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Mohrman, Kathryn; And Others – 1977
Presented are some basic facts about the process of getting federal money for individual research projects, institutional activities, curriculum development, or other programs in higher education institutions. Some background is given on the purposes and history of federal grant monies, and steps in the proposal process are outlined: gathering…
Descriptors: Awards, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Federal Aid
Welsh, J. Steven; Lynch, Jean M. – 1979
The financial condition of traditionally black graduate schools is analyzed based on data from the report, "Maximizing Productivity in Thirty-Two Black Graduate Schools," prepared with federal support. In addition to the financial analysis, information is presented about the schools' history, purpose, mission, goals, students, faculty,…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Libraries, Conference Reports, Deans
O'Brien, Maureen; And Others – 1979
The results of the pilot implementation of an evaluation methodology developed to assess the impact of introducing handicapped students into allied health curricula are discussed. An evaluative method that suggests anticipatory interventions was developed and used to measure the impact of visually impaired students enrolled in allied health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students, Conference Reports, Educational Assessment
Hellweg, Susan A.; Churchman, David A. – 1979
Four problems that will be of major concern to academic institutions granting graduate degrees in the coming decade and ways in which sponsored research can help solve them are discussed. The four problems are defined as: (1) the threat posed to research performed by faculty by increased teaching loads; (2) the increasing lack of opportunities for…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Conference Reports, Faculty Development
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1980
A three-point statement by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) calls for the expansion of higher education opportunity in America. The statement, which was adopted by the association's members at the annual meeting, calls for: expansion of opportunity through a balanced program of relatively low or no tuition at…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities, Federal Aid
Bond, Andrew J.; Nettles, William R. – 1978
Studies were conducted through the University System of Georgia to determine: if there were significant differences in the environmental presses of the eight institutions in the study; if there were significant differences in the personality needs of the special studies students; the degree of compatibility between the institutional environmental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Students, Comparative Analysis
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Appropriations. – 1979
The General Accounting Office (GAO) conclusion that it is impossible to determine the contribution of U.S. nuclear training of foreigners to the spread of nuclear weapons is presented. The GAO position is that there is no way to ascertain the true intentions of foreign nationals being trained or the motivations of their countries. Issues…
Descriptors: Atomic Theory, College Students, Educational Policy, Foreign Nationals
PASCH, DOROTHY F.; AND OTHERS – 1968
A TITLE III PROJECT OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, THE CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT-PLACEMENT-INSTRUCTION CENTER (CAPIC) STUDIES AND TREATS CHILDREN WHO MANIFEST LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS WITH NO RECOGNIZABLE CAUSES. THE REPORT, A LOG OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON DURING THE PLANNING PERIOD, PRESENTS DEFINITIONS OF 24…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Education Service Centers, Educational Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Research
THORNDIKE, ROBERT L. – 1967
COMPLETE EVALUATION DATA WERE GATHERED ON 162 CHILDREN IN 23 CLASSES IN NINE HEAD START CENTERS. FIVE AREAS EXPLORED WERE--(1) ITEM ANALYSIS OF EVALUATION TESTS--STANFORD-BINET AND THE CALDWELL-SOULE PRESCHOOL INVENTORY, (2) COMPARISON OF AGE-MATCHED GROUPS--43 MATCHED PAIRS WITHIN THE HEAD START POPULATION (THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Annual Reports, Behavior Change, Control Groups
FRIEDMAN, MYLES I.
IN PHASE I (OF THREE) OF A RESEARCH PROJECT, 475 SOUTHERN DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN (RANGING IN AGE FROM 3 TO 6) WERE TESTED IN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SEQUENCING OF COGNITIVE ABILITIES DESIGNED TO YIELD INFORMATION ON CHILDREN'S LEARNING WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND CURRICULUMS. COGNITIVE TASKS WERE SELECTED…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Cropley, A. J. – 1968
The relationship between creativity and intelligence is discussed; and the position that intellect is not synonymous with the ability to respond in the usual logical way to a standard test item is developed. This logical (convergent) way of thinking, measured by IQ tests, is contrasted with the creative (divergent) way of thinking, measured by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Convergent Thinking
World Federation of the Deaf, Rome (Italy). – 1967
Education for the hearing impaired is discussed in nine conference papers. J. N. Howarth describes "The Education of Deaf Children in Schools for Hearing Pupils in the United Kingdom" and A.I.Dyachkov of the U.S.S.R. outlines Didactical Principles of Educating the Deaf in the Light of their Rehabilitation Goal." Seven papers from…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Deafness, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Principles
Zimiles, Herbert; Horton, Donald – 1967
The studies which comprise this report are as follows: (a) Document 1, Development of the Matrix Test by Herbert Zimiles and Harvery Asch (PS 001 072); (b) Document 2, Studies of the Social Organization of Head Start Centers by Donald Horton and others (PS 001 073); (c) Document 3, An Experimental Approach to Studying Non-Verbal Representation in…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cognitive Tests, Disadvantaged, Educational Environment
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1968
Federal programs for the handicapped are listed by agency and activity. Information concerning the nature and purpose of programs, eligibility for and methods of application, printed information available, and authorizing legislation is presented for 68 programs in these fields: basic and supportive services, research and demonstration,…
Descriptors: Construction Programs, Demonstration Programs, Education, Exceptional Child Services
Ball, John, Ed.; Byrnes, Francis C., Ed. – 1960
Under the sponsorship of the National Project in Agricultural Communications, a series of 14 lessons by various authors has been compiled to serve as a reader or training manual in the field of visual communications. Several models of communications are outlined and evaluated. Many studies which concern themselves with the concepts of source,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Communications, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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