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Arnold, Vivian O., Ed. – 1995
This document contains five research reports selected for presentation at a North Carolina research conference. The following are included: "An Examination of Various Shorthand Types and Their Usefulness in the North Carolina University Business Education Curriculum" (Carolyn S. Jewell); "Attitudes of North Carolina Principals…
Descriptors: Business Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs, Ethics
Holland, Holly, Ed. – Middle Ground, 1995
These three 1995 newsletter issues explore concepts and problems relevant to middle-level education. The cover story for the spring issue examines new trends in educational assessment. Additional briefs in this issue discuss team teaching, school reform as a community-wide effort, and home-school collaboration. The cover article for the Fall issue…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Testing, Integrated Activities
Kielsmeier, James C. – 1981
The central theme of the 10-day National Leadership Conference (NLC), sponsored by the American Youth Foundation at Camp Miniwanca (Michigan), is to train high school students in leadership for service; its goal is to sharpen service-learning leadership skills of young people and teachers and to encourage their application to transform and serve…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Discovery Learning, High School Students
MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 2002
This paper urges foundations and state and federal agencies to consider funding rural community colleges, in light of the successful experiences of the Rural Community College Initiative. Much of rural America is in trouble because educational attainment and job opportunities are low; innovation is stifled by poor schools, isolation, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Distance Education
Iannozzi, Maria – 1997
This report describes efforts by Portland State University (Oregon) (PSU) to undertake administrative restructuring, reinvent the curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus, and initiate experiential learning programs that benefit both students and the community. By reducing support staff and middle management, PSU freed up funds to create a…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Capstone Experiences, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 2002
These two publications fill the need of newly posted Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) for self-directed learning activities to aid the community entry process. A volunteer's guide provides a way to learn about biophysical, economic, and social aspects of the host community during the first few months of service. It has ideas and activities for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Resources, Cross Cultural Training
Gray, Maryann J.; Ondaatje, Elizabeth H.; Zakaras, Laura – 1999
As mandated by the U.S. Congress, this report evaluates the Learn and Serve America program's effects on higher education students (service providers), service recipients, and higher education institutions, and assesses the program's return on investment. An introduction summarizes the policy debate and reviews the study objectives and approach.…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Involvement, Community Services, Cooperative Programs
Small, Ruth V.; Venkatesh, Murali; Marsden, Janet – 1998
This paper begins by describing the changing needs in the education of today's information technology (IT) professional. It presents a theoretical framework for using an experiential learning approach in the context of professional education in IT and information management and describes an instructional model that augments the principles of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Toepfer, Conrad F., Jr. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1997
Examines the need to help rural youth become employable in today's changing circumstances, especially young adolescents in middle school programs. Discusses elements in effective School-to-Employment (STE) programs, basic job skills appropriate to middle-school exploratory STE programs, and the need for program articulation between middle and high…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Adolescents, Education Work Relationship
McPherson, Kate – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Describes six community-based service-learning projects that are available to students as an alternative learning environment. Presents goals of service learning, including academic development, civic responsibility, personal development, social responsibility, career development, and ethical development. Discusses research indicating that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Services
Morton, Mary Lou; Williams, Nancy L.; Brindley, Roger – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
This article chronicles the efforts of one college faculty and their school partners to respond to the contemporary challenges faced by teacher education. It depicts the authors' journey through the planning and implementation of an innovative initial certification master's of arts in teaching (MAT) program in elementary education in the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary Education, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers
Walker, Connie; Brady, Darcel; Lea, Karen; Summers, Bill – AILACTE Journal, 2004
There is a tremendous gap in the research of the moral and ethical dimensions of teacher dispositions. Teacher dispositions need to be reviewed, re-evaluated and constructed with a plan in mind to accommodate what we, as educators, now know about the legitimate and unique differences in learning at every age. The purpose of this research was to…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Ethics, Moral Values, Teacher Effectiveness
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2006
Wyoming's seven comprehensive community colleges document their performance in meeting the needs of their stakeholders against fourteen core indicators: (1) Student Goal Attainment; (2) Persistence; (3) Degree Completion Rates; (4) Placement Rate in the Workforce; (5) Employer Assessment of Students; (6) Licensure/Certification Pass Rates; (7)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Indicators, Goal Orientation, Educational Attainment
Ingham Intermediate School District, Mason, MI. – 1995
This guide, which is one of a series of three guides designed to provide state and local leaders, policymakers, practitioners, and other stakeholders with information about the work-based learning component of the School to Work Opportunities Act, deals with career exposure. The introduction traces the history of school-to-work initiatives, lists…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Career Exploration, Credentials, Education Work Relationship
Halperin, Samuel, Ed. – 1998
The 10 papers in this report review what the United States has accomplished for late-adolescents and young adults in the past decade since publication of "The Forgotten Half." The consensus from the 15 authors is that many developments have not been encouraging. "Today's Forgotten Half: Still Losing Ground" (Samuel Halperin), a review of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Bound Students, Community Programs, Demography