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Interchange, 1985
This article in a population education newsletter focuses on films and other audio-visual materials suitable for secondary and higher education and available for teaching about current population issues. The article discusses how to get the most out of population-related films. Eight hints for structuring film viewing and follow-up activities are…
Descriptors: Filmographies, Films, Global Approach, Higher Education
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions Newsletter, 1992
Three separate newsletter issues examine the issue of sexual harassment on college campuses. Part I contains a general introduction to the topic and two articles. The first of these discusses the definition of sexual harassment by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the courts, the EEOC guidelines on conduct of a…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Colleges, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Problems
Weisberger, June M. – National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education Newsletter, 1982
Two newsletter articles are presented that examine legal aspects of campus collective bargaining: (1) "Campus Bargaining and the Law: A Decade of Higher Education Collective Bargaining--1972-1982" (June M. Weisberger); and (2) an analysis of the the Appellate Court decision in the S. Simpson Gray case. The first article examines major…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Confidentiality, Court Litigation
Download full textFullinwider, Robert K. – Perspective, 1993
Although critics frequently attack the concept, multicultural education is neither a new nor a single idea. Cultural factors have become increasingly important for teachers and students alike. In that sense, teachers, administrators, and curriculum designers must become more multicultural. It is helpful to define multicultural education as…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Rose, Homer C., Jr.; Hample, Stephen R. – Administrator's Update, 1982
Considerations that can help colleges and universities develop institutionally specific strategies for planning faculty reductions are addressed. It is suggested that an institution can provide a fair and workable reduction plan if it: thoroughly explores alternatives to faculty layoffs; develops explicit standards and procedures for reduction…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Court Litigation, Employment Practices, Evaluation Criteria
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) factors affecting interpersonal attraction and perceived appropriateness; (2) the effect of self-esteem, relationship satisfaction, conceptual complexity, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Communication Apprehension
Soni, P. Sarita, Ed.; Carmichael, Ann G., Ed. – Research & Creative Activity, 1993
This theme issue features five articles profiling Indiana University faculty whose work on various campuses continues to broaden and advance knowledge about cognitive science. The articles in the journal are: "A Matter of Time" (Karen Grooms) which discusses the work of Robert F. Port; "Perceiving as a Complex System" (Tom…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Higher Education, Mathematical Models
Holmes, Jeffrey – 1985
A history of the first 20 years of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) is presented, along with an issue of the SCUP newsletter (v15 n3 1985) summarizing the society's 20th annual conference. SCUP's role and performance is divided into five-year periods beginning with 1961-1965. SCUP was founded in 1966 but initial planning for…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Planning, Financial Problems, Higher Education
Hurd, Richard; Foerster, Amy – National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions Newsletter, 1996
This newsletter summarizes unionization trends among college faculty and analyzes the six collective bargaining elections which took place during 1995. Academic unions represented 246,207 professors in 1995, a growth of 1.65 percent over 1994, and there were 504 bargaining agents on 1,115 campuses throughout the United States. This increase can be…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Colleges, Employer Employee Relationship
Gough, J. E.; Monday, P. R. – Open Campus, 1979
Recent Australian and New Zealand studies on college student workload are reviewed. Most of the studies have viewed workload questions in the broader context of arrangements for teaching, learning, and assessment. A Monash University, Australia, study assessed the total amount of work done by students, the distribution of study time between…
Descriptors: College Students, Courses, Credits, Foreign Countries
Friedman, Edward A., Ed. – The Forum for Liberal Education, 1980
Programs that illustrate the ways in which colleges and universities are helping students understand technological methods and issues are described. Some of the programs approach technological literacy from a humanities vantage point that integrates technology into the coursework, while others employ a strict technological approach that touches…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Oriented Programs, Energy, Engineering
Langbort, Carol, Ed.; Curtis, Deborah, Ed. – College of Education Review, 2000
The focus of this special issue is mathematics education. All articles were written by graduates of the new masters Degree program in which students earn a Master of Arts degree in Education with a concentration in Mathematics Education at San Francisco State University. Articles include: (1) "Developing Teacher-Leaders in a Masters Degree Program…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation, Higher Education, Mathematics Curriculum
Peer reviewedBivens, Iri C., Ed. – College Mathematics Journal, 1991
Considered is the open-ended question of the various means of marking an n-inch ruler so that the distance of any integral number of inches from 1 to n can be ascertained with a single measurement. The relationship between a sparsely marked ruler, which is one gracefully marked with the fewest number of marks, and specific discrete graphs is…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Mathematical Enrichment
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1985
Presented are abstracts and abstractors' analyses of four studies dealing with cognitive development, four studies dealing with attitudes, and two studies dealing with problem-solving. The cognitive development studies are: "College Chemistry and Piaget: The Relationship of Aptitude and Achievement Measures" (David Bender and Louis…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationBland, Carole J.; And Others – Professions Education Researcher Notes, 1986
This issue of the "Professions Education Research Notes" is devoted to the theme of "The Future of Educational Research in the Professions." Four articles have been extracted from the issue to form this document: "The Future of Educational Research in the Professions," by Carole J. Bland, introduces the other articles and describes, as context for…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Professional Autonomy
