The American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year initiative launched in June 2008 and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It was created to support a pilot group of two-year institutions to develop or expand campus programs that engage plus 50 learners. The initiative focuses on three types of…

Two pilot schools for general secondary education in Enschede (The Netherlands) are taking part in the Technology Enriched Schools Project. One of the research questions is the valuation by the students of the use of computers in education. The valuation is influenced by factors which deal with the perception of the student; the use of computers…

Four "support" teachers are the stars of a program instituted in a desegregated Colorado district under the Emergency School Aid Act. (Editor)

Leadership repertoires of public school superintendents are analyzed in terms of the Humanistic Leadership Model. Factor analysis was used to uncover four leadership dimensions. (Author/RL)

Combines ideas from mythology, folklore, and library and information science to conclude that information overload is a myth of modern culture. Reports results of a pilot project intended to describe information overload experienced by a particular folk group composed of future library and information professionals. (Author/LRW)

Group leaders randomly employed a counseling leadership approach for one session in place of the guidance leadership approach typically used in six ongoing domestic violence offender groups. Group members completed the Critical Incident Questionnaire to assess therapeutic factors and the Group Experience Rating Form to assess if the leadership…

Brazil's Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region is conducting a performance evaluation pilot study at three schools serving disadvantaged populations. The objective is first to test methods which can facilitate Post Occupancy Evaluations (POEs) and then to carry out the evaluations. The preliminary results are provided below.

THE BACKGROUND, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND COMPETENCE OF A SAMPLE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WERE REPORTED IN A PILOT STUDY. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE COMPLETED BY 621 TEACHERS IN THE SURVEY SAMPLE. EIGHT TABLES WERE INCLUDED ON--TEACHING LOAD, ACADEMIC TRAINING, LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, TEACHING EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATION, CONTINUING PREPARATION, SOURCE SITE…

The objectives of this study were to: (1) develop a rationale and structure for quantifying individual demands of people for vocational education, (2) demonstrate a method of quantifying these demands, and (3) develop a set of guidelines for administratores at State and local levels for determining individual demand for vocational education.…

This study consisted of extending the schedule of teaching social studies methods to relate experiences at a high school, conducting in-service instruction for cooperating teachers, and providing advanced techniques of supervision with videotaping for supervisors. (Author/RK)

Describes a pilot study that examined issues encountered when computers were used for a master's degree comprehensive examination. Computer-based testing is discussed; procedures used for administering the exam are detailed; pre- and posttests that examined student attitudes are described; and recommendations for using computers in comprehensive…

Case-based activities are widely proclaimed to enable better learning through allowing students to practice application of concepts in real-life situations. This paper reports an investigation into the learning benefits derived from engaging students in the development of Pharmacy eCases. This is a small scale pilot study. Two student-developers…

A pilot project attempted to measure reactions of participants to the Technology Education Division program at the national convention of the American Vocational Association in St. Louis (December 1992). After a review of the literature, a Conference Reaction Model was developed and subjected to peer review. After several revisions, a pilot…

THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM CALLED "SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION" (SDI), WAS STUDIED AS A TECHNIQUE FOR SEARCHING THE LITERATURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND BRINGING TO THE ATTENTION OF UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS THAT SELECT PORTION WHICH IS OF DIRECT RELEVANCE TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS. THE…

The Continuous School Improvement Questionnaire (CSIQ) is a comprehensive inventory measuring educators' perceptions of factors that affect success with school improvement. A pilot test of the CSIQ was conducted in Spring 2000, one purpose of which was to reduce the length of the CSIQ. The instrument was reduced from 147 to 72 items. The pilot…