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Wiens, Janet – College Planning & Management, 2001
Discusses how to run a successful smart card program through a comprehensive approach that includes a detailed plan for the present and future, high level support from school administration, and extensive user input. Florida State University is used to illustrate a successfully implemented smart card program. (GR)
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Program Administration, Program Development
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Hopey, Christopher – Adult Learning, 1999
Describes innovative technology projects that can help meet the expectations of adult literacy stakeholders. Stresses that the success of wider-scale projects requires attention to local planning, training, technical support, leadership, and resources. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Technology, Program Development
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Black, Kathie – Science Scope, 2004
Science exists in many forms, but an appreciation of science as an integral part of every day does not occur in the vacuum of laboratory experience or through classroom activities. Throughout the communities, a plethora of places exist to see science at work, from the usually recommended museums and parks to the less thought of factories and…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Field Instruction, Science Instruction, Program Development
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School Arts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2004
Youth Art Month (YAM) is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all students and to encourage support for quality school art programs. Youth Art Month (YAM) is in virtually every state, in many communities, in schools, libraries, stores, and other places. Anyone can start an observance--an art educator, a…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cultural Activities, State Programs, Program Development
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Hansman, Catherine A. – Adult Learning, 2003
Planning a wedding, like planning programs for adult learners, is a process that requires collaboration and respect for all involved in the planning. Most importantly, planning programs requires that the many people involved in the planning listen to and work with each other to negotiate program components in an ethical planning process, while at…
Descriptors: Program Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies
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Eveland, Sue – College and University, 2005
With all the recent headlines about security breaches and information loss at financial and educational institutions, the higher education community needs to address the issue of using social security numbers as ID numbers. The University of Oregon undertook a change process to assign generated ID numbers to all records in their information…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Universities, Change, Program Development
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Schaefer-McDaniel, Nicole; Libman, Kimberly; Zeller-Berkman, Sarah; Krenichyn, Kira – Afterschool Matters, 2007
In these days where "accountability" is the byword, organizations more and more frequently seek to evaluate their programs. They often hire outside evaluators to help them assess the effectiveness of their programs, to find out what works and what doesn't, and to determine what programmatic changes would be beneficial. ActKnowledge, a…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Evaluation, Focus Groups, Context Effect
American Federation of Teachers, 2007
This brochure is developed to provide information for local unions within the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) who may be interested in becoming Education Research and Dissemination (ER&D) sites. The following questions are addressed: (1) What Is ER&D? (2) What Can ER&D Accomplish? (3) What Makes ER&D Different? (4) What Do ER&D Participants…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Unions, Teacher Associations, Information Dissemination
DeCoursey, Jan; Skyles, Ada – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2007
Engaging employers with youth in workforce preparation activities is widely supported by program providers as a good practice. Research, although limited, supports this practice as well. This paper describes the findings from 58 interviews with youth program providers, employers, and policy-makers that explored the inclusion of employers in…
Descriptors: Program Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Youth Programs, Labor Force Development
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2007
This annual report provides a summary of program planning and review activities conducted by the Commission during the 2006-2007 academic year. During this reporting period, Commission staff: (1) Conducted an extensive review of a University of California (UC) law school proposal; (2) Reviewed seven California State University (CSU) proposals for…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Guidelines, Annual Reports, Program Proposals
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Cooper, Jewell E. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
Knowledge of learners' assets beyond the traditional structure of school can provide preservice teachers with essential gateways to connecting learners with the content to be studied, and with forming beneficial social relationships that can enhance learning. This article describes ways that preservice teachers responded to community-based…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Service Learning, School Community Relationship, Portfolio Assessment
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Mackert, Michael; Whitten, Pamela – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: Telemedicine, the provision of healthcare at a distance via telecommunication technology, has been used to address a wide range of health concerns in a variety of settings. Given the challenges schools face in keeping students healthy, telemedicine could be viewed as a mechanism to provide healthcare services directly to students in…
Descriptors: Physicians, School Nurses, School Health Services, Teleworking
Sankhulani, Lillian – International Education Journal, 2007
This paper reports on the findings of the preliminary research that I conducted in two districts of southern Malawi, Africa. The purpose of the research was to establish the existence of the Sara Communication Initiative (SCI), a girls' intervention program, which had been introduced to selected rural schools. During the preliminary visits, I…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Role Models, Intervention, Females
Schaffhauser, Dian – Campus Technology, 2007
Schools have found religion when it comes to solutions designed to deliver critical information to the campus community in a timely fashion. And the vendor community is now offering a multitude of routes to the Promised Land. The question is: Will the "right" technology solution solve all the mass communication problems? Those who have weathered…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Best Practices, Guidelines, Emergency Programs
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McElwee, Niall; O'Connor, Michael; McKenna, Susan – New Directions for Youth Development, 2007
This article discusses the authors' experience in working with young offenders who are leaving care in Ireland. It first presents a brief discussion around one agency called St. Xavier's which the authors have had connections with over the past decade. The main aim of St. Xavier's is to deliver individualized programs of care, education, and…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Delinquency, Individualized Programs, Foreign Countries
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