Teacher residencies have been an ongoing discussion in the educator preparation world for nearly a decade. This paper describes a promising practice in program design at a university that offers alternative pathways to licensure to meet the demands of school districts, especially in economically disadvantaged communities in one region of the…

This study sought to evaluate the efficacy of service learning through the lens of faculty members, community partners, and student learning outcomes at a midsized community college in North Carolina. As a teaching tool integrating community service with instruction, service learning depends on the collaboration of multiple stakeholders and…

The purpose of this research was to determine how teachers and administrators in a successful North Carolina district perceived the purpose and value of a school improvement plan (SIP) and the planning process. The SIP is the accepted best practice for school-wide improvement, and the perceptions of the purpose and value of the process…

This guidebook provides an introduction to Instructional Improvement Systems (IIS) for State education agency (SEA) managers and program leads. Functional components of a theoretical IIS model are discussed and used as a reference point for the introduction a seven-step planning and implementation cycle designed to guide SEAs in the development of…

Highlights North Carolina's strategies for ensuring that its institutions and leadership will be responsive to future needs. Describes the Commission on the Future of North Carolina, community college responses to commission recommendations, and state goals concerning services to small business, retraining, educational leadership renewal, and…

This long-range planning study of higher education, the most comprehensive of its kind undertaken in the state, is based on more than 70 specific studies and on long-range planning reports of the public senior institutions. Eleven major goals of higher education are discussed in detail and 118 specific recommendations are made to implement these…

This revised report on long-range planning for higher education in North Carolina contains sections on: (1) higher education in the state in 1977; (2) constraints, assumptions, and projections affecting planning for higher education; (3) goals, tasks, and objectives; (4) instruction, research, and public service; and (5) future planning and…

A task force comprised of members from the North Carolina State Education Agency has developed a statewide plan for career education, which is outlined. Seven sections present: (1) objectives, task force background, and personnel; (2) a summary of information on North Carolina school programs; (3) a definition of career education encompassing the…

This 10-year strategic plan for the period 1975-85 is one of three interrelated plans developed for the North Carolina Community College System. Population projections, along with projections of labor force participation rates by age, race, and sex are used to project the total labor force in 1985. Projections of employment by industry and of…

This document sets forth six goals toward which the North Carolina Community College System should strive during the next 20 years, descriptions of the means to achieve those goals, and the conditions necessary to support those means. Specific goals include: (1) acceleration of the state's economic growth and development through a dynamic,…

The long range plan for the University of North Carolina system is the third edition of a plan initiated in 1976. The revised plan incorporates new information on and changes in the system and its programs: status reports on all new degree programs and program tracks previously authorized for planning; requests for authorization to plan new degree…

Survey of 20 rural eastern North Carolina teachers suggests that spring and fall are best for holding outdoor education workshops, with fall preferred. Workshops should provide teachers with hands-on activities, information about local outdoor resource areas, and classroom materials and should emphasize improving teacher familiarity with the…

Fundamental adjustments in the educational philosophy and practices of private junior colleges are essential to their survival. There is a great need for public awareness of the private junior college's economic plight, which is due to rising costs and non-competitive prices for students and salaries for faculty. A major purpose of this monograph…

This document is comprised of two appendixes that provide a portion of the materials utilized in the project to test the feasibility of adapting business management practices to educational institutions. Included are the educational planning process documents for two of the eight participating management teams. Each planning process document…

This document is comprised of two appendixes that provide a portion of the materials utilized in the project to test the feasibility of adapting business management practices to educational institutions. Included are the educational planning process documents for two of the eight participating management teams. Each planning process document…