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Nightingale, Peggy; O'Neil, Mike – 1994
This volume on quality learning in higher education discusses issues of good practice particularly action learning and Total Quality Management (TQM)-type strategies and illustrates them with seven case studies in Australia and the United Kingdom. Chapter 1 discusses issues and problems in defining quality in higher education. Chapter 2 looks at…
Descriptors: Accountability, Action Research, College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment
Haslam, M. Bruce; Humphrey, Daniel C. – 1993
This report describes the implementation of Section 1017 of Chapter 1 contained in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Section 1017 requires school districts to serve eligible students enrolled in private schools. Private schools affiliated with religious groups make up the bulk of all Chapter 1-eligible students. The report…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
Haas, Toni; Nachtigal, Paul – 1998
This book suggests that quality of life depends on the connections that people have with one another and their surroundings, rather than on material wealth. It challenges teachers to reexamine the purposes of education and to equip students with the tools they need to make conscious choices about living well in their own communities. Five…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Ecology
Carpenter, DeeDee Currier – 1987
This study of the school board agenda-setting role among 30 Minnesota superintendents interprets their perceptions in relation to environmental contexts, group demands, issues control, and district enrollment size. A microperspective of David Easton's political systems model provided the guiding conceptual framework. Respondents were interviewed…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Agenda Setting, Board of Education Policy
Hurst, Darrell, Ed.; Jobin, Robert, Ed. – VCCA Journal, 1990
Volume 5 of the "VCCA Journal" contains the following articles: (1) "Outcomes Assessment Weather Forecast: A Cold Wind Blowing from the North," by David C. Hanson; (2) "The National Endowment for the Humanities Grant at Piedmont Virginia Community College," by Evelyn Edson, Jane Kingston, William Owen, and Samuel…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, College Programs
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1991
This resettlement guide, entirely in Vietnamese, describes the initial stage of resettlement and the processes that refugees undergo as new arrivals. The information is intended to prepare refugees for the first few weeks in an American community and to explain fundamental aspects of American life. An initial chapter outlines issues in pre-arrival…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Compensation (Remuneration)
Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; And Others – 1992
This guide provides information for policy leaders who need to develop or revise action plans aimed at improving learning environments for an increasingly diverse student clientele. The self-assessment is organized into three sections. The first section introduces the self-assessment, defines key terms, discusses the conceptual framework that…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Students, Cultural Differences, Data Collection
Richardson, Malcolm, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This publication presents the proceedings of a forum held at the U.S. State Department (Washington, D.C.) on the influence of international cultural opportunities in the new world order taking shape since the demise of Communism. The speeches, introductions, and forum discussions are offered in the order that they occurred over the course of a…
Descriptors: Art, Communications, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange
Strommer, Diane W., Ed. – 1993
This monograph offers seven case studies and supporting papers on university colleges and undergraduate divisions and their role in shaping the freshman college experience. An introductory section offers a preface, information on the authors and a first chapter "University Colleges Today" by Diane W. Strommer which examines the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Colleges, Case Studies, College Curriculum
Goodlad, John I., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This book utilizes 29 case histories of geographically and institutionally diverse teacher education programs to provide a comprehensive historical perspective on teacher education in the United States. The volume, organized into four parts, is further divided into nine chapters. "Part One: "Teacher Education: A Contemporary Perspective…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Segregation, Diversity (Institutional), Economic Factors
Meier, Kenneth J.; Stewart, Joseph, Jr. – 1991
This book presents an in-depth examination of 142 U.S. school districts (containing at least 5,000 students and 5 percent Hispanic enrollment) in order to understand Hispanic inequities in education and what can be done to correct these inequities. Chapter 1 presents political theory of educational policy. Chapter 2 presents an overview of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Discrimination, Educational History
Pennsylvania State Univ., Allentown. – 1993
This document presents a format for evaluating the viability of individual campuses in the Pennsylvania State University System (PSUS) including criteria and a process to apply them. A viable campus is defined as having a clear mission with a demonstrable agreement among administrative and faculty visions, having adequate resources, involving the…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Community Support, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Wachman, Marvin – 1994
This paper argues that the "Ivory Tower" stereotype of higher education no longer exists and that this is not only due to increased regulation, litigation, and unionization, but also to greater diversity, both ethnically and racially, within student bodies, faculty, and staff. It states that colleges and universities no longer operate…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, College Role, Colleges
Snead, Sam; Clyburn, Gay – 1991
This annual report of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) presents statements from the leadership and papers on issues of prominent importance in the state higher education systems. Following a display of photographs of board of director members, brief greetings from the board's chair, Eugene M. Hughes, and the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Development, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Smith, Page – 1990
This critique of higher education makes the case that the decline of America's colleges and universities is directly related to the trend toward research and away from teaching. The book claims that: (1) the "publish or perish" dictum generates useless research and articles, while leading professors away from their students in the pursuit of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Role, Educational Change