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Direct linkRoberts, Angela J.; Robbins, Janette; McLandsborough, Lynne; Wiedmann, Martin – Journal of Food Science Education, 2010
A pressing problem facing regulatory agencies, academia, and the food industry is a shortage of qualified food science graduates, particularly those with advanced degrees (that is, M.S. or Ph.D.). In 2000, the Cornell Institute of Food Science established the annual Food Science Summer Scholars Program as an experiential summer research program…
Descriptors: Foods Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Study, Science Programs
Download full textSlaughter-Defoe, Diana; English-Clarke, Traci – Educational Horizons, 2010
The role of mentor development in implementing an out-of-school math and science Saturday program for middle-school girls is examined, using content analyses performed on journal entries that four college and graduate school-level mentors completed during the second year of the pilot program. Findings suggest that mentors matured and changed from…
Descriptors: Mentors, Pilot Projects, Role, Program Descriptions
Brandon, P. R.; Taum, A. K. H.; Young, D. B.; Pottenger, F. M., III – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2008
Evaluation reports increasingly document the degree of program implementation, particularly the extent to which programs adhere to prescribed steps and procedures. Many reports are cursory, however, and few, if any, fully portray the long and winding path taken when developing evaluation instruments, particularly observation instruments. In this…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Observation, Program Implementation
Cashell, Jane G. – 1981
This paper presents results evaluating the National Science Foundation's Comprehensive Assistance to Undergraduate Science Education (CAUSE) program focusing on: (1) institutional needs; (2) project implementation; (3) quality of instructional improvement; (4) evaluation; (5) project costs; and (6) recommendations. Evaluation methods included…
Descriptors: College Science, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Leiberman, Gerald A. – Environmental Education Report and Newsletter, 1985
Discusses development, goals, and phases of the Resources Management Education Program. The program, designed to create a basic awareness of conservation and natural resources management issues for primary schools in Latin America, is taught in conjunction with the life and physical sciences. (DH)
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Bethel, Lowell J.; Hord, Shirley M. – 1982
A description and evaluation of an environmental science inservice education program for teachers of grades 4-6 from central Texas is described. Participants attended 32 class sessions which involved lecture, demonstration, seminars, laboratory work, and discussion. Two full-day and four half-day field trips were also part of the program. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Environmental Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedBlum, Abraham – European Journal of Science Education, 1981
Describes a cooperative effort made to create a representative international network of centers for integrated science education and an instrument (given in the appendix) to describe integrated science education programs so they can become available to more users and adaptors. Some problems encountered in the instrument's development are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Study Centers, Education Service Centers, Higher Education, Integrated Curriculum
Curtin, Thomas R.; Cahalan, Margaret W. – US Department of Education, 2005
The U.S. Department of Education's Strategic Plan for 2002-2007 (U.S. Department of Education 2002) established an objective to "reduce the gaps in college access and completion among student populations differing by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and disability while increasing the educational attainment of all." Upward Bound, which made…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, First Generation College Students, Science Programs, Educational Finance
Curtin, Thomas R.; Cahalan, Margaret W. – US Department of Education, 2004
The U.S. Department of Education's Strategic Plan 2002-2007 (2002) established an objective to "reduce the gaps in college access and completion among student populations differing by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and disability while increasing the educational attainment of all." Upward Bound, which made its first awards in 1965, has…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, First Generation College Students, Science Programs, Low Income
