To develop a formalized ranking approach, managers at each level of the organization must decide who should participate in ranking, what procedures should be adopted for conducting ranking, and what must be done to meld the chosen procedures with the budget process and timetable. (Author/IRT)

Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College (ASPEC) is a retirement program which offers on-campus housing for ASPEC members as well as the intellectual advantages of life on a college campus. Several aspects of the program are discussed. (JN)

The article desribes IMPACT, a 12-year-old program for gifted high schoolers that emphasizes self-directed independent study. Program objectives, procedures, special features, methods of awarding course credit, and criteria for evaluation are outlined. (Author/CL)

Some business educators offer social responsibility courses aimed at exploring the societal side-effects of the free enterprise system. (JS)

Based on a development and planning guide for salesmen in the field and a manual for their managers, this sales training program has produced a 32 percent increase in sales. Sample pages are included. (LY)

The variety of evaluation activities reflects the particular organizational and management concepts of the Department's components, their individual needs for information to be gained from evaluation, and the necessity to integrate their evaluation activities with their research, planning, and programmatic efforts. (Author/RL)

Through Project IMPACT and other programs, the state of Illinois is moving toward the provision of a complete network of educational services which are differentiated in relation to gifted students' needs. (Author/DLS)

As a result of the varied and often persistent behavioral challenges of individuals with autism and pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) and the need for their families- caregivers to receive information, training, and hands-on support, there will be a continued demand for behavioral support services. This article provides information about an…

Each year, Austin Independent School District Department of Research and Evaluation (DRE) staff develop a plan of work to describe the scope of work for the coming year. The plans that make up this document identify programs to be evaluated and services to be provided by DRE staff and provide the blueprints for evaluation that staff will follow…

This report highlights the experiences of the 33 members of CIC's (Council of Independent Colleges) Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) Consortium over the past three years as they used the CLA to measure student learning outcomes. The CLA instrument assesses how the college experience helps students develop such "higher order" cognitive skills…

Family literacy emphasises the intergenerational transfer of language and literacy from parents to their children or from one generation to another. A range of family literacy programmes exists, varying according to the groups at which each is aimed. Some programmes focus on children, some on adults, and others on both. Some programmes are run at…

What is service-learning and how can students and community benefit from it? With the pressure of covering all of the content, passing tests, meeting standards and making AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress), how is it realistically feasible to make learning more meaningful so that students are able to take it and utilize it in real life? There is no…