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Culp, Marguerite McGann, Ed.; Dungy, Gwendolyn Jordan, Ed. – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2014
More than a third of all undergraduate students are 25 or older, and their presence on college and university campuses is growing. However, institutions of higher learning are struggling to meet the needs of, and improve persistence and completion rates for, this significant student population. "Increasing Adult Learner Persistence and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Undergraduate Students
Fields, Thomas A. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1984
The paper describes the decision process in the determination of software purchase for the professional's use of the microcomputer. Consideration to ensure that the software purchased will be a success, which software will be needed, and options that will facilitate the location and evaluation of software are discussed. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Media Selection
Meyer, Kirk – 1997
This presentation describes the development process behind the Boston Schoolyard Initiative: a 5-year, inner city, community-driven initiative to transform neglected and unwelcome schoolyards into active centers of school and community use. Each phase of the initiative is discussed from community organizing through design, construction, and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health in Schools. – 2003
This document describes major examples of trailblazing and pioneering efforts that are playing a role in designing new directions for student support. The work is being carried out at school, district, state, and national levels. The endeavors are grouped into three categories: (1) places where broad-based systemic changes are underway, (2) places…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Daar, Sheila; Drlik, Tanya; Olkowski, Helga; Olkowski, William – 1997
This report presents guidelines for developing an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach for educational facilities, and discusses the unique opportunities an IPM program can provide in the school science curriculum. This includes the hands-on experience IPM affords to students in the areas of biology, ecology, and least-toxic management of…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Facilities Management, Guides
Stauffer, Steve; Ferrentino, Rod; Koplinka-Loehr, Carrie; Sharpe, Katey – 1998
Guidelines are provided for those just beginning, or planning to improve, an educational facility's Integrated Pesticide Management (IPM) program. The manual's first chapter discusses what an IPM is and why it should be implemented. The second chapter provides the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation program contacts and…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Pesticides
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health in Schools. – 2003
Schools increasingly are recognizing that leaving no student behind requires a comprehensive, multifaceted, and integrated system of learning supports. To establish such a system, initiatives to improve schools must evolve current student supports into a full-fledged component dedicated to addressing barriers to learning. This calls for new…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Resources, Outcomes of Education, Program Development
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health in Schools. – 2003
Across the country, groups of people who often haven't worked together previously are combining their talents and resources to improve outcomes for children and youth. They often form groups called collaboratives. This packet provides some guidance for what makes such collaborative efforts successful and what gets in the way. It is designed as an…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Partnerships in Education
Del Polito, Carolyn M. – 1983
The paper reviews the training need by professionals in the allied health services for work with handicapped children and youth. The American Society of Allied Health Professionals (ASAHP) has conducted workshops in which roles and responsibilities for allied health personnel were identified, such as helping to coordinate health, education, and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Coordination, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
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Davis, Dorothy W.; And Others – 1984
This guide is based on the latest federal regulations and meal pattern requirements for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. It considers current food production and marketing techniques, packaging methods, grading standards, and changing food habits in the American population. The guide gives average yield information on over 600…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Consumer Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service
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Cerveny, William – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1988
Explains the process used at Oakton Community College in Illinois to automate the system for renting audiovisual titles. Describes the previous rental process and the new system utilizing dBASE III. Illustrates the features and products of the new system. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Software, Film Libraries
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1984
This handbook, designed to assist Kentucky school district personnel in planning school psychological services, is organized into four major sections. In the initial section, Overview of School Psychology, information on training and credentialing of school professionals is presented. This section includes information on state requirements for…
Descriptors: Certification, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Frostig, Karen; Essex, Michele – 1998
This guide provides recommendations and guidelines to expressive arts therapists and educators who work in school settings as therapists, supervisors, supervisees, or graduate school expressive arts interns. There are eight chapters: (1) Expressive Arts Therapies in School Settings (definitions, learning objectives, confidentiality, ethical…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Therapy, Dance Therapy, Educational Therapy
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Suarez, Celia C.; Myers, Marcia J. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1983
Discusses a survey conducted at Miami-Dade Community College to document the characteristics, needs, and knowledge of library users, and explains how the survey became an essential tool for decision making by community college library administrators regarding the elimination or initiation of programs and services. Describes the study and its…
Descriptors: Action Research, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Library Administration
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Hanson, Charles D. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1984
Traces the development of Lima Community College's computer literacy program, which uses the library as the site of ongoing computer education. Explores such factors in program development as funding, hardware choice, and implementation steps. Responds to several myths about computers, e.g., microcomputers take up little space and reduce staffing…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
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