This document outlines the strategic plan developed in 1998 by the Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED). The organizational structure, overall goals and milestones, and core strategies of the SUCCEED Project are described. Focus Team strategic plans for faculty development, outcomes assessment, student…

This document outlines the strategic plan developed in 1999 by the Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED). The organizational structure, overall goals and milestones, and core strategies of the SUCCEED Project are described. This plan overviews faculty development, outcomes assessment, student…

This document contains the annual report for Year 6 of the Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED). It features an Executive Summary, a response to recommendations of prior review teams, a description of major accomplishments, future plans, an evaluation, and reports on dissemination, industrial…

This document contains the annual report for Year 7 of the Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED). It features an Executive Summary, a response to recommendations of prior review teams, a description of major accomplishments, future plans, an evaluation, and reports on dissemination, industrial…

This report describes the 10 recommendations made by the Task Force for Effectiveness Planning in Postsecondary Education that were adopted by the Alabama State Board of Education in May 1999. Each recommendation in the report is accompanied by a rationale, implementation strategies, and legal/fiscal considerations to be taken into account. The 10…

This report describes the evaluation of normal and model schools in New Zealand. Researchers examined the difference between the schools and the difference between them and other schools involved in preservice teacher education. The study used a mailed survey of the 22 normal and 8 model schools and telephone interviews with practicum coordinators…

This document is a report on audit findings on issues related to 1997 Kansas community college customized employee training courses. Twenty-eight community college customized employee training classes were reviewed in the audit. Findings showed that: (1) 16 of 19 community colleges provided customized employee training courses for college credit;…

The University-School Teacher Education Partnerships have completed their third year. North Carolina is exemplary in its efforts to improve teacher quality, with the University-School Teacher Education Partnerships key in North Carolina's accomplishments. This report presents vignettes of each North Carolina partnership school which highlight such…

This paper describes how a comprehensive university and area community college in the highly populated, diverse Los Angeles Basin, collaboratively developed a standards-based program to prepare elementary teachers. California State University Long Beach (CSULB) prepares 600 new teachers a year, most of whom enter classrooms in the Los Angeles…

As the IMS interoperability standards roll closer to widespread usability, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the United States Department of Labor (DOL) have formed an articulated partnership to develop a Web-based project. This interactive project places institution-neutral student services for non-traditional distance learners on the…

This manual provides a detailed outline of the innovative school-community collaboration between the New York City Public Schools and the Children's Aid Society of New York City to meet the pressing needs of children and families in the Washington Heights neighborhood. The manual describes the steps taken to develop the program of social services…

This report provides a brief overview highlighting why policymakers should expand the focus of school reform to encompass a reframing and restructuring of education support programs and services and school-community partnerships. The report also suggests ways to accomplish this. It is time for reform advocates to expand their emphasis on improving…

This paper consists of four sections by different authors. Section 1: History of Honors at SUNY Rockland. (by Samuel Draper, founder of Honor's Program). Discusses the development of the honors program at Rockland Community College from the late 1960's. Honors courses originated in the late 1960's and in 1977 the college founded the Mentor…

This document describes 54 successful and effective community college programs that focus on innovative strategies for meeting current and future workforce developments and requirements. This handbook was prepared in response to an initiative to work in partnership with national and international companies and agencies committed to workforce…

Describes a partnership between a teacher and a bus design engineer for the Flexible Corporation and the innovative, multidisciplinary unit on changes in invention and transportation that grew out of it. (JRH)