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McKeown, Karen D. – Heritage Foundation, 2012
With the tuition cost of traditional colleges and universities soaring and education technology advancing, online courses and degree programs are becoming more common. Some critics argue that an online degree cannot provide all the important features of a traditional college education, from extracurricular activities to new professional networks,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Jones, Jami Biles – Library Media Connection, 2006
It used to be that students who dropped out were considered lazy and unmotivated. Some students were actually pushed out and encouraged to leave, as if this solves the problem! While teachers blame kids for dropping out, kids blame an educational system "gone bad." Dropping out is no longer viewed as solely a student problem, but rather a problem…
Descriptors: Student Problems, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, Media Specialists
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Morahan-Martin, J.; Schumacher, P. – Computers in Human Behavior, 2000
Describes a study that surveyed undergraduates who were considered at high risk for pathological Internet use. Discusses questions that assessed evidence that Internet use was causing academic, work, or interpersonal problems, distress, tolerance symptoms, and mood-alterations; addresses gender issues; and reports results from the UCLA Loneliness…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, At Risk Persons, Computer Use, Gender Issues
Pew, Gail; And Others – 1971
This paper indicates eight problems faced by the teaching teams at Fremont Junior High School, including insufficient planning, lack of trust and openness, lack of correlation within the teams, inadequate assessment of pupil needs, insufficient change in teacher behavior, uneven level of total staff commitment toward the school, self-contained…
Descriptors: Differentiated Staffs, Interpersonal Relationship, Junior High Schools, Models
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Crawford, James W.; Siomopoulos, V. – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
Problems encountered in a psychiatry clerkship when the medical student identifies in various ways with his psychiatric patients are described. The patterns of this identification process and the effects on student-patient interaction are included. The students were enrolled at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. (Author/JMD)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Empathy, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology)
Gutierrez, Richard – Principal Leadership, 2005
According to the U.S. Department of Education, 39% of public school students were considered to be part of a minority group in 2000, as opposed to just 22% in 1972. Although the increased diversity offers many opportunities for staff members and students to learn from one another, not all members of the school community adjust quickly to a…
Descriptors: Racial Relations, Student Diversity, Student Problems, Minority Groups