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Download full textYap, Kim Onn – 1986
Program improvement activities can be classified into four categories based on the source of the impetus and the locus of the change agent: systematic, symbolic, opportunistic, and pragmatic. This paper (1) describes the various approaches to implementing Chapter 1 program improvement activities at the state and local district levels in 13 western…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Consultants, Consultation Programs
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2006
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
Harris, Christopher – 1985
In this paper, two major schools of thought regarding disaster and disaster assistance are identified and examined in order to bring to light their underlying assumptions about assistance and development in the Third World. The first section discusses the context of the problem, citing figures and presenting charts to illustrate the scope and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Earthquakes, Ecological Factors
Rusch, Frank R. – 1987
The annual report presents 1987 activities of the Transition Institute at the University of Illinois which was contracted to assist in evaluating and extending the federal initiative relating to educational and employment difficulties experienced by young people with disabilities. Briefly reported are activities related to the contracted tasks of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy, Employer Attitudes
Cox, J. Lamarr; Spivey, Rita – 1986
This report describes methodology and results of a study to determine the nature and extent of the high school dropout problem in the Appalachian region and to explore characteristics of existing programs dealing with dropout problems in the region. Data aggregation complicated by lack of standardization in reporting numbers of dropouts and…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
French, Valarie W. – 1984
This paper describes the activities and experiences of a technical assistance consultant working with a superintendent and assistant superintendent to implement the Achievement Directed Leadership (ADL) school improvement program during 1981-82. The paper's first section describes the ADL program's "top-down" implementation plan, with…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Change Agents, Consultants
Miller, David P. – 1983
This paper reports on a study of the 1980 Maryland State Department of Education school improvement project utilizing Mastery Learning. It examines the instructional process implementation, the impact of one pilot school, and the statewide program through observation, surveys, interviews, document analysis, and participant self-reports. Data were…
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Hayward, J. A. – 1987
Agricultural extension is one component in an array including research, training, education, marketing, international trade, etc. which develop together to bring about growth, and sustained growth determines the priorities for extension. These priorities depend inevitably on the stage of development of a country or region, and on the current…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2005
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2004
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
Bruce, Norma Corbett – 1985
This technical assistance guide is designed to assist trainers, planners, administrators, researchers, librarians, counselors, and advocates involved with Ohio older worker programs and policies with the range of resources, services, and expertise available to them. Discussed in the individual sections of the guide are available resources dealing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advocacy, Agency Role
