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Direct linkMoner, William, Ed.; Motley, Phillip, Ed.; Pope-Ruark, Rebecca, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
The future of liberal education in the United States, in its current form, is fraught but full of possibility. Today's institutions are struggling to maintain viability, sustain revenue, and assert value in the face of rising costs. But we should not abandon the model of pragmatic liberal learning that has made America's colleges and universities…
Descriptors: General Education, Educational Change, Undergraduate Study, Educational Innovation
Yermanock Strieb, Lynne – Teachers College Press, 2010
Teachers need to read books by other teachers, yet there are few available on the important subject of parent-teacher relationships. Lynne Yermanock Strieb fills the gap with this engaging account of her 30-year career teaching children in urban classrooms. Drawing on an extensive archive of documents she kept as a first- and second-grade …
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Urban Schools, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Howes, Carollee, Ed.; Pianta, Robert C., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
Improving teacher quality in early education is a major part of ensuring young children's school readiness and closing the achievement gap. This is the book decision-makers and administrators need to begin developing coordinated, effective teacher quality systems--ones that not only get teachers ready for the classroom, but also promote continuous…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Teacher Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Incentives
Download full textPennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1974
The Pennsylvania Task Force on Two-Year Postsecondary Education, whose members represented the public at large and all segments of postsecondary education, was commissioned to recommend a rationale for the orderly development of two-year programs to meet the needs of Commonwealth residents; to identify the most effective means of providing…
Descriptors: College Planning, Consortia, Contracts, Educational Finance
Evenbeck, Scott E.; Jackson, Barbara; Smith, Maggy; Ward, Dorothy – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2010
Organizing for Student Success draws on data from more than 50 institutions to provide insight into how university colleges are organized, the initiatives they house, and the practices in place to ensure their effectiveness. Twenty case studies from 15 different campuses offer an in-depth understanding of institutional practice. Ultimately,…
Descriptors: Models, College Programs, Success, Institutional Characteristics
Schick, Edgar B.; And Others – 1992
This book identifies factors, structures, and procedures contributing to effective statewide coordination and governance of public colleges and universities. The heart of the book consists of descriptions of representative structures in 4 states, where interviews were conducted with 114 individuals--legislators, gubernatorial staff, system heads,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Centralization, College Presidents
Horton, Gerald T.; And Others – 1976
This report focuses on one method of human services integration--starting with a categorical funding and program base which is expanded to integrate complementary services and resources into a comprehensive service package. The four projects examined illustrate the following initial categorical bases: Community mental health services, primarily…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Community Centers, Community Services
