This report discusses the challenges facing state and land grant universities and offers an agenda for change put forth by 25 current or former presidents of such institutions. It advances three broad ideals for state and land grant universities, in that they should become genuine learning communities, student-centered and committed to teaching…

An evaluation was conducted to provide formative information about the pilot implementation of year-round education in three 3 Monday In Orange County, the 180-day calendar was divided into three Monday through Friday 12-week sessions separated by 3-week breaks. A multitrack design (five tracks of students, with four in school at any one time) was…

This manual serves as an energy conservation reference and management guide for school districts. The School District Energy Program (SDEP) is designed to provide information and/or assistance to school administrators planning to implement a comprehensive energy management program. The manual consists of 15 parts. Part 1 describes the SDEP; Parts…

In 1992, in response to legislative mandate, Prince George's Community College (PGCC) (Maryland) conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the its financial plan. Specifically, the evaluation focused on cost containment measures used to maintain low tuition and moderate future increases in student charges; cost per student of each academic…

Lessons derived from the Job Performance Measurement (JPM) Project, which is overseen by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel, for educational assessment are explored. The JPM Project was initiated to develop high fidelity measures of performance on the job that can be used to evaluate personnel…

California Assembly Bill (AB) 1725 requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) to develop and implement a comprehensive educational and fiscal accountability system, beginning no later than 1991-92. As part of the system, individual colleges will provide data to the Chancellor's Office on student access, success, and satisfaction; staff…

This annual contains the paper that won the 1991 President's Award of the Texas Association for Community Service and Continuing Education (TACSCE) as well as the runner-up paper and other articles. An editorial, "Learning to Crawl" (Silvia Lesko), focuses on the editor's "discovery" of the adult learner. "Ethics and…

This volume consists of edited versions of 17 papers and reaction papers that were commissioned to examine the community, educational, and social impact of community education. Various topics pertaining to the impact of community education are examined, including educational programs of students, school closings and shifting populations, the…

The program addresses three areas of concern at Western Michigan University: student attrition, minority student participation, and educational relevance. The project was based on previous work suggesting that students can more nearly achieve their optimum performance when programs provide clear-cut objectives, frequent accountability, and…

There are more than 4 million small businesses across the country that provide more than half of private sector employment, generate 47 percent of the gross national product, and generate two out of every three new jobs in the United States. Because small businesses provide the majority of new workers with their first work experience, they are at…

This report, part of a long-range plan by San Diego Unified School District, California, investigates the extent to which the multitrack year-round program should be expanded to meet facility and curriculum needs. The report is divided into seven sections. Section 1, an issues statement, is followed by a background section and a section describing…

A study explored ways in which traineeship courses could be designed to include training in information technology. The skills and performance standards required of information technology training in the printing, tourism, banking, construction, and computer industries were identified. Next, the current provision of such training in Australia and…

A description of contemporary cooperative education shows how programs, policies, and practices have developed and changed to fit today's educational and work environment. Specific benefits for students, academic institutions, and employers are examined. Following a foreword by Ralph W. Tyler, four chapters in part one (the development of…

An evaluation of the Honolulu (Hawaii) School District's program of supplementary instruction to limited English proficient students is presented. The program was designed to aid in the adjustment to the American culture and school life in Hawaii. The evaluation addressed whether the program is meeting its objectives, whether English second…

One of the largest investigations of elementary education ever undertaken, the Sustaining Effects Study sought answers to a series of policy questions. The two major issues addressed by the study were (1) Who receives compensatory education (CE)? and (2) How effective is CE? Related to these primary issues were a number of secondary questions: (3)…