This study investigated institutional resource factors that may explain differential performance with university technology transfer--the process by which university research is transformed into marketable products. Using multi-source data on 108 research universities, a set of internal resources (financial, physical, human capital, and…

This digest presents an overview of English as a Second Language (ESL) curriculum, discussing various approaches and assessment efforts at community colleges, and examining some current issues facing ESL instruction. Although the general goals of ESL programs are similar, instruction within community colleges is not standardized. Different…

This document is the annual student satisfaction survey completed by Howard Community College students in 2002. The respondents came from all different class sections. The survey was sent out to 106 students and 99 replied, which is a 93% response rate. The majority of respondents had chosen HCC due to its close proximity to home (33%) and their…

This paper has three objectives: (1) to examine the context in which faculty developers operate; (2) to review 25-year program of research for the findings that are most pertinent to teacher developers; and (3) to situate research into teacher development and consider the strategies that might persuade others to conduct research into teacher…

This publication presents interviews with 11 prominent women, representing different backgrounds, philosophies, and life experiences, in which they speak about their own experiences with work and family issues. The introduction, "On Common Ground: Prominent Women Talk about Work & Family" (Diana Zuckerman), provides an overview. The 11 interviews…

When the fear of failure was greater than the need for achievement, subjects chose majors with either a low or high probability of success. When need for achievement was the greater of the motives, subjects chose majors with a low or high probability of success when the self was used as the standard of judgment but chose majors with an…

Interviews with a national sample of young men in the late 1960's provided information on the relationship of race and education to labor market success. Family background, educational attainment, poverty, mental ability, expectations, geographic area, and discrimination typify the factors affecting a person's occupational status and wage…

Dropout rates and employment problems are subsiding in Memphis due to a career education program started under Project SPAN in twenty target schools. The program evolves from grade one through high school and includes such things as field trips, films, speakers, work study programs, computer assisted career information, and job placement. (DS)

Successful placement following vocational rehabilitation can be influenced by positive or negative psychological characteristics developed by the counselor in the rehabilitated individual. (MS)

The results of this investigation combined with the feedback of students lead to the conclusion that the use of selected value-clarifying strategies in a health education course for future teachers is feasible. Strategies include value sheets and thought cards. (Author/LA)

Reports inconclusive results from a study designed to determine if there was a significant difference between student performance in a university physical science course for pre-nurses and their high school science and mathematics background. (JR)

Reports a study designed (1) to assess the self-concept of grade eight students and teacher attitudes at an upper grade center and (2) to relate student self concept and teachers' attitudes to pupil performance; 308 black eighth graders in Chicago participated as subjects. (Author/JM)

Authors describe a new standardized method of diagnosing instructional strengths and weaknesses. (HB)

Reports results of a 2-year study designed to identify student characteristics and factors associated with success in an associate degree agricultural program. (SB)