The professional accreditation agencies are making demands for assessment of student learning. These demands are not expected to lessen in the near future. The accreditation agencies are suggesting that educators should shift their focus from what faculty teach to what students learn. The authors show the development and implementation of an…

Team teaching, which provides added professionalism, increased teaching skill and specialization, and individualized learning, can be incorporated into schools by developing a firm philosophical rationale and commitment and by proceeding with sound planning and action. This involves considering the need for the understanding and support of the…

Both employees and their organizations need career development programs. An effective career development process has three interrelated phases: assessment, transition or individual development, and integration. (Author/IRT)

An administrator describes one London school's experiences in establishing a support service for mainstreamed students. She notes ways to avoid problems with communications, priority questions of supporting the staff or serving the students, staff relationships, the use of link teachers, and preparation to help teachers acquire consultant skills.…

The author states that he will review what we had in mind early in 1965 when we took the first steps that led to the formation of the Commission, summarize where the Commission came out, and compare their recommendations with the state of Public Television four years later." (Author/AK)

The author suggests a program (including uses of radio, television, and print media) for making the formal educational system in India more responsive to the concept of continuous learning. (LY)

Describes the growth of groups and organizations in the Netherlands that focus on needs of Third World countries. Points out agencies and groups active in development education. (RH)

Describes the start-up of the new California State University Channel Islands, including financial-, facilities-, and staffing-related challenges. (EV)

This paper presents the Federal Student Aid Annual Report for 2010. Federal Student Aid experienced an extraordinary year in 2010. The passage and enactment of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ushered in sweeping reforms to the federal student financial assistance programs, resulting in tens of billions of dollars in…

Distance education is among the significant fields for the application of educational technology. Distance education in China has gone through three phases, namely: correspondence-based education, radio and TV-based education and online education. This paper was based on educational technology application, and the historical, dialectic and…

Fundamental concepts and definitions of electronic learning (eLearning) continue to emerge, and theories of eLearning that have been advanced thus far cover an array of academic perspectives including training and education, learning and knowledge, and technology and applications to specific market segments. Any study of the effectiveness and…