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Sabo, Joseph M.; And Others – 1977
Five graduate students of Indiana University undertook an attitude study of Bethel College alumni and their parents in early 1977. Two questionnaires were developed by an independent consulting firm for use in the study. Data were analyzed by computer. The questions concerned: alumni giving; financial support of the student; housing; student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alumni, Church Related Colleges, College Choice
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Vocational Education. – 1975
Designed to assist the classroom teacher interested in implementing career education, this guide presents lesson plans, prepared by public school teachers, which integrate career education activities. Learner objectives, which provide a base for implementation plans, are listed in the introductory section and relate to self-knowledge,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Biology, Business Education, Career Education
Rike, Elizabeth – Tennessee Education, 1984
Notes that teacher education programs have a blind spot where drama is concerned. Comments on Paideia Proposal suggestions regarding drama teaching and student participation. Discusses role of imaginative play in child development and role of drama in integration of knowledge, integration of emotions, and release of expression in all arts. (MH)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Child Development, Creative Dramatics, Creative Thinking
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Goodyear, Rodney K., Ed.; Shaw, Merville C., Ed. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1984
Presents 11 articles focusing on primary prevention on campus and in the community. Section 1 deals with theme-focused prevention, problem solving, friendships, alcohol education, stress management, career planning, and needs assesment for college students. Section 2 describes community-based prevention with high risk persons including families…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Career Planning, College Students, Community Services
McCormick, Alexander C. – 1997
This study used longitudinal data from the High School and Beyond study to examine how individuals' educational expectations change after high school, especially as related to postsecondary education. Data were from a nationally representative sample of high school seniors in 1980 and follow-up four years later. The dependent variable was…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, Attitude Change, Bachelors Degrees
Bogue, E. Grady; Aper, Jeffery – 2000
This book seeks to describe broadly some of the important historic movements in the evolution of American higher education, and to explore some of its major philosophical principles and traditions, as a way to understand the issues that currently challenge higher education and to examine current efforts for reform and renewal. The book's 10…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Athletics, College Faculty, College Students
Paneitz, Becky – 1997
This study explored the perceptions of distance-education students in two-year institutions toward advising, counseling, and library/media services. The objectives were to provide information to assist community college personnel in the development of relevant student support services for distance-education students. Two questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges
Wilkie, Carolyn J., Ed. – 1995
This publication contains 11 conference papers on topics in developmental education. "The Conation Cycle: From Goal to Finished Product" (Joanne Cree Burgert) is on motivation and a learning skills class. "Student Empowerment and Awakening Through Effective Placement Exams" (Robert Holderer) introduces the Modified Primary…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Curriculum Design, Developmental Studies Programs
Edgar, Eugene; Johnson, Ernest – 1995
Based on the findings of three federally financed dropout prevention programs--ALAS (Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success), the Belief Academy, and Check & Connect--this report highlights school affiliation and bonding strategies to prevent students from dropping out of school and provides examples of activities to address the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affiliation Need, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Disorders
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Kincaid, Rick, Ed. – 1996
Thirteen chapters address issues concerning college student employment including the impact of student employment, research on student employment, and making student employment more productive. Chapters include: (1) "Encouraging Student Development Through Student Employment" (Arthur W. Chickering and others); (2) "Career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, College Freshmen, College Students
Marshak, David – 1994
This paper on multiage classrooms provides first steps toward a systemic understanding of the defining qualities of multiage classrooms and, from teachers' perspectives, the benefits of such classrooms for students, teachers, and parents. The multiage classroom movement in elementary schools is viewed as not just restructuring, but also as the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Martin, Deanna C.; Arendale, David R. – 1992
This monograph describes Supplemental Instruction, a student assistance progam designed to improve the academic success of college freshmen based on the idea that if students are not being successful in courses then perhaps colleges should change the way courses are taught. Supplemental Instruction (SI) utilizes regularly scheduled, out-of-class,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, College Curriculum
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Greene, H. Carol – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2005
This paper reports the findings from a pilot study that investigated the uses of computer-mediated communication in an educational psychology course for pre-service teachers that focused on problem-based learning via CD-ROM-based case analysis. Thirty-nine pre-service teachers and eight practicing teachers participated in the development of an…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Psychology, Preservice Teachers
Spotts, Robert; Evenson, Jill – 1977
Utilizing a pre/post test design, the progress of first year Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) students (experimental group) toward projected EBCE student outcomes was compared with that of non-EBCE students (control group) at three school sites which employ the EBCE model developed by Far West Laboratory (FWL). Also, the program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement
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