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Carbone, Robert F. – 1986
Directions for investigations on fund raising are offered, with particular concern for educational institutions. Excluded from consideration is donor or prospect research. The long-range goal of developing generalizations about fund raising and the importance of having professional researchers do studies on fund raising are briefly addressed. Four…
Descriptors: Administrators, Fund Raising, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement
Pinellas County School Board, Clearwater, FL. – 1985
An administrative and curriculum guide are presented for the High School/Preschool Partnership Program in which high school students gain experience with handicapped preschoolers in a mainstreamed setting. The program is intended to expand services to high schoolers (parenting skills and career skills) as well as preschoolers. The administrative…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, High Schools
Sachs, Steven G. – 1984
Planning the activities for an instructional development unit and evaluating how well it has performed requires a set of standards against which the unit can be compared. This paper proposes a set of standards developed from a variety of references and personal experiences with instructional development units from across the country. Thirty-eight…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Faddis, Constance R.; And Others – 1986
A study examined the current status of state governance structures for vocational education in the United States. A survey instrument was sent to the chief officer for vocational education in each state, district, and territory in order to identify the type of governance structure in place in each area, the amount of time the structure had been in…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Governance, National Surveys, Postsecondary Education
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1984
The state plan outlines aspects of special education in Kansas. The initial section provides background information and outlines the needs in teaching positions (both professional and paraprofessional) and in the numbers of students receiving special education. The second section addresses the following state department operations: administration…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Kozlowski, Ronald E.; And Others – 1984
The fifth in a series of position papers on deinstitutionalization of persons in Ohio with developmental disabilities, this paper addresses administrative structure and finance requirements. The introductory section suggests the need for new administrative and fiscal models to keep pace with changes in service delivery strategies. The importance…
Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities, Financial Policy, Models
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
A Congressional staff study was undertaken to analyze the Literacy Management Information Project Report (LMIPR), released by the U.S. Department of Education in May 1986, and to determine whether its findings were valid. The LMIPR found that there are 79 literacy-related programs administered by 14 federal agencies and that $347.6 million was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Federal Aid
Bolton, John K. – 1987
A review of prevailing patterns of sponsorship of college and university English as a second language (ESL) programs indicates that in community colleges, they tend to be housed in English departments. In four-year institutions they are generally in semi-autonomous units or institutes. The argument for departmental sponsorship is based on data…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Faculty, Departments, English (Second Language)
Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board, St. Paul. – 1988
The benefits, costs, and risks of prepaid tuition and state saving incentive plans to help families pay the cost of a postsecondary education are examined. After discussing why plans have been proposed, financing strategies and savings instruments currently available to families are reviewed. Three types of state plans have emerged: prepaid…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Higher Education, Incentives, Parent Financial Contribution
Rinehart, Eric L., Ed. – 1985
An increasingly popular economic development tool to improve the success rate of new firms is the small business incubator. These are buildings in which a number of new or growing businesses can locate and operate at a much lower overhead cost than in conventional space where market rates prevail. Incubator facilities are characterized by access…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Cooperative Programs, Entrepreneurship
Stier, William F., Jr. – 1988
This handbook, developed by the athletic department of the State University of New York, Brockport, outlines the established procedures of the department. It provides an opportunity for all line and staff personnel to become familiar with pertinent data relative to the assignments, duties and responsibilities of every department member. General…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, College Athletics, Higher Education, Institutional Mission
Ellis, John F.; Mugridge, Ian – 1983
The activities of the Open Learning Institute (OLI) of British Columbia from its inception in the late 1970s through mid-1983 are described. It is noted that the mandate of the OLI was to make available throughout the Canadian province courses and programs to students who were unable or unwilling to take advantage of other educational…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Temares, M. Lewis; Lutheran, Joseph A. – 1983
Operations tasking for data center management is discussed. The original and revised organizational structures of the data center at the University of Miami are also described. The organizational strategy addresses the functions that should be performed by the data center, anticipates the specialized skills required, and addresses personnel…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs
1980
The time to begin caring about declining enrollments in community college programs is before the program is started. Program planning should take into account why industry is demanding a given program "right now," avoid developing crash programs, and obtain and utilize all of the information possible including survey data, Labor Department…
Descriptors: College Programs, Declining Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Program Administration
Lightner, Ardyce S. – 1984
Perspectives on the adult nontraditional student are offered. Nontraditional students usually have multiple commitments, are not campus focused, and participate in informal learning. Needs of the nontraditional/adult learner concern the following areas: service and support, personal/social development, academic preparation, academic…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Ancillary School Services, College Instruction, College Students
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