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Elliott, Peggy Gordon – 1994
This book discusses how major changes in society have created significant implications for the delivery of higher education and reveals that it is not possible to educate students with any degree of success while operating under the same assumptions and the same models that were successful in the past. The author shows the significance of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Colleges, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Download full textBell, Jerry A. – 1989
The results of the Second International Science Study and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science assessments are cited and future job openings in natural sciences and engineering areas are projected. Technology is ever increasing in complexity, yet ninth-grade U.S. students scored second from the bottom on international…
Descriptors: College Science, Engineers, Higher Education, Minority Groups
Farnham, Nicholas – 1990
Responding to declines in the percentages of minorities enrolled in college, 24 educational leaders from around the country met to discuss their campus race relations problems and to formulate a statement on their findings. This document reproduces that statement. The signers see three national imperatives: (1) a moral imperative to make a new…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Campuses, Citizen Participation, College Students
O'Donnell, Lorena M.; Green-Merritt, Esther S. – 1997
This document reviews recent data from six predominantly white universities in the tristate area of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, which suggests that recruitment and retention of minority students are difficult because (1) there were few minority role models in leadership positions; (2) there were an insufficient number and variety of ethnic…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Black Literature, Blacks, Cultural Pluralism
Cook, Lenora, Ed.; Lodge, Helen C., Ed. – 1996
This book presents a collection of classroom practices that view the personal experiences of diverse student populations as valuable resources for instruction. It offers teachers various responses to the challenges posed by students' cultural, linguistic, and social group affiliations. The book contains essays arranged into three interwoven…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Relevance, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Hollins, Etta R., Ed. – 1996
This book is primarily designed for graduate courses in curriculum development and theory, and aims to assist practitioners in facilitating the shift in public school curriculum to accommodate large-scale trends toward a more culturally diverse society. In Part 1, the ideologies and values that form the basis of school practices are examined from…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Case Studies, Cultural Awareness
