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Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1999
This Illinois state memorandum to school district superintendents provides clarification of policies regarding discipline of students with disabilities, specifically the issue of multiple suspensions, which may in the aggregate total more than 10 school days per school year, and the amount of services required during disciplinary exclusions. The…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Disabilities, Discipline Policy
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1989
A report and a bibliography are provided from a project designed to provide a greater understanding of sophisticated technologies and to provide direction for vocational education curriculum revision in Illinois. The report begins with an introduction. Section 2 provides a conceptual and operational understanding of sophisticated technologies by…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Curriculum Design, Decision Making Skills
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1996
This annual report on college affordability provides information pertinent to tuition and fee decision making designed to assist Illinois college and university governing boards in finding a balance between keeping college affordable for students and generating sufficient revenue to defray a portion of the cost of providing quality instruction.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Change Agents, College Students, Community Colleges
Upper Mississippi River ECO-Center, Thomson, IL. – 1973
The goals of "Operation Awareness", a 1974 summer program involving coeducational high school canoeing, camping, and study, were to acquire knowledge; acquire outdoor living skills; promote involvement in a conservation work project; and provide the opportunity for social, emotional, and physical growth through group living. Students,…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Canoeing, Cooperation
Nachtrieb, Paula; Vore, Stacey – 1999
This handbook provides information, strategies, and techniques for developing and implementing successful work-based learning experiences. It is divided into five sections, each with 1-5 chapters that cover specific topics in detail. Section I, "What is Work-Based Learning?," considers what work-based learning is; presents a work-based…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Development
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Shipps, Dorothy – American Educational Research Journal, 2003
Educators often ignore the political requirements of urban reform in their focus on the research and models that guide it. Conversely, political scientists frequently miss the differences among reforms in their focus on coalitions and resources. Integrating Clarence N. Stone's concept of "civic capacity" with an educator's view of reform…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Restructuring, Educational Change, Urban Renewal
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. – 1978
Focusing on skills and attitudes necessary for responsible action, the handbook describes responsibility education programs for students and suggests resources for promoting program development. Responsibility education is defined as a process which gives students enriched school-directed citizenship experiences. Responsibility education…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Citizenship, Citizenship Responsibility, Cognitive Objectives
Delaney, Harold; And Others – 1980
Four articles on changing governance patterns of state colleges and universities are presented. In "State Control vs. Campus Autonomy: A Struggle for Balance," Donald E. Walters discusses the distribution of power in Illinois'"system of systems" governance structure. In Illinois several multi-campus university systems coexist;…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Centralization
Illinois State Board of Elections, Springfield. – 1997
This document presents new or revised master plan policy statements for various segments of Illinois higher education. Chapter 1, on statewide goals and organization, lists goals for Illinois higher education, for coordination and planning, for the Board of Higher Education membership; and briefly discusses the organizational structure of public…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, Educational Policy, Equal Education
Daniels, M. Harry; Karmos, Joseph S. – 1983
A project was conducted to identify skills that vocational students will need to adapt to future changes in the workplace and jobs caused by advancing technology as well as to develop policy stands on how those skills can be imparted. Research was conducted through computer searches of relevant data bases, interviews with vocational educators and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Career Change, Career Development
Nelson, Robert E.; Piland, William E. – 1982
This manual contains guidelines for organizing small business programs in community colleges. Following an introductory discussion of the need for such a program both throughout the United States in general and in Illinois in particular, the role of the community college in facilitating small business development is examined. Guidelines are set…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Business Administration, Business Administration Education
Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2002
The profession of educational leadership in the 21st century is changing. School leaders, educational administration faculty, and policymakers are endeavoring to redefine the profession in an era of ferment, during which the legitimacy of its knowledge base and the appropriateness of programs for preparing school leaders have been thrown into…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Educational Change, Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Administration
Watson, John F. – North American Council for Online Learning, 2007
Online learning is growing rapidly across the United States within all levels of education, as more and more students and educators become familiar with the benefits of learning unconstrained by time and place. Across most states and all grade levels, students are finding increased opportunity, flexibility, and convenience through online learning.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Resources, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment
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