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Zeller, William J., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
Residence life programs play a key role in recruiting students, helping them make a successful transition to a new institution, and in retaining them, whether students are enrolling for the first time, transferring from another institution, or entering graduate school. Chapters in this book address theories of learning and development, new…
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1984
This bulletin contains assessments of visits by three comparative monitoring groups to European experiments in adult education, including programs in Portugal and Italy; Sweden, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany and France; and Turkey and Norway. The bulletin also examines a parallel program involving the co-production of multimedia…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Development, Cooperative Programs
Zeiss, Tony, Ed. – 1991
Brief descriptions are provided of 16 model literacy initiatives undertaken by community colleges in conjunction with local businesses or community groups. Following introductory comments by Barbara Bush, Tony Zeiss, H. James Owen, and Roy Romer, "Literacy: America's Great Deficit," by Earnestine Thomas-Wilson-Robertson and Tony Zeiss, reviews…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, College Role
McConnell, Charlie, Ed. – 1996
The following papers are included: "Foreword" (Alexander); "Preface" (McConnell); "Editorial Introduction" (McConnell); "People Power" (Gibson); "Community Education within the Context of Reorganisation of Local Government" (Hughes); "The Challenge of Change" (Alexander Report);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Change Strategies, Community Development
Galaway, Burt, Ed.; Hudson, Joe, Ed. – 1994
This book contains 27 papers that were originally developed for a research and policy symposium at which Canadian community economic development (CED) was examined in terms of research and policy requirements. The book contains the following papers: "Community Economic Development Practice in Canada" (Brodhead); "Community Economic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Agents, Community Development
Medel-Anonuevo, Carolyn, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 14 papers that were developed for a 5-day international seminar-workshop at which representatives of multilateral agencies, governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), women's organizations, feminist groups, and universities discussed gender issues in monitoring and evaluation of adult education. The following papers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Development