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Villeneuve, Phyllis, Ed. – FACTC Focus, 1997
This report, from the Faculty Association of Community and Technical Colleges (FACTC) in Washington, focuses on various distance learning courses offered by the state's two-year colleges. The report contains 16 articles from faculty members and students, including: (1) "The Emperor's New Tutor: A Confession" (Sydney Wallace Stegall); (2)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Grenzke, Janet – NEA Higher Education Research Center Update, 1998
A survey of National Education Association (NEA) higher education members examined opinions about governance issues, factors that affect quality education, and attitudes about the "new unionism." Characteristics of respondents are summarized and illustrated by characteristics such as median faculty income, length of time in higher…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Faculty, Decision Making
Rutkowski, Kathleen M., Ed. – NetTeach News, 1996
This document consists of 10 issues (one year) of a newsletter intended for K-12 networking teachers. It provides a forum for the exchange of resources, applications to education, significant events, and major international, regional, and state programs and policies relevant to K-12 networking. Cover articles include: "To Liberate a Learner,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Educational Methods
Thorson, Annette, Ed. – ENC Focus, 2000
This issue of ENC Focus is organized around the theme of educational change. It intends to provide teachers with practical resources and suggestions for implementing reform ideas in the classrooms. Featured articles include: (1) "There Can Be No Improvement Without the Teacher" (Michael Fullan and Andy Hargreaves); (2) "Changing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change
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Secada, Walter G., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1992
Seven articles discuss a theme that was also the subject of a symposium at an Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, reform of school mathematics teaching and curriculum. These articles indicate that educational reform is a complicated endeavor and tension exists between the old and new. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Camperell, Kay, Ed.; And Others – Yearbook of the American Reading Forum, 1996
Several of the papers in this collection describe university programs or provide practical suggestions for using technology to enhance literacy instruction; other papers focus on a diverse range of issues, instructional strategies, and research findings related to different aspects of literacy. Papers in the collection are: "A Community of…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Content Area Reading, Distance Education, Educational Technology
News from the Center for Children and Technology and the Center for Technology in Education, 1993
This newsletter presents a brief summary of central findings of a national survey designed to gather a systematic profile of the range and type of telecommunications activities being conducted by teachers for professional development or student learning. Responses were received from 550 of the 1,100 educators who were contacted through…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Redmann, Donna H., Ed. – Journal of Business and Training Education, 1999
This issue contains eight articles on a wide variety of topics in business and training education. "Ethics and beyond: Enhancing Communication and Critical Thinking Skills through Ethics Instruction" (Sandra A. Howard) offers strategies for incorporating ethics instruction in the business curriculum that can also enhance students'…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Correspondence, Business Education, Communication Skills
Miller, Edward, Ed. – Harvard Education Letter, 1995
This document is comprised of volume 11 of the Harvard Education Letter, published bimonthly and addressing current issues in elementary and secondary education. Articles in the volume's six issues are: (1) January-February--"The Old Model of Staff Development Survives in a World Where Everything Else Has Changed" (Miller), "Giving…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making
Carney, Thomas Q., Ed.; Luedtke, Jacqueline R., Ed.; Johnson, Jeffrey A., Ed. – Collegiate Aviation Review, 1999
This document, published annually, contains six papers devoted to aviation education. "Enhancing Global Competitiveness: Benchmarking Airline Operational Performance in Highly Regulated Environments" (Brent D. Bowen, Dean Headley, Karisa D. Kane, Rebecca K. Lutte) outlines a model to help policymakers and others evaluate the effects of…
Descriptors: Airports, Aviation Education, Aviation Technology, College Faculty