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Link, Anthony E. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1982
Characteristics of gifted programs that stick out like a "sore thumb" include vulnerability to charges of elitism, the notion that gifted students are better students, a lack of teacher support, and a high degree of rigidity. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Program Development

Curl, Clifford D. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1982
Planning is of prime importance in providing programs for gifted and talented students. Districts should emphasize an awareness campaign on the premises and needs of gifted education. An individual should then be appointed and trained as the district specialist in gifted and talented education. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Program Development, Talent

Reis, Sally M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1982
It is important to develop total "ownership" in gifted programs so that regular teachers, administrators, and community members realize the benefits of serving the above average student. (CL)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted

Sisk, Dorothy – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1982
Followup and tie in between regular classrooms and gifted programs are essential for quality programing. "Ownership" of the program by the entire school community, including counselors, librarians, and administrators, is also important. (CL)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Program Development
Nichols, Susan K., Ed.; And Others – 1984
This 45-paper anthology presents an overall picture of 1973-1983 writings in Roundtable Reports, the quarterly journal of Museum Education Roundtable. Thirty-five of the articles appeared in previous Roundtable Reports, while some are new articles that reflect on original articles to provide context and historical perspective. Papers are grouped…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Exhibits, Indexes, Informal Education
Short, Ronald – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
Adaptive skills are the perceptual, emotional, and behavioral tendencies that are learned at a young age. They can be a major block to competence by affecting one's functioning at the two higher skill levels of functional and work content skills. Because students and faculty relate to each other as members of a family, they can help each other…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Check Lists, Opinion Papers, Personality Traits
Tannenbaum, Abraham – 1988
The historical evolution of concern for education of gifted students is traced, along with the philosophical tides accompanying that evolution from the 1950s through the 1980s. It is argued that the public is alternatively supportive and antagonistic toward the gifted/talented. Periods of intense concern about their educational welfare are often…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
Rutledge, Juli G.; Kartis, Alexia M. – Business Officer, 1984
The need for information controls for college records management programs and the elements of program organization, planning, and management are discussed. Conditions at institutions that indicate a flaw in information control are identified, along with the benefits of a sound records management program. The management of an information and…
Descriptors: College Administration, Data Collection, Higher Education, Information Processing
ASPBAE Courier Service, 1983
This issue contains six articles, reports, and essays on planning and organizing nonformal education in the Asian-South Pacific area. A chapter reprinted from "Planning Nonformal Education" discusses the need for planning, past efforts, and five steps in a strategy suggested for planning locally-oriented and target-specific nonformal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Creative Dramatics, Developing Nations, Educational Planning
Brown, Peggy Ann, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1984
Ways that colleges and universities are responding to the new scholarship on women are described. First, an essay by Peggy McIntosh, "The Study of Women: Processes of Personal and Curricular Re-vision," considers stresses for the ego and challenges to the intellect that women's studies work brings to faculty members in traditional…
Descriptors: College Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Feminism
Martorana, S. V., Ed.; Piland, William E., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1984
This collection of articles addresses the role of community colleges in serving the specialized interests of organized community groups. After introductory comments on the topic, Seymour Eskow discusses how societal changes necessitate a reexamination of the role of the community college and an increased orientation to community organizations.…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Community Organizations, Community Services

Action in Teacher Education, 1983
This series of articles describes four promising practices. Included are (1) "North Carolina Central University's Institute on Desegregation: A Center for Interinstitutional Research"; (2) "Beyond the Status Quo: Merging Feminist Studies with Teacher Education"; (3) "Instructing Our Newest Minority: The Haitian"; and (4) "Sex-Role Stereotyping: A…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Cruzada, Elizabeth, Ed. – ASPBAE Courier, 1995
This issue contains an editorial, "Empowering Women through Education" (Elizabeth Cruzada), and eight articles. "Women and Education" (Swarna Jayaweera) presents the status of women and girls' education in Asia vis-a-vis the goals set in the Nairobi Forward Looking Strategies. "Education Reforms and Development of Chinese…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations
Watts, Gordon E., Ed. – Journal of Staff, Program & Organization Development, 1983
Designed as a forum for the exchange of practical and theoretical information regarding all aspects of personal, professional, and institutional development in postsecondary education, this journal contains articles, announcements, and resource reviews. The first issue of 1983 includes the following articles: "Institutionalizing Staff, Program and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation, Instructional Improvement, Merit Pay
Parker, Sue – FEDA Bulletin, 1997
This paper, which is intended for individuals responsible for information management at British further education (FE) colleges, describes the attempts by a number of FE institutions to manage their information effectively and provides guidelines for FE institutions to follow when developing their own information management strategy. After a brief…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Systems