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Brewer, Elizabeth, Ed.; Ogden, Anthony C., Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2019
This volume focuses on two questions. First, how can education abroad be embedded into undergraduate education so that students experience it as an integral component of their education and something they help shape, rather than as time away from their education and as a commodity to be consumed? Second, how can colleges and universities maximize…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Undergraduate Students, Integrated Activities, Educational Experience
Kissinger, Daniel B., Ed.; Miller, Michael T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
This volume is a critical and objective study of the contemporary college student athlete. Framed around the process of recruitment, transition, and support of student athletes in higher education, the volume is a response to societal pressures to reform college athletics. Driven by publicity and the potential for revenue gains, colleges and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Counseling Services, Higher Education, Publicity
Levine, Jodi H., Ed. – 1999
This monograph on learning communities and the first-year college experience presents 12 chapters which combine theory with examples of good practice and recommendations for building and sustaining effective learning communities. Following an introduction by the editor, the included chapters are: (1) "What Are Learning Communities?"…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Environment, College Freshmen, Educational Environment
Johnson, Cynthia S., Ed.; Cheatham, Harold E., Ed. – 1999
This document is a collection of eight position papers on a research agenda in higher education. The papers are based on a three-year analysis of trends and feedback deriving from conferences and Website presentations. Each paper ends with a list of specific proposed research questions. Following an introduction by Cynthia S. Johnson, the papers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Accountability, Educational Trends
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Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Dwinell, Patricia L., Ed. – 1998
The 16 chapters of this volume describe a wide variety of developmental programs intended to promote skill development and enhance academic performance for high-risk students at all levels of higher education. Following an introductory chapter by the editors, the chapters are: (1) "The Origin, Scope, and Outcomes of Developmental Education in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Freshmen
Stainback, William; Stainback, Susan – 1992
This book of 24 papers presents divergent views on 12 issues in special education: organizational strategies, classroom service delivery approaches, maximizing the talents and gifts of students, classification and labeling, assessment, instructional strategies, classroom management, collaboration/consultation, research practices, higher education,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems
Assiter, Alison, Ed.; Shaw, Eileen, Ed. – 1993
This collection of 22 essays examines the use of records of achievement (student profiles or portfolios) in higher and vocational education in the United Kingdom. They include: (1) "Records of Achievement: Background, Definitions, and Uses" (Alison Assiter and Eileen Shaw); (2) "Profiling in Higher Education" (Alison Assiter…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Curriculum, Definitions
Chickering, Arthur; And Others – 1981
The challenges and reforms facing the modern American college having to deal with an increasingly diverse range of students--in terms of age, educational purposes, background and preparation, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity--are discussed. Thirteen chapters by professors in the arts, sciences, and professions discuss implications for their…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Style, College Administration