A series of reports reflecting the activities of the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) are presented in these proceedings. The first article, "Teaching Professional Ethics: Proceed, But with Caution," by Richard A. Wright, argues that extreme care must be taken in developing and teaching professional ethics, discussing what…

Two final resolutions were adopted by the Council of Europe at the October 1978 European Conference of Ministers Responsible for Regional Planning. Resolution 1 focused on guidelines for the planning of rural areas in Europe. Strategies and policies called for: a more balanced development which makes the living conditions of different regions as…

Speeches given at the 1978 National Conference of the Teacher Corps are reproduced in this report. These presentations are divided into three general categories--topics of broad interest to educators, trends in education, and the responsibilities of the teacher corps. (JD)

Summary of American Library Association's (ALA) 1986 Midwinter Meeting highlights administrative reports, legislative update, government publishing update, finances and operations (the long range outlook), the Oxford Project, library education, standards, issues and ideas, accreditation project, toward a White House conference, aspiring ALA…

The seminar's major theme was that art education is a discipline in its own right. It was concluded that the art curriculum can be both structured and disciplined, with the goals of art instruction determined from the characteristics of the discipline rather than of children at various stages of development. (Author/RM)

This essay is based on a roundtable of higher education leaders and policy officials convened in June 2002 as part of a larger research effort undertaken by the Alliance for International Higher Education Policy Studies (AIHEPS), an international collaboration for comparative research on higher education policy. The roundtable focused on AIHEPS…

A seminar was held in November 2001 for 11 teachers of the Chechen Republic. The objectives of the seminar were: (1) presentation of the textbook "Civic Education" to the teachers and educational staff; (2) introduction in methodology and the matter of civic education; (3) working out of active and interactive methods of work in the…

Describes the first national conference of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) held in Louisville, Kentucky, September 25-28, 1980. The historical development of the conference as well as its goals, program, proceedings, and exhibits are covered. (BK)

The 1979 report of a working group of the World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with the West German government, on the design of training in health planning and management in the European region is presented. The working group consisted of 15 temporary advisers from 11 countries, in addition to WHO staff and a consultant. The group was…

The 23rd EUROCALL conference was held in Cyprus from the 24th to the 27th of August 2016. The theme of the conference this year was "CALL Communities and Culture." It offered a unique opportunity to hear from real-world CALL practitioners on how they practice CALL in their communities, and how the CALL culture has developed in local and…

Representing a selection from the American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA) Literacy Conference, these seven papers include: "Remarks Prepared for Delivery ANPA Literacy Conference" (Labor Secretary, Elizabeth Dole); "National Education Goal #5: A Challenge for Everyone" (Assistant Secretary of Education, Ted Sanders);…

This document reports on a workshop on coral species present in Thailand and on the status of coral taxonomy in central Indo-Pacific countries. The report discusses workshop aims, summarizes field and laboratory studies, provides a tentative checklist of hermatypic coral species from Thailand, assesses the status of coral taxonomy in participating…

Three seminars examined strategies and tactics for community mobilization in Latin America. The sessions--which were held in Bogota, Columbia; Quito, Ecuador; and Recife, Brazil--involved a total of 75 participants from 27 organizations. Addressed during the seminars were development, leadership, mobilization, and learning in the context of…

A December, 1983, conference in Bucharest on identifying the main issues of higher education planning in Europe addressed three broad questions: major objectives of regional planning, different planning approaches and problems encountered in using them, and the efficiency of various approaches for meeting their objectives. (MSE)

This paper summarizes the themes and issues presented at the Community College Research Center seminars between 2001 and 2002: (1) "New Roles of Community Colleges" (October 12, 2001); (2) "Academic Preparedness and Remediation in Community Colleges" (December 7, 2001); (3) "Dual Enrollment in High Schools and Community…