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Brickell, Edward E.; Jones, Nancy T. – 1983
The Virginia Beach (Virginia) Public School Division, which has a fairly large student population of 55,500 students, has enjoyed strong community support over the last 2 years for its newly instituted comprehensive curriculum assessment and development project. The project's goal of attaining educational improvement in all areas from kindergarten…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Design
Achilles, C. M.; Lintz, M. N. – 1984
Beginning with a review of signs and signals of public attitudes toward American education over the last 15 years, this paper analyzes some concerns regarding public confidence in public schools. Following a brief introduction, issues involved in the definition and behavioral attributes of confidence are mentioned. A synopsis of three approaches…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Affective Behavior, Affective Measures
Freedman, Susan; Aschheim, Barbara – 1985
This handbook serves as a brief introduction to industry-education partnerships. It provides individuals in schools, businesses, and community organizations with basic information on partnership initiation and management. It also outlines strategies that will help in avoiding some of the problems that may have defeated previous partnership…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Cooperation, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs
Download full textMeek, V. Lynn – 1984
The relationship between the internal structure of the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education (GIAE) in rural Australia and the structure of the social and physical environment are considered, based on a sociological case study. A review of higher education covers the technical school system, the development of colleges of advanced education in…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Bachelors Degrees, Case Studies, College Administration
Clark, Terry A. – 1987
This paper discusses the potential of school district-based and community-wide approaches to dropout prevention, and provides a summary of the goals and expected outcomes of the Consortium on Dropout Prevention, and the Urban Dropout Prevention Collaboratives Program. The Consortium on Dropout Prevention was formed to cooperatively gather and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Orr, Margaret Terry – 1987
Our nation's youth dropout rate, while consistent for almost 20 years, has increasingly become a major educational and societal problem. This summary of a longer sourcebook provides an overview of various strategies and initiatives for groups, schools, businesses, and communities to consider in addressing their dropout problems, and describes a…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Continuing Education, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Green, Richard; And Others – 1987
Without massive public intervention centering on the public schools, America will have a permanent underclass. This report of the Council of Great City Schools analyzes existing reports on educational reform and provides recommendations for improving urban schools. The report examines the following five key issues that urban schools will have to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Cultural Awareness, Educational Facilities Design
Arkansas State Dept. of Higher Education, Little Rock. – 1984
A report of the Quality Higher Education Study Committee on state-supported institutions in Arkansas is presented, including 43 recommendations. Attention is directed to: economic characteristics in the state (business indicators, population and growth, personal and family income); social characteristics in the state (education levels, illiteracy,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, Blue Ribbon Commissions, Budgets
Brier, Ellen M. – 1986
The efforts of Vassar College and Cornell University in their early years (1865-1890) to manage problems presented by underprepared students are described. Based on archival materials, registers, institutional publications, and histories, attention is directed to the perceptions of administrators, faculty, students, and alumni concerning academic…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, College Curriculum, College Preparation
Ducharme, Edward R., Ed.; Fleming, Douglas S., Ed. – 1985
Designed to help principals in rural and small schools, this volume contains 29 articles under the three broad headings of new possibilities in everyday practice, applications of recent research, and initiatives to help schools and communities grow. The editors' introduction notes the challenges facing small school administrators, the problems…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Fenwick, James J. – 1987
Twenty-two principles of middle grade education are addressed in this report, which is intended for those who have the authority to give meaning and substance to the reform of middle grade education in California's public schools. Each principle is developed through a discussion that concludes with specific recommendations that have implications…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Smith, David M. – 1979
Inner City children have been known to experience difficulty in school with their academic programs because they are taught in an environment that is culturally different from the home and community that a child comes from. Thus, an inner city child may be stigmatized as educationally deficient, consequently depriving him of the opportunities to…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Case Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Cohen, Pennie; Nance, Don W. – 1982
The way in which student services can meet the needs of a small segment of the student body who need extensive and intensive developmental work is considered as part of the American Council on Education's Higher Education/Comprehensive Employment and Training ACT (CETA) Project, which was supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Wolfe, Michael P. – 1982
The characteristics of a proposed basic skills instructional program that would involve all staff in a junior high school are described in this report. Basic skills are defined as ideas needed throughout life. Planned for the 1982-83 school year, the program is aimed at creating an environment for effective school change. Activities in seven…
Descriptors: Attendance, Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Springfield Technical Community Coll., MA. – 1985
A summary is provided of the progress of Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) in meeting the major objectives of its 5-year plan. Chapter I focuses on academic affairs, providing an evaluation and review of academic programs; an examination of program and curriculum development activities; an analysis of curriculum/program development in…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
