 5-year programs evaluated and/or developed to provide substantive professional content for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational History, Futures (of Society)
Covert, James R. – 1984
During the past ten years, a series of small studies have been conducted at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) to examine the influence of varying the length of the student teaching practicum on the self-concept of teachers and their motivation towards the profession. Measures of self-concept and motivation have been taken by student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Length