Since any standards-based reform is made to bring about an improvement in students' learning, it requires changes in teachers' practices as well. This study examined how a standards-based communicative curricular reform in general secondary school English in Egypt has changed teachers' classroom practices, and the factors influencing such…

This study investigated the relationship of accreditation and institutional characteristics, social-psychological factors of college presidents, and institutional compliance abilities. It also sought to determine if there were selected differences between two year and four year institutions. The Survey of Interpersonal Values was mailed to 249…

Primary research articles discuss aspects of scientific inquiry that are important in understanding the nature of science. Yet, most introductory science courses use textbooks that ignore the scientific process; opportunities for explicit discussion of the nature of science are lost. In Hampshire College's science program, students read current…

Presents six short statements exploring issues of concern to teachers of English and writing: (1) students with no sense of history; (2) overemphasis on research and publication; (3) low morale among faculty; (4) value/contribution of textbooks; (5) test anxiety; and (6) complementing traditional English courses with technical writing. (SR)

Upper-level English classes often pose special problems for teachers. Known as English for Specific Purposes (ESP), this type of English instruction integrates the specialized subject matter of the field into the classroom. ESP requires the acquisition of highly specialized terminology and the ability to explain formal processes as students…

This article focuses on the transfer of students from California community colleges to four-year colleges and universities. Following a brief introduction to laws and procedures specified upon the inception of community colleges in California in 1910, and a recognition of the difficulty in student transfer throughout the history of higher…

The open-door policy at community colleges is unique in American higher education. It allows all comers--a retired grandmother, an Army veteran, a laid-off machinist--to learn a skill or get a credential. That broad access--the bedrock of the community-college system--has prepared hundreds of millions of people for transfer to four-year colleges…

This paper analyses the major approaches in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) vocabulary teaching from historical perspective and puts forward multi-dimensional vocabulary teaching mode for college English. The author stresses that multi-dimensional approaches of communicative vocabulary teaching, lexical phrase teaching method, the grammar…

The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is committed to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching for all university students in the UK, and the inaugural conference for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects, held in April 2012 at Imperial College, London, aimed to showcase research and evidence-based educational…

The New England Regional student program enrollment statistics are presented in tabular form in this document. Tables include: undergraduate/graduate students attending New England two-year institutes, state college, and state universities, in-and-out migration 1970-1975; undergraduate/graduate students attending New England two-year institutes,…

Describes a peer method of teaching writing at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York. (RB)

Recent research indicates that the methodology for teaching English language learners (ELLs) is unique. One approach most commonly used to teach this group in the United States is referred to as sheltered instruction. With Sheltered English Immersion (SEI), middle school teachers simultaneously teach content and language skills. The author will…

The Two-Year College Student Development Center situated at the State University of New York at Albany held a series of five regional workshops to deal with the ever changing role of the two-year college. The reactions of about 250 two-year college people to the realities of change were recorded. The monograph contains five sections: (1) ideas…

This report is a companion to "Recession, Retrenchment and Recovery: Higher Education Funding and Student Financial Aid" (ED502180). It provides profiles of individual states and their performance on a variety of measures used in the economic and fiscal analysis of the Recession, Retrenchment and Recovery project. The profiles describe the results…

Claims that students from foreign countries are sometimes the victims of negative attitudes from their composition instructors. Considers the advantages and disadvantages of working with students whose English skills are not on a level of fluency. (HB)