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Lunardi, Pamela M.; Webb, Richard E.; Widseth, Jane C. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2006
The focus of this brief report about one small college's experience in providing personal counseling and psychotherapy to its students is on how the students used the services over their, generally, four years of matriculation. The 404 student users of counseling services from six classes of graduating students had an average number of sessions…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Small Colleges, Psychotherapy, Incidence
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Axtell, Michael – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2006
The article begins by highlighting recent trends and concerns in post-secondary Calculus and Precalculus education. The main purpose of the article is to discuss the transition to a new Precalculus/Calculus I two-semester course at Wabash College, a small liberal arts college for men. Three years of data from the earlier, traditional, sequence are…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Calculus, Liberal Arts, Mathematics Instruction
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Devasagayam, P. Raj; Mahaffey, Thomas R. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2008
Continuous quality improvement is the clarion call across all business schools which is driving the emphasis on assessing the attainment of learning outcomes. An issue that deems special attention in assurance of learning outcomes is related to consistency across courses and, more specifically, across multiple sections of the same course taught by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Business Administration Education, Educational Improvement, Liberal Arts
Carlson, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
This article discusses Antioch College, a once-prominent countercultural institution that will be closed in 2008 due to serious financial problems. Antioch has been hemorrhaging money for years. Its Board of Trustees has decided to shutter the college by July 2008 and lay off most of its 160 staff and faculty members. Although the administration…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Small Colleges, School Closing, College Administration
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Vespia, Kristin M. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2007
The policies and practices of small college counseling centers have been neglected in the literature at a time when campus mental health services are under scrutiny. A national sample of 181 small campus counseling center directors responded to the Iowa Counseling Center Survey-Revised. Their responses were compared with information about large…
Descriptors: Professional Isolation, Health Services, Counseling Services, Student Needs
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Hamel, Fred L.; Ryken, Amy E.; King, Jennice; Kokich, Mary; Lay, Olga – AILACTE Journal, 2006
What defines a strong connection between university and school-based experiences for a small teacher education program? This paper explores the creation of "intentional partnerships," which involves the systematic crossing of multiple voices (preservice, mentor, university professor, principal, supervisor) to build mutual understandings across…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, College School Cooperation
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Bielec, John A.; Iadarola, Antoinette – New Directions for Higher Education, 2007
In most states, declining state appropriations have forced public colleges and universities to raise tuition at an unprecedented rate. Colleges and universities are expected to become more accountable, improve institutional effectiveness and efficiency, and report progress in measurable terms. Amid these pressures, institutions are challenged to…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
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Goss, Benjamin D.; Jubenville, Colby B.; Orejan, Jaime – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2006
This study sought to identify institutional selection factors most influential upon small-college student-athletes. Mean scores for 229 freshman student-athletes from six institutions were analyzed using a modified Student-Athlete College Choice Profile Scale. The sample was also stratified by gender and sports-program categories. Overall, four of…
Descriptors: College Choice, Small Colleges, College Athletics, Institutional Characteristics
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Oblander, Douglas A. – New Directions for Student Services, 2006
This chapter provides an overview of the challenges to and strategies for successful staffing in a small college student affairs division.
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers, Personnel Management
Smith, Peter, Ed. – Association Supporting Computer Users in Education, 2014
The Association Supporting Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) is a group of people interested in small college computing issues. It is a blend of people from all over the country who use computers in their teaching, academic support, and administrative support functions. ASCUE has a strong tradition of bringing its members together to pool their…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Computer Uses in Education, Small Colleges
Smith, Peter, Ed. – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2009
The Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) is a dynamic organization for people interested in small college technology issues. Its members include information technology professionals, instructional technologists, and faculty members from all over the world who use computers and technology to support teaching and learning. The…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Information Technology, Educational Technology, Organizations (Groups)
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Colwell, Bruce W. – New Directions for Student Services, 2006
The successful small college dean of students must develop and maintain an effective partnership between student and academic affairs, built on a shared educational philosophy, a mutual commitment to collaboration, and common linking issues and tasks.
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Small Colleges, Deans, Student Personnel Services
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Hruska, Barbara – Ethnography and Education, 2006
This paper represents part of an ethnographic study conducted in a small college town in the northern United States. Based on Fairclough's conceptualization of language as a site of social meaning construction and power struggle, I conduct critical discourse analyses on data collected at broad, mid, and micro level contexts. I demonstrate how…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Small Colleges, State Legislation, Ethnography
Fox, Louis – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2007
Advanced information, communication, computation and collaboration technologies, known as "cyberinfrastructure," have become essential elements for research, education, and innovation in the 21st century. A major challenge confronting the United States today is how to ensure that all colleges and universities, including those that have…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Minority Groups, Information Technology, Computer Mediated Communication
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Damico, Amy M.; Quay, Sara E. – Teachers College Record, 2006
This self-reflective article addresses the experiences two professors encountered when teaching a class about the popular culture of girls and boys to undergraduates at a small liberal arts college. The issues addressed include student reactions, teaching strategies, and the use of an online discussion platform and assessment. The instructors note…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Popular Culture, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods
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