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Sheridan, Harriet W.; Hill, Barbara Ann – 1981
A report of the 1981 Wingspread Conference, which sought remedies for the current low state of the humanities in American higher education, is presented. Participants included 60 college presidents, deans, faculty members, government officials, and business and foundation officials. Recommendations are as follows: (1) a collaborative effort should…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Faculty, College Programs, College School Cooperation
Schools Council, London (England). – 1976
This is one in a series of eight discussion pamphlets produced by the Writing Across the Curriculum Project dealing with some of the issues connected with writing in the schools and their relation to learning. The eight papers in the pamphlet were drawn from a seminar involving 11 geography, history, and English teachers and are concerned with…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, History Instruction
Millard, Richard M., Ed.; And Others – 1974
This document attempts to raise questions about the judicious use of information at various levels, and its impact on postsecondary educational institutions. It focuses on the major issues involved in the aggregation and comparison of information about postsecondary education, the needs and usage of such information, and prospects for increasing…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges, Decision Making, Educational Innovation
Roland, Alex – 1985
A conference on the history of space activity was convened at Yale University in 1981 and perspectives from history, political science, journalism, politics, science, and literature were exchanged. The essays in this publication serve as the proceedings for that conference. The papers are presented in four major theme areas. These include: (1)…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Humanities
Khalil, Edna M., Ed. – 1983
Proceedings of the 1983 annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in the United States are presented. Included are reports of concurrent sessions, papers, and information on the Council's business meeting. Topics of concurrent sessions include: the federal legislative process, graduate school databases, the scholar-computer…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Programs, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases
Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1982
The national investment in graduate education is addressed in proceedings of the 1982 meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States (CGS). Proceedings of the CGS business meeting are also included. The keynote address by Howard R. Bowen, "Educational Possibilities for Our Grandchildren," is provided. Transcripts of the…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Doctoral Programs, Educational Opportunities, Females
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1981
The 12 papers in this collection deal with trends in English education research. The papers discuss the following topics: (1) language awareness and schooling, (2) the language processes underlying literacy, (3) the role of oral language in early writing processes, (4) writing to learn in the humanities, (5) instructional effect on reading…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
Triplette, Marianne, Ed. – 1983
Twenty-three conference papers related to the topic of women and curriculum are presented. Keynote addresses have been grouped together in the first section to provide an overview of the field of women's studies. Papers covering research about women in the sciences, social sciences, and the humanities are grouped together in Part II. The text…
Descriptors: Blacks, Curriculum Development, Employed Women, Feminism
American Council of Learned Societies, 2005
This American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Occasional Paper presents the proceedings of a conference on "Liberal Arts Colleges in American Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities" convened by ACLS in November 2003 in Williamstown, Massachusetts with the support of the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Research Universities, Academic Achievement, Social Sciences
Sutton, Brett, Ed. – 1994
The 12 papers in this volume explore the development of electronic texts in the humanities and describe the possible roles for libraries as electronic books take the place of printed ones. The diverse perspectives of librarians, publishers, system administrators, scholars, readers, and writers are brought into conjunction, and a number of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Authority Control (Information), College Faculty
Parsons, Michael H., Ed.; Powell, Allan R., Ed. – 1979
Faculty members from Hagerstown Junior College present eight position papers discussing ethical issues in their various disciplines. Ralph Chapin reports on the impact of the recent federal copyright law and how it affects library and media personnel who must deal with and evaluate duplicated written materials, films, and recordings. E. Walter…
Descriptors: Accountability, Business Responsibility, Codes of Ethics, Community Colleges
Romano, Richard M., Comp. – 1987
This proceedings report contains 6 of the 12 papers presented at a conference on the social role of the community college. First, information on the event, a conference program, an ERIC bibliography, and opening remarks by Richard M. Romano, conference coordinator, are presented. Next, the following papers are reproduced: (1) "Community…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Conference Papers, Economic Development
Kelder, Richard, Ed. – 1994
This collection of 26 papers focuses on interdisciplinarity and its impact on the core or general education curriculum at postsecondary institutions. The papers include: "Professing or Instructing: Outstanding Challenges in the Task of Facilitating Student Reflection on Identity as Individual, as Family Member, and as Citizen" (Steve R. Gordy and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Colleges, Community Colleges
Cross, Robert D.; Bennett, Clifford T. – 1987
This document reports on a summer institute for 20 secondary school history teachers from the central Virginia public school community. Emphasis at the institute was on the fact that historically, as well as morally, all people are important. This idea is the basis for the "new social history" that tends to start with everyday experience. Because…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
Voght, Geoffrey M., Ed. – 1984
Part III of the proceedings contains 12 presentations. They are: "The Role of Business Language in the Traditional Curriculum" (Michel Rocchi); "Foreign Languages for Business and the Professions Belong in the Liberal Arts" (Robert A. Kreiter); "How Much and How Far? Commercial French and the Student, Instructor, Administrator, and the Business…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Administration Education, College Second Language Programs, Cross Cultural Training
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