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Faulkner, Gail; Harmon, Marguerite; Johnson, Lynnette; Knopf, Elise; Latz, Rubin; Parnes, Alan; Currie-Richardson, Diane; Sligar, Steven – Midwest Center for Postsecondary Outreach, 2004
This book provides guidance for administrators and service delivery staff of Community Rehabilitation Programs to serve consumers who are deaf, hard of hearing, late deafened or deafblind. This publication follows an outline based on standards from CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities), the national accrediting agency for…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Vocational Evaluation, Rehabilitation Programs, Partial Hearing
Beckham, Joseph, Ed.; Dagley, David, Ed. – Education Law Association, 2005
Colleges and universities remain vulnerable to lawsuits and face an increasingly litigious environment. This book is intended to provide board members, administrators, faculty, and students of higher education with a basis for informed decision-making that will reduce the risk of liability through a preventive-law approach. Readers will find this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Law, Court Litigation, Public Colleges
Georgiady, Nicholas P.; Romano, Louis G. – 1992
Noting that many middle schools do not pay sufficient attention to the emotional, physical, and social development of their students, this booklet presents characteristics of successful middle school programs, as recognized by scholars in the middle school movement. Each characteristic is accompanied by an explanation of the "what and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Quality, Elementary School Students
Longworth, Norman – 2003
This book presents key concepts in lifelong learning and case studies illustrating the impact of lifelong learning on schools throughout the world. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 22 chapters: (1) the principle that learning is for the people; (2) educational decision making; (3) learning ownership and motivation; (4)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This September 17, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Just Deserts: A New Assistant Professor Wonders About the Price of…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, Higher Education, Historians
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Tsiakkiros, Andreas; Pashiardis, Petros – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2002
The main goal of the present study was to investigate the perceptions of Cypriot teachers on the management of small primary schools. From the wide range of issues identified in the literature, seven areas were chosen for examination: management and leadership; teachers in small schools; advice and support; pupils in small schools; curriculum and…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Foreign Countries, Students, Elementary School Students
Moles, Oliver C., Ed. – 1996
Recognizing the critical role parents have in developing their children's learning habits, this booklet offers strategies that focus on ways principals and teachers can communicate with diverse families about: (1) school goals, programs, activities, and procedures; (2) the progress of individual students; and (3) home activities which can improve…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Relevance, Educational Improvement
Renner, K. Edward – 1995
This book speaks to three challenges that face higher education in its quest to redefine the academic community: (1) beliefs about ourselves, our circumstances, our relationships, and our problems; (2) beliefs about personal and organizational change; and (3) beliefs about academic life, about reform and revolution, competition and cooperation,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Beliefs, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Bitterman, Jeanne E. – 1995
This guidebook, which is intended for educational professionals who are seeking to establish liaisons with business partners and provide workplace education to the health and manufacturing industries, contains strategies and issues that workplace education program administrators and instructors should consider when designing and delivering onsite…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Community Colleges
Lewis, Preston; Kleinert, Harold L. – 1992
This final report describes a 5-year Kentucky project to improve integrated educational services and life quality of children and youth with severe disabilities, including students with deaf-blindness. Project objectives focus on the identification and removal of barriers to effective integrated programs; the provision of educational services on…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities)
Zerchykov, Ross; Weaver, W. Timothy – 1983
This is a resource book on cutback management in public schools. It catalogs over 30 practices, provides policy models from 27 school districts in 17 states, and summarizes a decade of advice about decline management in light of recent research evidence on what works and what doesn't work in managing the politics of retrenchment. Its highlights…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Citizen Participation, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1983
This guide attempts to show educators and parents how elementary school industrial arts (ESIA) activities in the classroom can increase a child's competencies in basic skills, computer applications, and other class assignments, while also expanding the child's knowledge of careers and the rapidly changing world of work. The guide provides…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Audiovisual Aids, Career Awareness, Career Education
Slezak, James – 1984
This resource book, for practicing school administrators and professors of school administration, provides 151 adaptable, flexible processes which have been used effectively in school districts to improve academic achievement and learning climate. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1, "Excellence in Leadership," consists of chapters on…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Advisory Committees, Board Administrator Relationship
Rhodes, Frank H. T., Ed. – 1997
This book presents 11 case studies of effective partnership fundraising at various institutions of higher education. After a foreword by Peter McE. Buchanan and a preface and introduction by Frank H.T. Rhodes, chapters are: (1) Successful Fund Rising at a Large Private Research University: Cornell University (Frank H. T. Rhodes and Inge T.…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Case Studies, Church Related Colleges, Community Colleges
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Gustafson, Marcia H.; Meagher, Laura Y. – Social Studies, 1993
Describes programs of the Close Up Foundation for young students. Discusses group projects developed for the Civic Achievement Award Program that emphasize community service and cooperative learning. Concludes with a description of plans to develop Close Up programs for the elementary grades. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Class Activities
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