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Harrison, Carolyn – Adult Education Quarterly, 1995
University adult education programs (n=83) surveyed by telephone indicated the following: 17% phased out the program; students are 12% full time, 88% part time; most offer required/elective courses in adult learning and development theory; only 43 knew of the Standards for Graduate Programs in Adult Education; and only 32 of those used the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Core Curriculum
Jaschik, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
Many public colleges feel that, rather than offer specialized curriculum to the entire state, they should provide a wide range of courses to the immediate vicinity. State governments often prefer to cut quantity of programs offered, especially by regional four-year institutions. Massachusetts is proceeding with specialization in seven regional…
Descriptors: Governance, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Program Termination
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Furnham, Adrian; Sisterson, Grant – Higher Education Review, 2000
This pilot study looked at the British lay public's evaluation of 20 different disciplines by asking them to rank-order them. In a cutting-saving exercise those departments (disciplines) thought most worthy of saving were English, mathematics, and computer science; those rated as least important were anthropology, film and media studies, and…
Descriptors: Departments, Financial Exigency, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Palladino, Michael A.; MacDougall, Jennifer – Educause Quarterly, 2002
Describes why the University of Pennsylvania got out of the modem pool business and is now exploring what the emerging funding model might mean. (EV)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Costs, Higher Education, Information Technology
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Axelrod, Paul; Anisef, Paul; Lin, Zeng – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2001
Asserting that liberal education is at risk in Canadian universities, attempts to explain why such policy shifts are occurring; points to the continuing cultural, social, and intellectual value of liberal education; and, drawing from recent census data, demonstrates that liberal education produces generally positive economic benefits to the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
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Hatchett, Gregory T. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2005
This article is a response to the criticisms raised by Webb and Widseth (2005) to my article (Hatchett, 2004) "Reducing Premature Termination in University Counseling Centers." Although Webb and Widseth quibble over some of the specific findings in the literature review, their chief complaint seems to be that the assertions and recommendations…
Descriptors: Guidance Centers, Reader Response, Criticism, Program Termination
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Taylor, James E. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2006
One of the greatest challenges to comprehensive school reform (CSR) is sustaining reform over a period long enough to produce substantial effects. This article highlights the importance of studying sustainability as well as the importance of being clear about what is being sustained, distinguishing between a sustained reform relationship and…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Disadvantaged, Program Implementation, Program Termination
Franceschini, Louis A., III – 2002
The Memphis Restructuring Initiative (MRI) was an attempt at comprehensive school reform in Tennessee that ended with a whimper. Its downfall seems to involve some sort of "schismogenesis" or "inversion," in which many teachers violently reacted against being overworked and overwhelmed, culminating in the easy discarding of 8…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Influences, Program Administration
Lester, Juliette N. – 1999
This report, annually prepared by the Executive Director of National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) for the NOICC Career Development Training Institute, provides current information on its performance. It identifies issues that require attention, and informs the Board of any NOICC management or policy decisions that may…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Information Systems, Education Work Relationship, Government Role
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Duguid, Stephen – Journal of Correctional Education, 1997
Discusses the 1993 termination of postsecondary education programs in Canadian prisons. Contrasts this with a follow-up study of 654 released offenders, showing the effects higher education had on their successful post-prison lives. (SK)
Descriptors: College Programs, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Foreign Countries
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Welsh, Michele F. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2002
Responses from 44 of 51 state directors of correctional education indicated that access, quality, success, and state commitment in postsecondary educational programs for inmates significantly decreased after the elimination of Pell Grant eligibility. The future condition of postsecondary correctional education may not be significantly different.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Correctional Education, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1994
A weak stock market has resulted in lowered returns on college endowment investments. Many institutions had funds tied up in American stocks and bonds, which performed poorly. Although most institutions say their endowed programs or scholarships are not adversely affected, some programs are being reduced or eliminated as a result. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Economic Change, Economic Climate, Endowment Funds
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Barry, Verne; And Others – Policy Review, 1995
Presents the viewpoints of seven social service veterans, all in the private sector, who discuss the effects of reducing welfare assistance. They respond to the question of what would happen if the government stopped adding people to the welfare rolls, i.e., no additional participants accepted for Aid to Families with Dependent Children, food…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Opinions, Program Termination, Public Policy
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Harding, Robert A. – Music Educators Journal, 1992
Emphasizes the need for music teachers to defend school music programs. Suggests developing advocacy objectives in the areas of communication, visibility, and classroom follow-through. Argues that children's cultural heritage and musical future are at risk if further cutbacks in music education programs are not avoided. (SG)
Descriptors: Activism, Budgeting, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Bovier, Connie – Training, 1993
SimuFlite Co. nearly went under when a state-of-the-art computer-based training simulation for airplane pilots took too long to develop and was not liked by participants. The revamped program emphasized live instructors, technical manuals, and videotapes. The program's failure illustrates the disadvantages of computer-based training. (SK)
Descriptors: Aviation Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Corporate Education
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