This document reports on a workshop conducted to bring together vocational, technical, and adult education colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Stout staff members who are working with computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM). Participants discussed current program content, identified areas that need further development, and determined how…

The increasing number of individuals infected with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has created a need to examine public policy issues and to further efforts in planning, implementing, and evaluating services for individuals with HIV infection and their families. A working conference was convened, which identified several…

This proceedings reflects the content of a day-long conference designed to introduce selected publics to established models for economic stimulus with applicability to Washington state; provide a focus for the statewide legislative studies of education and high technology; and promote the Washington state community college system as the primary…

The third workshop on the preparation of materials for the newly-literate in Asia and the Pacific was designed to train participants in the development, production (including design and illustration), distribution, and utilization of neoliteracy materials relevant to the needs of rural people. Workshop activities included: (1) discussions on…

This publication was prepared as part of the UNESCO-International Association of Universities (IAU) Joint Research Program in Higher Education, and serves as the proceedings of the seminar, The Role of the University in Environmental Education, which was held in Budapest, Hungary, on October 17-21, 1983. The document is prefaced with a background…

This report of a 1984 conference on the computer as a teaching tool provides summaries of presentations on the role of the computer in the teaching of science, mathematics, computer literacy, and language arts. Analyses of themes emerging from the conference are then presented under four headings: (1) The Computer and the Curriculum (the computer…

This workshop was organized as a contribution to Ethiopia's human resettlement activities necessitated by the recurrent drought. The objectives of the workshop were to: (1) appraise the relevance of basic rural technologies and identify modalities of their application; (2) develop materials in the fields of biotechnology and basic technology; (3)…

Proceedings of the 1983 Invitational Seminar on Faculty Development are presented. Focal areas included funding of faculty development and program development, the history and issues concerning faculty development, career development plans and growth contracts, the special needs from the period of midcareer to retirement, the context and overall…

This three-part book focuses on the condition of science and technology (ST) education worldwide by discussing ways in which it can contribute to social, economic, and cultural developments. Part 1 examines ways in which ST can affect national development, beginning with a consideration of the impact of ST on the individual, the community, and on…

These proceedings contain 3 speaker presentations and 17 workshop papers from a conference of experts who are involved in creating environments that encourage people to be creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial. The speaker presentations are "Creative Public-Private Sector Ventures--'The Success Series'" (Bettianne Welch), "Just Do It" (Wally…

A general list of suggestions for effective library instruction and library instruction projects in a variety of disciplines are presented in this guide. Developed for a faculty and academic staff development seminar, the Library Instruction within the Curriculum Project, these projects illustrate diverse approaches to library instruction with the…

These proceedings of a conference built around the theme of the professionalization of adult and continuing education include the full texts of presentations at the conference General Sessions, papers and synopses of conference workshops and panel presentations, reports from the seven task forces of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education;…

A workshop was held to exchange experiences on ways and means of incorporating environmental education (EE) in preservice and inservice teacher training programs for elementary and secondary schools. These proceedings of the workshop are divided into three parts. Part 1 provides a brief report on the workshop organization, objectives,…

A regional seminar conducted to consider the concept of lifelong education and its implications for curriculum with particular reference to basic learning needs is described in this report. Topics discussed at the seminar, held in two plenary sessions devoted to exchanging views on the concept of lifelong education in the context of conditions in…

Perspectives on cooperative programs between higher education and business and professional associations are presented in three papers. In "New Frontiers for Higher Education: Business and Professions," K. Patricia Cross traces three alternatives for higher education in its relationships with other adult education providers: parallel…