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A Bridge for Our Children: Tribal/University Partnerships to Prepare Indigenous Teachers
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White, Carolyne J.; Bedonie, Clara; de Groat, Jennie; Lockard, Louise; Honani, Samantha – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
This article is about bridge building: building cultural bridges of authentic collaboration between the university and the Navajo and Hopi nations; building curricular bridges between the White, European culture and the cultural worlds these nations seek to preserve; and building bridges between languages, the language of the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Partnerships in Education, Universities
The University: Reflections over the Years.
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Galbraith, John Kenneth – Academe, 1992
A celebrated economist discusses the employment of college faculty in the modern university focusing on two primary issues: (1) tenure and promotion; and (2) recruitment, payment, and retention. Additional issues addressed include the role of faculty, academic authority, democracy in the classroom, and allocation of society's resources for higher…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, Compensation (Remuneration), Democratic Values
University Education Deans Seek Elite Corps of Schoolteachers.
Jacobson, Robert L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
A teacher education policy is proposed by the education deans of 23 private and public universities to create an elite corps of elementary/secondary teachers rules out undergraduate education majors and requires a master's degree in education, a substantial internship, and in some cases, a specialized postgraduate degree. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, Competence
Summary of Deans' Report: 'Goals for Educating Teachers as Professionals'.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
The new goals for teacher education proposed by the Holmes Group Consortium, the education deans of 23 research universities, concern the institutional environment, faculty, students, and professional curriculum. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, Competence
Distance Learning 2001: Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning (17th, Madison, Wisconsin, August 8-10, 2001).
Wisconsin Univ. System, Madison. – 2001
This document contains 82 papers and 6 workshop presentations from a conference on distance teaching and learning. The following are among the papers included: "Examples and Tools for Building Web-Based Learning Experiences" (Steven A. Ackerman, Thomas Whittaker); "Online Testing in Distance Education" (Tricia Ahern);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accounting, Adult Educators, Adult Students