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Chaffee, Ellen Earle; Sherr, Lawrence A. – 1992
This brief report summarizes a longer document with the same title. Many colleges and universities, in responding to public demand for higher education and the external challenges it creates, are employing Total Quality Management (TQM) techniques to improve quality, increase productivity, and decrease cost. The quality improvement process itself…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, College Administration, Cooperative Planning, Educational Demand
Walz, Garry R., Ed.; Bleuer, Jeanne C., Ed. – 1992
This document consists of two modules extracted from a six-module larger work. Module 1 presents six articles on the topic of "helping students to cope with fears and crises." Module 2 contains 17 articles on "programs and practices for helping students cope with fears and crises." Article titles and authors are as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, Children, Coping
Howard, Walter R. – 1986
For those individuals wishing to know more about the topic, this publication provides an introduction to industry-specific training. The need for industry-specific training programs (ISTPs) is addressed. An overview follows of how to develop the capacity needed in state and local organizations to design and implement industry-specific programs. A…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Industrial Training
Poch, Robert K. – 1994
This brief report summarizes a longer document with the same title in the ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report series. Academic freedom provides the foundation for faculty scholarship and teaching, making it possible for educators to exchange ideas and concepts freely in the classroom, to explore and disseminate new knowledge, and to speak out both…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Faculty College Relationship, Freedom of Information, Higher Education
Blum, Mark E.; Spangehl, Stephen D. – 1982
This essay examines characteristics of high risk students, institutional problems related to their presence in schools, and various solutions to these problems that have been implemented at the secondary, junior college, and collegiate levels. Areas discussed in which high risk students may differ from other students include cognitive ability,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention, Educational Needs, High Risk Students
Poch, Robert K. – 1993
This report synthesizes the literature and applicable case law concerning academic freedom in higher education and addresses the following issues: (1) popular notions concerning academic freedom; (2) whether academic freedom is a legal right; (3) whether faculty at private institutions have the same rights as faculty in public schools; and (4)…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Faculty College Relationship, Freedom of Information, Higher Education
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
Honors programs are not a major part of the community college curriculum due to the colleges' focus on providing access to nontraditional students, as well as the feeling of some community college educators that honors programs are inherently elitist. A 1975 survey found that only 47 of 644 responding institutions had formalized honors programs. A…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
Pickert, Sarah M. – 1992
This brief report summarizes a longer document with the same title. The report discusses the response of colleges and universities in the United States to the needs of graduate students to become equipped to make personal and and public policy decisions as citizens of an international society. It notes that curriculum changes in higher education…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness
Pickert, Sarah M. – 1992
This report discusses the response of colleges and universities in the United States to the need of graduate students to become equipped to make personal and public policy decisions as citizens of an international society. Curriculum changes are showing a tightening of foreign language standards in schools of higher education and, throughout the…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness
Monk, David H. – 1989
This digest reviews the promise and drawbacks of computerized learning programs and telecommunication technologies for small rural schools. A critical feature of programmed learning packages can be their stand-alone feature. To the extent that such programs do not require the presence or involvement of a trained on-site teacher, they make it…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services, Ann Arbor, MI. – 1993
This set of digests includes 35 two-page articles in the areas of counseling programs and practices; theory and research; and professional development. Fourteen articles are presented in the area of programs and practices. These range from the efficacy of school-based drug education programs to learning styles counseling. Six articles are…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Counselors
Lee, Courtland C. – 1992
The purpose of this book is to provide school counselors and related mental health professionals with important information to help them address the crisis of the Black male. The focus of the book is on Black male educational empowerment and how pupil personnel professionals can promote it in the school setting. The book examines important issues…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Students, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques
Hockenberry, Cathe McCall – 1980
The report outlines areas of policy convergence between agencies providing services to adjudicated handicapped youth and suggests policy arrangements to encourage interagency agreements necessary to carry out P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Research is cited showing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Coordination, Correctional Education
Wilcox, John R.; Ebbs, Susan L. – 1992
This brief report summarizes a longer document with the same title. It explains that institutions of higher education have a moral responsibility as disseminators of knowledge to foster proper values and ethical thinking in its students for the well-being of society. The collegiate ethos, the practices and customs of the institution, are important…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Environment, Educational Responsibility, Ethical Instruction
Howley, Craig B. – 1989
This digest reviews recent evidence of the positive effects of small-scale schooling on student achievement. Historically, larger school size has been viewed as an important educational reform producing cost-effectiveness and educational efficiency. Today, small-scale schooling is found primarily in rural areas and small towns. A 1964 study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Factors, Rural Schools
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