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Guthrie, Larry F. – 1987
In 1986, the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development was contracted to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the California State University's (CSU) Summer Bridge and Intensive Learning Experience (ILE) programs. These new remedial/developmental programs are designed to provide basic skills instruction, orientation, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Enrollment
Download full textGroff, Warren H. – 1990
The paper describes three programs designed to produce strategic thinkers capable of improving the quality of human services in a variety of areas (business, health care and human services, government, military, and industry). The programs are: (1) a doctoral program in children and youth studies; (2) a doctoral program specialty in vocational,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Doctoral Programs, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Burgan, W. Michael – 1986
Cohn's theme-centered group process is designed to create a balance between concentration on a group topic or theme and the therapeutic dynamics of group interaction. This study investigated the effect of Cohn's group process on the self-concepts of ninth grade students. Four themes, or teaching units, were chosen for inclusion based on the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Grade 9, Group Discussion
Bennett, William J. – 1986
The extent to which U.S. colleges and universities contribute to the fulfillment of students' lives is discussed by Secretary of Education William Bennett in an address to Harvard University. Secretary Bennett's observations are based on his experiences as a law student, freshman proctor, and tutor at Harvard University, as well as his subsequent…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Curriculum, College Role, Core Curriculum
Koon, Jeff, Comp. – 1981
Findings of a survey of undergraduate majors enrolled in the Women's Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley, are summarized. After an overview section that identifies program strengths and weaknesses, 10 recommendations are presented, along with information on the evaluation methodology. Findings cover: structure of the major;…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Programs
Ewell, Peter T. – 1985
The relative power of college culture, school functioning, and mission in explaining student performance outcomes was examined. The relationship between institutional attributes/cultures and undergraduate instructional effectiveness as perceived by faculty and administrators was studied with 320 four-year colleges. Respondents completed the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Environment, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
A set of principles that focus on issues concerning implementation of a successful dropout prevention program is presented by a consortium of national educational organizations. The key elements of this "blueprint" consider local adaptations and effective results among various programs. The booklet discusses seven principles for dropout…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Bucko, Richard – 1986
Today's administrators must exercise caution in using student retention as a means of responding to changing social values and to the current media attention on declining standardized test scores. Recent reviews of hundreds of studies of student retention have concluded that some low achieving students do benefit from retention, but the majority…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Administrator Role, Decision Making
Peters, Donald L.; And Others – 1987
This study analyzed the critical features of three delivery modes for Head Start services in order to: (1) compare the effects of different delivery modes on the immediate outcomes for children and parents; and (2) explore the pattern of effects both within and across modes to ascertain how the process works. The first mode represented the most…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Home Instruction, Home Programs, Home Visits
New Jersey State Coll. Outcomes Evaluation Program Advisory Committee. – 1987
The College Outcomes Evaluation Program (COEP), intended to be a comprehensive assessment of higher education in New Jersey, focuses on outcomes in order to improve undergraduate education. After an introduction covering the national perspective, New Jersey's efforts, COEP, and rationale and principles, subcommittee reports summarize the content…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, Educational Assessment, Higher Education
Costar, James W. – 1988
This guide to improving middle school guidance programs is based on two premises: (1) that the primary goal of the guidance program is to help students find meaning in their lives, and by this means, find relevancy in what schools have to offer them; and (2) that this sense of relevancy is accompanied by higher motivation to learn, and as a…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Objectives
Sirotnik, Kenneth A., Ed.; Goodlad, John I., Ed. – 1988
A general paradigm for ideal collaboration between schools and universities is proposed. It is based on a mutually collaborative arrangement between equal partners working together to meet self-interests while solving common problems. It is suggested that reasonable approximations to this ideal have great potential to effect significant…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, College Students, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Spangehl, Stephen D. – 1986
State colleges and universities (SUs) are being forced by critics of higher education to reassess themselves and redirect their efforts. There is a movement to discover a simplistic and valid means of measuring excellence in higher education. Measuring student outcomes cuts through all the difficulties created by more standard attempts to find a…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Quality
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1982
This handbook contains an annotated list of resources available from the Sex Equity project of the Idaho State Department of Education. The resources listed include materials dealing with career education, counseling, educational equity, employment, federal anti-discrimination laws, school subjects, non-sexist activities, athletics, sexism, and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Awareness, Educational Resources
Coles, H. William, III. – 1983
Academic and career plans and experiences of students in their freshman and senior years were compared. The 280 students first entered the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY/B) in the fall semester of 1976 and graduated in the spring of 1980. Students were administered the College Student Perceptions Survey and a followup survey, which…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Planning, College Attendance, College Students
