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Foster, John; Gipe, Charlie; Friedrich, Alan; Prekopa, Stephanie – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
It takes one sweet company to make an industry collaboration work! Hershey Entertainment and Resorts is that company! The company is best known for its resort and entertainment entities. As background, it is important to understand the philanthropic history of the company, Milton Hershey, and the town he built on chocolate. Milton Hershey left…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Cooperation, Private Financial Support, Teamwork
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See, Geoffrey K. – Education and Urban Society, 2010
Urban life comes with diverse social, environmental, health care, and education problems. However, for many of the people seeking better economic, social, and education opportunities, the big city still holds a special allure. Jazz singer Frank Sinatra sings in "New York, New York" that he wants to "wake up in a city that never…
Descriptors: Urban Culture, Educational Change, Urban Environment, Service Learning
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Standish, Paul – Ethics and Education, 2009
J.M. Coetzee's "Elizabeth Costello" is an overtly philosophical novel, at the heart of which are questions concerning the relation of human beings to animals and the discussion of animal rights. The nature of its subject matter and the prominence it gives to dialogue, sometimes of an almost Platonic kind, make it a rich potential…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Novels, Animals, Literature Reviews
Vercellotti, Mary Lou – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Applied linguists have identified three components of second language (L2) performance: complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) to measure L2 development. Many studies researching CAF found trade-off effects (in which a higher performance in one component corresponds to lower performance in another) during tasks, often in online oral language…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Accuracy, Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning
Baggett, Connie D.; Banski, Kathleen – 1988
The development of individualized educational programs (IEPs) has become a burden for many secondary school systems. The primary objective of the project described in this report was to develop a computer system that would help in the development of IEPs for all 15,000 handicapped and/or disadvantaged students enrolled in Pennsylvania's vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Computer System Design, Diagnostic Tests
Focal Point, 1994
This special issue examines multicultural aspects of services provided by agencies concerned with children's mental health. The lead article is titled "Developing Culturally Competent Organizations" by James L. Mason. This article uses the cultural competence model to discuss an organization's self-evaluation and its planning in the…
Descriptors: Agencies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences