Discusses how making electronic student identification cards that have multipurpose uses can benefit the student and provide a profit to colleges and universities. Future uses for multipurpose cards are highlighted along with tips for implementing a one-card system. (GR)

Evaluation of a program for 250 nurses working with African Americans showed it enhanced their ability to provide cancer education, screening, and follow-up. It also heightened sensitivity to, and understanding of, issues and trends influencing prevention and early detection for this population. (SK)

A study determined the learning needs of office oncology nurses (n=290)as a critical first step in planning education programs. Participants ranked cancer-care topics similarly, regardless of age, background, or experience. The highest-ranked needs were clustered in the areas of cancer nursing practice, major cancers, and cancer treatment.…

Explains the use of integrated pest management (IPM) to help make schools safer and provide a healthier environment for students and staff. Discusses cost considerations when implementing an IPM, and key factors in establishing a program. (GR)

Pace University's strategic agenda for the next century was propelled by administrative reorganization. The Office of Adult, International, and Outreach Programs and Services was established and its continuing-education mission was expanded. The revitalized institution is focused on internationalism, technology, and teaching and learning across…

Describes strategies to build and support coalitions for services in an era of diminished public and private resources. It becomes necessary to redefine the client, the community, and the agency or organization to develop appropriate roles for each component in the current social and economic climate. (SLD)

Describes a charter school for middle grade students developed and administered by the University of California, San Diego. Notes the increasing interest nationwide of various institutions of higher education in the development of charter schools. How UCSD has met objections such as the possibility of the charter school siphoning off university…

Responses of 179 representatives of diverse institutions of higher education to a questionnaire on institutionalization of service learning found greater institutionalization occurred when institutions established a centralized office to coordinate activities, funded that office with university funds, located it under the chief academic office,…

Investigates data reported in "Where Shall I Go to Study Advertising?" over the last five years and measures growth and decline of degrees granted, level of those degrees, and changes in enrollment and faculty. Finds that the number of advertising programs dropped 6.1% while public relations grew by only 5.1%, and joint programs…

Provides 12 steps for planning, implementing, and piloting Web-based training. Shows how a formal pilot can provide insight into how well the proposed solution will work within the organization. (JOW)

Discusses how new technologies and an emerging international preference for "original" American or British business qualifications threatens Australian programs. Concludes that programs should develop a specialized "antipodean" or uniquely Australian business education, allowing differentiation of Australian business programs…

Describes steps for web-based continuing education courses in terms of planning (strategic plan, website development, resource team, marketing plan), implementing (course design, web-based tools, copyright and intellectual property), and evaluating (pilot test, formative/summative evaluation, continuous quality improvement). (Contains 16…

The Total Literacy Project of Ernakulam District, India, sought to improve the skills of nearly 190,000 low-literate people through a mass campaign with 20,000 trained volunteers and thousands of local literacy centers. Its success was due to cooperation of government, nongovernment, and local agencies. (SK)

Demonstrates that a broadened concept of staff development is important and possible. Describes the steps one library took in establishing a staff development plan; the committee that developed the programs; successful programs; and how, with modest expenditures, an investment can grow and provide benefits. Appendixes contain memos and an…

Describes the Planning for Life program and its seven criteria for effective career planning: clarity, commitment, comprehensiveness, collaboration, coherence, coordination, and competence. (SK)