This report examines the state of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on issues of interest to philanthropic organizations seeking to assist African colleges and universities. Chapter 1 discusses the impoverished state of most African universities, due largely to economic and political decline at the national level, as well as…

This compendium provides a guide to data collections in higher education focusing on sources that are national in scope, and updated and made available on a regular or periodic basis including surveys, data bases, reports, and statistical digests. These sources are divided into nine broad categories, each category contains separate entries for…

Guidelines for the performance-based evaluation of teachers, counselors, and librarians in the Missouri public schools are provided in this manual. Performance-based evaluation of school staff, mandated by state law, is described in terms of its philosophy and procedures, suggested evaluation criteria, and descriptors for each of the three job…

The 1982 annual report of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), a non-profit organization specializing in the protection of Indian rights, explains the organization, its structure, its priorities, its activities, and its financial status. Opening statements by the chairman, Roger Jim, and the executive director, John Echohawk, note that despite…

This research study involved a systematic investigation into the relationships among: (1) the techniques used by search analysts during preliminary interviews with users before engaging in online retrieval of bibliographic citations; (2) the amount of new information gained by the user as a result of the search; and (3) the user's ultimate…

This report describes a project which assessed the feasibility for the design and implementation of a Center for Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Transfer in the Central New York region, and to lay the groundwork for cooperative projects among Syracuse University (SU), Central New York libraries, regional businesses, and area governments…

This document contains three parts: part 1 provides the framework of post-literacy; part 2 describes putting the learning strategies into action; and part 3 provides conclusions. In part 1, post-literacy is defined and learning strategies for post-literacy and continuing education are identified. In part 2, the following learning strategies are…

An advisory committee appointed in fall, 1987 was charged with carrying out an indepth study of Asian Americans on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. Questions addressed concerned student educational experiences, faculty recruitment and advancement, and staff employment opportunities as well as questions about campus-Asian…

A guide to 99 programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education, covering activities as of September 30, 1986, is presented in this 16th annual report to Congress. Program profiles identify the enabling legislation, funding since 1981, the purpose of the program, and for some programs eligibility, strategies, and subprograms. Also…

After receiving training in searching INSPEC or ERIC on DIALOG using either the SciMate menu or native commands, 40 doctoral students performed free searches on research topics of their choice. In comparison with 20 control subjects (doctoral students for whom a free search was performed by a skilled librarian), the experimental subjects were…

This discussion of social and political aspects, advantages and disadvantages of distance education programs includes descriptions and examples of delivery technologies and programs in developing and developed countries. Among the social aspects considered are distance education's potential to provide a second chance to people who are trapped by…

This report, a guide to 95 programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education, covers activities current as of September 30, 1985. Program profiles identify the enabling legislation, funding since 1981, the purpose of the program, and for some programs eligibility, strategies, and subprograms. Also specified for each program are: program…

Intended for use by teachers who wish to help students select library materials for personal and classroom reading, this instrument is designed to assess student reading attitudes and knowledge. The instrument is divided into upper elementary, junior high school, and high school levels and consists of questions that assess (1) how students feel…

The 21st annual statistical abstract focuses on the breadth of higher education activities in North Carolina in their quantitative aspect. It ranges from brief enrollment counts to complex analyses of the flow of student transfers among institutions. Both past and current (1987-88) information is provided. Data were compiled from forms mailed to…

Fifteen papers from the University of South Africa's Conference on Distance Education are presented on media and technology. They include: "Video Education: What Went Wrong and Why It Is Tomorrow's Teacher If Used Correctly" (William M. Smith); "Formative Evaluation of ETV Programmes" (Aliza Duby); "Distance Education for…