Reports on curricula adjustments after the 1997 Red River Flood forced schools to end the academic year five weeks early. Fifty-seven teachers from five elementary schools in Grand Forks (North Dakota) answered the study questionnaire. Finds that, following the flood, teachers spent more time reviewing material from the previous year and helping…

Study describes one small, private, predominantly White college's model for change in its efforts to improve campus climate for racial and ethnic minority students. The college's "wedge" model outlines activities, support systems, curricular changes, and attitude work that impact the process of change. (Contains 24 references.) (Author/GCP)

Study of 26 colleges and universities participating in the American Council on Education's Project on Leadership and Institutional Transformation revealed some common characteristics of their approach to organizational change, which suggest a distinctive "higher education style" of effective change. These characteristics relate to…

Factors that affect the way children play at home and at school were investigated using a parental survey and discussions with students. Subsequently, a plan to reduce violent play was implemented in a kindergarten classroom. Evaluation findings showed a slight decline in children's aggressive play. (JPB)

Describes how students respond when in transition from traditional to innovative language arts instruction. Offers a three-stage grounded theory of change: Comfortable Dependence, Anxiety, and Comfortable Independence. Suggests findings were consistent with other change research that indicates that change is a process implemented over time, is…

Explores factors causing greater emphasis on qualitative variables in selecting medical students and assessing physician conduct. Outlines an admission model to aid in making this or other shifts in emphasis in a school's admission process, and to deal with the difficult issue of diversity in admissions. Last, gives an extended hypothetical…

Examines the evolution of distance education and considers issues related to it, including the need for teacher preparation; institutional changes needed; marketing for programs with no geographical boundaries; electronic classrooms; the role of face- to-face interaction; social interaction; and changing student needs. (LRW)

Presents a broad, comprehensive perspective on what it takes to implement educational change, describing a conceptual framework of overarching risk factors and a set of tools and strategies for managing implementation of major change efforts: make a case for change, change vision clarity, change leaders, change guides, individual commitment,…

Describes Cincinnati's Urban Appalachian Council, which has worked since 1974 to create a less hostile school climate for Appalachian children, most of whom drop out of school before graduation. Discusses the social bias and student needs that the organization sought to address; assumptions about power, bureaucracy, and school reform; change…

Updates Roberts S. Daniel's history of "Teaching of Psychology" that focused on the major changes of the journal from 1974 to 1990. Describes the various journal format and editorial changes, provides contributor analyses for the 25 years of publication, and presents a content analysis of issues published from February 1991 through November 1998.…

Describes how North Dakota State University employed survey data from alumni as a key source of information and support for general-education revision. States that results helped direct curriculum revision and assisted in promoting change among faculty and students. Contains 11 references. (VWC)

Provides an overview of substance-abuse prevention strategies targeting children and adolescents in the United States. Discusses the effectiveness of several major prevention approaches and programs and their implications for service providers. (Author)

Outlines the constituent elements of the emerging entrepreneurial culture in European universities; analyzes issues of sustainability in culture development in terms of various domains of institutional life; considers a range of strategies for culture change; and examines the ramifications for university leadership and national government. (EV)

Introduces a special issue that examines higher education in South Africa 7 years after apartheid and focuses on state-supported institutions, which constitute the main core of higher education in South Africa. Describes factors influencing higher education change and examines three steps taken by the Minister of Education toward the envisaged…

Examined the experiences of a team of facilitators from the National Health Service Staff College, Wales, who participated in an effort to help general practices identify, prioritize, and implement systemic developments interlinked with individuals' professional development and become effective, interprofessional, interagency organizations.…