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Drum, Jean, Ed. – Communicator, 1993
This theme issue on gifted high school students presents several feature articles, a California legislative update, and an editorial. In "Summer Seminar '93--California in the 21st Century," Janis Van Dreal describes a 2-week residential program in which gifted high school students examined California's future. "Visiting a Gifted…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Gifted, High Schools
Download full textNIFL News, 1997
This issue of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) News is devoted to "Equipped for the Future" (EFF), the organization's long-term collaborative initiative for system reform. The newsletter contains the testimony of people who have been involved in the process over the past 2 years, speaking of the promise they see in EFF. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. Urban College and University Network. – 1980
In this newsletter focusing on helping college students succeed, an introductory essay by David Shroyer examines experiences with developmental studies at the University of New Orleans and issues in serving underprepared students, especially problems of attitude on campus. Suggestions for success include: an informal support network, a team…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, College Environment, Compensatory Education
Oestereicher, Mary – DOXA: Newsletter of the Structured Year Program, 1984
Student assessments and program evaluations conducted for the initial year of Brooklyn College's developmental education program are described. Four evaluative studies in 1979 focused on the reading component, the speech course, student and faculty perceptions of the program, and instructional effectiveness of the entire program. Descriptive data…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Program Evaluation
ACCESS, 2000
This document consists of four consecutive issues of a newsletter presenting information on public policy and research of interest to school-based health centers (SBHCs) for children and youth. The spring 2000 issue explores why some SBHCs are closing and student support for SBHCs. The summer 2000 issue addresses the use of SBHCs in alternative…
Descriptors: Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education, Organizational Communication
Lao, Christy Ying; Krashen, Stephen – Discover, 1999
While most primary school education in Hong Kong (China) is in the native language, Cantonese, and most university-level instruction is conducted in English, the language of secondary school instruction has begun to shift from English to Cantonese. The decision to increase Cantonese use is controversial. Four studies of this situation are…
Descriptors: Chinese, English, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction
Craig, Judy A., Ed. – Advances in Education Research, 1998
This report provides peer-reviewed, scholarly research supported in whole or in part by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement through its educational research and development programs. It includes 13 previously published articles from selected refereed journals identifying the best research on community service learning. Section 1,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Faculty, College Students, Community Services
National Clearinghouse on Transition from School. Abstracts [and Indexes: 1981-1983]. Vol. 2. No. 4.
Anderson, D. S.; Blakers, C. – National Clearinghouse on Transition from School Abstracts, 1983
This booklet contains abstracts of research reports, papers, and other material on the topic of young people and education, especially in the United Kingdom. The abstracts are arranged in the following categories: social and educational developments, programs, and periodicals. Within each of these sections, the abstracts are arranged and numbered…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Access to Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance
Cassie, J. R. Bruce; And Others – Review and Evaluation Bulletins, 1981
This study describes and documents the history of a shared-facilities arrangement between Michael J. Brennan Roman Catholic Separate School and Pine Grove Public School in Ontario, Canada. Included in the report are a review of the literature on shared-facilities projects, legal agreements and statements of expectations from the pre-planning…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Catholic Schools, Contracts, Cooperative Programs
Roberts, David – 1985
Distance education at Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education (RMIHE) in Australia is addressed in two papers by David Roberts. The first paper, "Approaches to Learning: An Institutional Study," discusses the results of 1984 questionnaires and diaries completed by RMIHE distance education students. Information was sought on how…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Distance Education, Extension Education, Foreign Countries
Hansel, Bettina – 1984
More than 8,000 secondary school students participated in the AFS International exchange programs in 1983, and this document examines some of the research that investigates the impact of travel abroad and intercultural experiences on personality development. Cigdem Kagitcibasi, in a study of the effects of a 10-month program on student…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Evaluation Problems, Global Approach, Intercultural Communication
Lewis, Karron G., Ed. – Journal of Staff, Program & Organization Development, 1995
This quarterly publication serves as a medium for the exchange of ideas regarding the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of professional development practices at two- and four-year colleges. The four issues in volume 12 feature the following articles: (1) "The Course Syllabus Reexamined," by James O. Hammons and Jackson R. Shock; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Awareness, Faculty Development
Fleming, Margaret, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1980
The 18 articles in the first section of this journal issue provide information about the National Writing Project, while the 22 articles in the second section discuss classroom writing projects. Among the topics discussed in the first section are the National Writing Projects in Arizona, Northeast Texas, and Boston; teacher behavior during…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
International Literacy Year 1990, 1990
The twelve issues of the newsletter of the International Task Force on Literacy, spanning the two-year period from October 1988 to October 1990 (constituting a complete set), contain articles on the following: existing and emerging literacy programs in Canada, Uganda, the United States, the Soviet Union, the Caribbean region, and Zambia;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Bilingualism, Educational Needs
Wark, David M., Ed. – 1974
Spanning the annual meetings of the North Central Reading Association from 1971 to 1974, this yearbook presents papers dealing with programs and centers, materials and techniques, a new research field, and in honor of Roger S. Pepper. Papers include: "Attitudinal Factors among Marginal Admission Students" (Roger S. Pepper and John A. Drexler,…
Descriptors: Adults, College Programs, Higher Education, Locus of Control
