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Mason, Thomas R. – Planning for Higher Education, 1985
The recent literature on issues of quality, retrenchment, and evaluation suggest the kinds of planning and institutional research needed to aid college and university decision processes to sustain and improve program quality. An extensive bibliography is provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, College Faculty, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance
Mason, Thomas R. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1985
Artificial intelligence programing for computers is advancing rapidly. The translation of databases into an institutional research knowledge base is explored, including the heuristic knowledge of institutional research experience. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, College Administration, Computer Software, Databases
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Mason, Thomas R. – Liberal Education, 1971
Descriptors: Administration, Decision Making, Evaluation, Financial Policy
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Mason, Michael J.; Korpela, Kalevi; Mennis, Jeremy; Coatsworth, J. Douglas; Valente, Thomas W.; Pomponio, Amber; Pate, Patricia A. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
Efforts to simultaneously address adolescent self-regulation, activity space (routine locations), and mental health represent a promising social ecological approach aimed at understanding the lives and development of urban youth. This type of examination of contextual influences on self-regulation is considered an important area of developmental…
Descriptors: Crime, Mental Health, Holistic Approach, Adolescents
Merriam, Sharan B., Ed.; Grace, Andre P., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
With contributions from leading experts in the field, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education collects in one volume the best previously published literature on the issues and trends affecting adult education today. The volume includes influential pieces from foundational authors in the profession such as Eduard C.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Social Justice, Social Class
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Gayeski, Diane M.; Golden, Thomas P.; Andrade, Stephen; Mason, Hilary – Performance Improvement, 2007
Current business and educational environments are mandating the identification, building, and assessment of specific critical competencies for the workforce. However, traditional approaches to competency analysis are often slow, expensive, and backward looking. This article presents several new computer-aided approaches to competency analysis and…
Descriptors: Competence, Skill Analysis, Labor Force Development, Evaluation
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Thomas, Mason P., Jr.; Hogue, L. Lynn – 1974
This book is designed to meet the practical needs of law enforcement officers working with children in North Carolina. Chapters on the law and children's rights, changes in the law enforcement officer's role, legal procedures applicable to juveniles, the use of juvenile detention resources, and child abuse and neglect contain historical background…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Children, Civil Rights
Childress, Stacey, Ed.; Elmore, Richard F., Ed.; Grossman, Allen, Ed.; Johnson, Susan Moore, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
"Managing School Districts for High Performance" brings together more than twenty case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of school improvement. At the center of this work is the concept of organizational coherence: aligning organizational design, human…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Based Management, Case Studies, Educational Improvement
Mason, Thomas R.; Newton, Evan – 1983
This paper describes the use of a microcomputer model program to predict library collection growth at Cornell University, particularly in Olin Library, which is Cornell's central research facility. The possible effects of increased online information retrieval and microform or videodisc usage on library storage needs are also briefly discussed. A…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Programs, Facility Requirements, Higher Education
Mason, Thomas R.; And Others – 1981
The product of a combined consultant approach to library evaluation, this report provides an intensive, detailed evaluation of current library conditions, comparison with national norms and peer university libraries, and projections of alternative options for collection growth, user facilities, and staff development translated into building…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Libraries, Facility Planning, Facility Requirements
HELDMAN, HERBERT; MASON, THOMAS R. – 1964
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MANUAL IS TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR SYSTEMATICALLY PROGRAMMING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PHYSICAL PLANT AND LAND TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF AN INSTITUTION UNDER A SPECIFIED SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. THE MANUAL IS ORGANIZED INTO SIX BROAD ELEMENTS--(1) ACTIVITY LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT, INSTRUCTIONAL WORKLOADS AND STAFF REQUIREMENTS, (2)…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Buildings, Construction Costs
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Galvin, Thomas J.; Mason, Sally – IALL Journal of Language Learning Technologies, 1991
Presents a series of library- and legal-related perspectives on video copyright, and then delineates strategies for clarifying the copyright law for both copyright holders and users. (CB)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility, Libraries
Spikes, W. Franklin, Ed. – 1980
The university and the inner city is examined in this collection of papers. Chapters include: Establishing an Urban Commuter University: The Need for Community (Reynold Feldman and Barbara Hursh); Adult and Community Education: Mobilizing the Resources of the City (Roger Hiemstra); The Arts and Humanities in an Urban Environment (Neil Rudin);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Role, Community Education, Community Schools
McDavid, Virginia, Ed. – 1969
This collection of 10 essays is concerned with the leadership and current trends in English language teaching. Specific topics of papers are (1) W. Wilbur Hatfield as "The Pattern Maker," by James Mason, (2) Hatfield as an innovator in the teaching of literature and language, by Irwin Suloway, (3) "Changes in English Teaching in the…
Descriptors: Dialects, Educational History, Educational Trends, English Instruction
Dober, Richard P.; Mason, Thomas R. – 1965
The study establishes a university-wide space inventory system for the University of Guelph, Ontario which provides data about the utilization of available space. The inventory data establishes space requirements for instructional and related research needs, identifies amounts and location of space available for academic units needing interim…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Educational Facilities
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