Discusses findings from one area of higher education review by the United Kingdom's Quality Assurance Agency and identifies reasons institutions lose marks in quality management and enhancement. Examines another area of weakness, incorporating student views, and its role in quality assurance (the University of Ulster serves as an example). Also…

Presents an Outcomes Statement that describes the common knowledge, skills, and attitudes sought by first-year composition programs in American postsecondary education. Determines if there was sufficient commonality among programs and courses for a common program to be defined. Attempts to articulate this program as a way of understanding what…

Opens with a brief discussion of the epidemiology of suicide among American Indians and Alaska natives. Next comes a critical review of selective suicide preventive intervention programs identified in the literature and considers methods used to evaluate each program. Discussion then shifts to practices and policies. Concludes with recommendations…

Asserts that if designed properly, individual program (rather than institutional) self-assessment could play an important role in the enhancement of quality assurance in South African higher education. Provides an in-depth discussion of formulating and implementing effective policy for program self-assessment. (EV)

Describes the "corporate" approach taken by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) to provide credible quantitative estimates of the long-term policy outcomes of total ACOA activity in its mission of economic development in Atlantic Canada. The Agency uses multiple lines of evidence, both qualitative and quantitative, in its…

Discusses the experiences of elementary school student mediators and their perspectives about their role as mediators. Highlights mediators' perspectives of their training to provide school counselors with practical information on ways to improve school-based mediation. Findings suggest that the mediation training sessions provided children with a…

Reports results of an evaluation of a 2-year support program for implementing adaptive teaching (individualized instruction) in Dutch elementary schools. Teachers perceived working with personal action plans and cooperating with colleagues as positive activities. Most teachers also experienced sufficient support from school leaders. (Contains 23…

Describes how the State University of New York took advantage of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education's accreditation process that provided an organizational structure, demanded a research base, supported a national perspective, and offered assistance for program improvement.(JOW)

Using 6 essential features and 35 indicators of school-industry programs, 65 Australian programs were assessed. A huge variation in number of indicators was found; only 28 programs would meet all 6 basic criteria. (SK)

Describes a culturally tailored intervention program that was introduced in the Zuni pueblo tribal high school and evaluated using self-report, behavioral observation, and peer rating. Students exposed to the curriculum scored better than the no-intervention group at posttest on suicide probability and hopelessness. (JPS)

Student Service and Philanthropy Project, a three-year demonstration program, was established by Surdna Foundation in cooperation with New York City Public Schools during the 1991-92 school year. Given a chance to govern and administer minifoundations committed to public service, students might realize they can be a force for positive social…

Identifies two factors contributing toward the low impact of information, education, and communication (IEC) activities on population programs: (1) inadequate collaboration in IEC planning, management, monitoring, and evaluation; and (2) lack of quality in training and in materials development and production. Presents five lessons learned from…

Assesses the impact of 50 grants made by the Global Environment Facility on the prospects for biodiversity conservation. (MDH)

Describes a methodology for course development based on instructional systems design that is geared toward organizational training, including assessment, course design, research, resource allocation, instructional design, training program development, implementation, training program description, and program evaluation. (LRW)

Argues that using recidivism as a measure of the effectiveness of prison education is politically necessary, theoretically appropriate, and methodologically practical. Describes the methodology of scientific realism, which attempts to answer why an educational approach works for some but not for others. (SK)