These guidelines for developing and implementing an inservice teacher education program at the junior or community level cover short and long term improvements, how to motivate staff participation, budgeting, legal aspects of teacher evaluation, role of universities, colleges, and Federal, State, and local agencies, special skills needed by…

Discusses three important functions of the university (the creation, preservation, and transmission of knowledge) and how those functions are being usurped by new telecommunications and network technologies. Argues that universities must meet the technological challenge by reinventing themselves and offering vocational education, moral guidance,…

Presents the findings of the Association of American Medical Colleges' Working Group on Preserving Medical Schools' Academic Mission in a Competitive Marketplace. Concludes that medical schools will take a variety of approaches to define and preserve their missions and that the importance of the core mission of education and research is likely to…

Examines the New Colleague Program, a mentoring program for new librarians started in 1993 at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Discusses program implementation; a 1995 survey of new and senior colleagues who participated; and institutional, supervisory, and volunteer senior colleague roles. Includes the checklist for senior colleagues and the…

Suggests that over-emphasis on race and gender are dragging down standards at U.S. colleges and universities and taking minority students with them, noting that academically unchallenging classes harm African American students. Describes how one college professor emailed such an opinion to a student, who passed it on to others and created great…

Examines the conformity of national education policies of UNESCO member states to the principles of UNESCO's Convention against Discrimination in Education (adopted in 1960). Argues that international organizations play an important role in defining, transmitting worldwide, and institutionalizing (primarily Western) educational principles and…

Describes a proposed seminar on teacher education and universities involving 60 experts from 12 European countries. The seminar will discuss responsibilities in the education of primary school teachers, examining institutional, professional, social, and cultural issues. Case studies of nine countries will be featured. The article presents six…

The article reviews relevant literature (which suggests women who convey confidence and assertiveness are less likely to be victimized), outlines initiatives, describes a model self-defense course, suggests guidelines for evaluation, and draws implications for university policy on violence against college women. (SM)

A three-round modified Delphi survey of about 200 college administrators, educators, state education personnel, and policymakers in 13 midwestern and northwestern states identified 47 barriers to rural adult education; 22 were institutional. Respondents also identified institutional actions and public policies that would improve educational…

Discusses individual rights versus institutional responsibilities as addressed in the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Electronic Learners. Topics addressed include freedom of speech and First Amendment rights; freedom of the press; freedom of assembly; right to privacy; freedom from unreasonable searches; due process; and future issues.…

Presents the story of how and why the Ford Foundation began to support environmental research and to educate the public about conservation and pollution. (26 references) (Author/MCO)

Examines how Laurence Veysey, Stephen Brint, and Jerome Karabel have portrayed the community college and explores the differences between historical and historical-sociological methods. Focuses on recent historical scholarship to develop an historical framework for understanding community colleges. (CMK)

Author describes four significant themes that highlight adult students' descriptions of how they experience learning on campus. Three themes address the negative side of the experience (sense of impostorship, exclusion from the cultures that have previously defined them, and notion that college will turn their life around). The hopeful theme that…

This chapter extends the discussion of the Baldrige framework in the preceding chapter by highlighting the eleven lessons learned from Baldrige best-practice organizations. (Contains 6 notes.)

This chapter discusses how workforce development initiatives vary widely across governments and institutions, and how institutional research can help bridge the gaps between them. (Contains 1 note.)