In response to a desire for an additional, low-cost program of faculty and staff development, Buffalo State College has developed a series of workshop/seminar sessions presented during the break between the fall and spring semesters. Called Winterim, the program offers sessions on a wide variety of academic, professional, and instructional topics…

The Southern Illinois University-Carbondale project, "Pilot Program for Training Placement Personnel," is intended to provide participants training as placement specialists with competencies enabling them to organize and operate a comprehensive school-based career planning and placement center, and to develop a model system that can be…

A collection of 79 program ideas demonstrates creative approaches to academic programs and administrative concerns. As part of an annual event sponsored by the Ameridan Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), the ideas were nominated by institutions in the 1985 competition for the G. Theodore Mitau Award for Innovation and Change…

This study examined affirmative action policies at the campuses of the University of California (UC) and other universities to determine effective approaches to increase opportunities for women and minority faculty and promote faculty diversity. Using a qualitative, ethnographic approach, project staff interviewed faculty and administrators about…

This annual report describes the operations of the Manitoba Universities Grants Commission for the fiscal year 1994-95 with an audited balance sheet and statement of operating revenues and expenditures. The Commission advises the government on how much financial assistance should be given universities. It is also responsible for allocating funds…