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50 Years of ERIC
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Identifying a Diverse Student Body: Selective College Admissions and Alternative Approaches
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Bial, Deborah; Rodriguez, Alba – New Directions for Student Services, 2007
This chapter explores alternative solutions for selective institutions of higher education to reach beyond their traditional admission measures and identify diverse students who might otherwise not be selected by traditional admission criteria.
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Enrollment Management, Outreach Programs
Strategies for Effective Outsourcing.
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Moneta, Larry; Dillon, William L. – New Directions for Student Services, 2001
Emphasizes strategies that can be employed for effective outsourcing in higher education settings. Several models of outsourcing are identified and described, and examples of institutions using each model are provided. (GCP)
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Models, Partnerships in Education
The University as a Source for Community and Academic Partnerships.
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Askew, Patricia E. – New Directions for Student Services, 2001
Presents a variety of examples of how partnerships can be developed to enhance campus life and strengthen community relationships. Common elements of these partnerships are identified and discussed. (Contains 16 references.) (GCP)
Descriptors: College Environment, Educational Cooperation, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education
Resources for Student Affairs Researchers.
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Malaney, Gary D. – New Directions for Student Services, 1999
Discusses print and World Wide Web resources for student affairs researchers. (GCP)
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Printed Materials, Research Tools, Resource Materials
Campus Consultation: Toward a Coherent Conceptualization.
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Meade, Charles J.; Hamilton, M. Kathryn – New Directions for Student Services, 1979
The college campus is a complex system which necessitates the use of a variety of methods of intervention within an integrated model of consultation. Systems thinking provides the conceptual overview for the consultative enterprise and gives the consultant an array of questions and strategies for impacting and assisting other systems. (Author)
Descriptors: Consultants, Consultation Programs, Guides, Higher Education
Training Consultants.
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Leonard, Mary M. – New Directions for Student Services, 1979
Helping trainees learn to navigate the shoals of consultation requires a number of environmental conditions and a relatively benign climate, as well as thorough knowledge and experience of various consultative models and strategies. Without this basis, there is no solidity or systematic effort. (Author)
Descriptors: Consultants, Consultation Programs, Counselor Training, Guides
Consultation Evaluation: Turning a Circus into a Performance.
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Paul, Stephen C. – New Directions for Student Services, 1979
Describes the special practices and concerns which apply to evaluation and accountability in mediated services. Issues are raised which offer potential obstacles to the development of sound evaluation and reporting practices. However, ways to reduce the seriousness of those obstacles are also presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Consultants, Evaluation Methods, Guides, Higher Education
Techniques of Futures Research.
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Welch, Harvey, Jr.; Watson, Sally E. – New Directions for Student Services, 1979
Faced with the challenges of a dynamic future, the concerned student affairs professional should be aware of some of the more promising methodologies for future forecasting. The future-responsive administrator may wish to incorporate these tools into a pro-active appraoch to student services. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Counseling Services, Decision Making, Futures (of Society)