Describes the system architecture and user evaluation tools for Cheshire II, an online catalog and full-text information retrieval system being developed at the University of California, Berkeley, that uses advanced information retrieval techniques to overcome the problems of topical searching in online catalogs, search failure, and information…

Presents abstracts of 15 special interest group (SIG) sessions. Topics include navigation and information utilization in the Internet, natural language processing, automatic indexing, image indexing, classification, users' models of database searching, online public access catalogs, education for information professions, information services,…

Describes a program in California that funded school restructuring efforts. Highlights include creating a learning community; the role of principals; authentic accountability; quality indicators, including examples of hard logic and fuzzy logic; The Protocol, a total quality management (TQM) feedback tool; and how collaboration and TQM helped…

Explains how the Arlington Independent School District (Texas) complied with the mandates of the Local Government Records Act. Topics include evaluation and needs, software selection, inventory and retention schedules, managing forms and records, standardized identification systems, finding specific records, costs and destroying obsolete records.…

Discussion of an organizational change at the University of Wisconsin that merged two departments to create the Instructional Technology Center highlights staffing, including staff training and development; space and physical renovation; hardware and software acquisition; the use of multimedia; and implementing a new core curriculum. (LRW)

Discusses the need for teacher supervision in distance learning classrooms based on experiences at three high schools in South Central New York. Highlights include teacher attention at the home site versus remote sites, student satisfaction with teacher help, the possibility of cheating, and student attitudes about the presence of teachers. (LRW)

Reviews financial difficulties traditionally faced by tribal colleges and discusses possibilities for the future. Examines major trends in the colleges, including an emphasis on teaching and learning, shaping communities and providing community service, reaching out to other higher education institutions, and aiding cooperation between colleges.…

Describes the 1995 founding of the Salish Kootenai College branch campus in Wellpinit, Washington, located on the Spokane Indian Reservation, which is one of the country's newest tribal colleges. Highlights tribal expenditures on the college and issues of college operation. Indicates that tribal colleges take from four to six years to become…

Describes the Tribal Self Governance Demonstration Project, an initiative allowing tribal governments to assume direct control over funding. Indicates that tribal self-governance directly impacts the work done by tribal colleges by increasing their role in the community. Discusses whether tribal colleges should remain financially independent from…

Examines the history of America's first colleges, founded to both convert Indians to Christianity and, at least in part, to provide a classical liberal arts education. Indicates that all available accounts of Indian missions in colonial colleges were tragic failures. (contains 29 citations) (MAB)

Reviews data collected in 1991 from 22 tribal colleges on the characteristics of faculty. Indicates that 57% are 45 years old and under, 67% are non-Indian, and 60% have only 1 to 5 years teaching experience. Proposes the development of mentoring programs for students attending tribal colleges to become college faculty members. (contains 17…

Provides an analysis of the degrees and vocational certificates granted by American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) colleges in 1994-95. Includes data on degrees and vocational certificates offered by AIHEC colleges; master's, bachelor's, and associate degrees offered in 18 curriculum areas; and vocational certificates offered in 18…

Examines indicators of current social and educational transformations created by recent advances in information technology. Describes the American Association for Higher Education's Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable Program, designed to monitor and direct the transformation at individual colleges. Includes a checklist for assessing the…

Discusses legal issues involved in developing and distributing multimedia publications. Examines libel; rights of publicity; and such elements of copyright law as copyright protections and infringements, fair use and public domain policies, and use of ideas and factual materials. Uses a hypothetical multimedia project to illustrate the legal rules…

Discusses effects of current societal and technological transformations on community college operations, highlighting the changing nature of information transfer. Examines the new mandate for community colleges, suggesting that colleges of the future must include more self-paced programs, intercollege subcontracting, value-added services, and a…