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Download full textKeys, Robert C., Ed. – 1990
As a result of the 1984 National Council on Student Development (NCSD) Leadership Colloquium, a report was developed presenting a series of seven recommendations and accompanying strategies for strengthening student development services. Entitled, "Traverse City Statement: Toward the Future Vitality of Student Development Services," the report…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition. – 1995
This booklet provides the program and abstracts of presentations given at the Fourth Canadian-American Conference on the First-Year Experience. It includes a list of the goals of the conference, sponsoring institutions, staff, and general information about the conference. The booklet then provides brief descriptions of the 51 sessions held over…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Instruction, College Programs, Enrollment Management
Lysenkova, S.; And Others – Soviet Education, 1989
Reports on ideas discussed at the second meeting of experimental teachers held in the Soviet Union in 1987. Considers teaching innovations that promote student development and seek cooperative teacher-student relationships, while serving social production needs. Emphasizes student creativity and personal responsibility. Builds from earlier work on…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Communism, Cooperation
Tomlinson, Louise M., Ed. – 1992
This conference sought to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas on how parents, teachers, and other concerned individuals can contribute to strengthening the educational support system, and to generate practical information on strategies to improve achievement levels of youth. A conference program prospectus by Louise M. Tomlinson offers a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Cognitive Style, Delinquency
Jones, Margaret A., Ed. – 1983
The second session of the Contemporary Elementary and Middle School Physical Education Conference was devoted to over 35 workshops and demonstrations of games and sports that may be used by teachers. Emphasis was placed on the development of individual skills, physical fitness through sports, and non-competitive games. Position papers were also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Dance, Elementary Secondary Education
Floyd, Deborah L., Ed. – 1988
This report of a national colloquium on promoting community college student success summarizes group discussions and provides the texts of six colloquium presentations. Chapter 1, "Leadership Strategies for Student Success: Issues and Challenges in the Community College," reports on small and large group discussions which sought to define student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Administrator Role, Ancillary School Services
Maker, C. June; King, Margaret A. – 1996
This book and video are based on a symposium on ways to foster giftedness in children in kindergarten through third grade. Emphasized throughout are DISCOVER projects, federally funded research and development projects to assist Arizona educators in identifying and planning programs for gifted children from diverse cultural, ethnic, and linguistic…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design
Bowling Green State Univ., OH. – 1985
Issues concerning student moral and ethical development during college are considered in three papers from a symposium sponsored by Bowling Green State University as part of the Academic Outcomes Project. Four major questions are addressed: the college's role in promoting students' moral and ethical development; what constitutes moral and ethical…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Environment, College Faculty, College Role
Chando, Carl M., Ed. – 1978
Summaries of papers from the 1978 National Conference on Academic Advising are presented. Among the 58 papers are the following: "Faculty Advising as Faculty Development" (Howard Kramer); "Student Self-Assessment Systems and Academic Advising" (John H. Clarke, Christopher Robles, Joanne Yphantis); "Development and Utilization of a Peer Advising…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Career Planning, College Freshmen
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Philadelphia, PA. – 1980
Proceedings are presented of the 1979 meeting of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, which includes speeches on outcomes assessment along with the business meeting of the Association. In the keynote address, "Outcomes Assessment--A New Era in Accreditation," Howard R. Bowen identifies goals an educational institution…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Aptitude Tests, College Admission
Chando, Carl M., Ed. – 1983
Proceedings of the 1983 Conference of the National Academic Advising Association are presented. Contents include five general session papers that focus on the current roles played by academic advisers and future roles over the next decade. Summaries are also presented of 9 pre-conference workshops, 6 in-conference workshops and special sessions, 6…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Athletes, Career Planning
Astin, Alexander W.; And Others – 1979
The texts of three conference papers are presented in this volume. The papers are: Student-Oriented Management: A Proposal for Change (Alexander W. Astin); Goals, Outcomes, and Academic Evaluation (Howard R. Bowen); and A Summary of the 1978 COPA Summer Conference (Charles M. Chambers). The first addresses the definition of quality in…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Students, Conference Reports, Educational Objectives
Higginson, Linda C., Ed.; And Others – 1980
Proceedings of the 1980 National Conference on Academic Advising are presented. The more than 50 papers are organized as general sessions, preconference workshops, and paper sessions. For the paper sessions, summaries are presented, which are either written by the presenters or the publication editors. Articles and authors include the following:…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services
Maryland Univ., College Park. Univ. Coll. – 1983
Ninety-five papers from an international conference on improving university teaching are presented. Topics, which relate to the theme of the conference, "The Social Dimensions and Demands of Teaching and Technology," include the following: computer-based teaching and information exchange, the usefulness and cost-effectiveness of computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Adult Learning, College Instruction
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Center for the Study of the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
This volume contains abstracts of the presentations on the freshman and entering student programs at over 100 colleges, community colleges, and universities in the United States and Canada. Each abstract describes institutional programs and provides a name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for additional information. Among…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Diversity (Institutional)
