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Lafon, Valerie, Ed. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
IMHE-Info is the newsletter published by the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme. This issue includes: (1) Giving Knowledge for Free; The Emergence of Open Educational Resources; and (2) Education at a Glance 2007. IMHE News, publications of interest and upcoming events are included. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Administration, Foreign Countries, Educational Resources
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Lippincott, W. T. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1978
Discusses, editorially, the role of formal education in developing understanding and knowledge to enable people to live successful lives. (SL)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Scott, William; Oulton, Christopher – Educational Studies, 1999
Develops existing arguments about the need to rethink ways in which environmental education is conceptualized, interpreted, and enacted by schools, teachers, and students working within their communities. Argues for multiple approaches to develop and deliver educational goals deemed appropriate by a community of practitioners with different…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Educational Change, Educational Research, Educational Theories
O'Neill, Paul C.; Meadows, Robert W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
The first of two articles describes the efforts of retired University of Toronto alumni to provide volunteer assistance to their alma mater. The second article discusses a Social Studies Human Services Program that has led to improved school-community relations in Bangor, Michigan. (JBM)
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Older Adults
Duckworth, Kenneth – 1983
Redefinition of the student role and teaching conditions that may be necessary to create such a role are discussed. The author integrates the ideas in three papers: (1) "Understanding Intelligence: What's in It for Educators?" (Robert Sternberg and Richard Wagner); (2) "Academic Work" (Walter Doyle); and (3) "Motivating…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Educational Resources, Educational Trends
Dickeson, Robert C. – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2004
One of the most critical issues affecting higher education access today is the rising cost of going to college. Symptoms of the trend include dramatic increases in tuition and fees, reduced state higher education budgets, declines in the purchasing power of student grant aid, increasing student debt burdens and heightened demand for institutional…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Higher Education, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas
Fulton, Kathleen – 2000
Recent studies suggest that less than half of the nation's teacher preparation institutions require students to design and deliver instruction using technology, and even fewer require technology use during student teaching. The School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart for schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) was designed to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology