In January 1973 the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service launched "Project OVERVIEW", a leader and problem identification pilot survey. The focus of the project was to gain additional information on county leadership structure and to identify current problems or issues facing counties. Leaders were systematically identified…

The University of New Mexico College Enrichment Program (CEP) recruits disadvantaged students to the campus, helps them prepare for college life with an intensive summer orientation, helps them obtain financial assistance, and aids them in dealing with the college environment via counseling, tutoring, and other supportive services. The CEP's…

A 5-week pre-college orientation program for new freshman American Indian students was conducted in the summer of 1970 by Brigham Young University. The program included weekly field trips to industries in the area, help with study skills, problem solving, choosing a college major, positive thinking, and experience with college English and math.…

Assessed correlations between the intrinsic and extrinsic orientations of the Religious Orientation Scale, and anxiety, personality traits, self-control, irrational beliefs, and depression. Intrinsic orientation was negatively correlated with anxiety and positively correlated with self-control and "better" personality functioning, whereas the…

Discusses the framework for developing a cultural human resources management (HRM) perspective. Central to this framework is modifying HRM programs to reinforce the organization's preferred practices. Modification occurs through selection, orientation, training and development, performance appraisal, career development, and compensation and…

Parent orientations, planned to better the parents' understanding of the freshman-year experience by providing a comprehensive view of campus life, are described. The orientations are aimed at assuring parents that their children have chosen their college wisely. (MLW)

Describes a study of 200 employers in which the key questions were: How many people do you train each year? How many person hours of training occur? What subjects are studied? How much money is spent? Results are reported and analyzed. (CT)

This paper reviews a model of using teaching faculty as academic advisors during freshman orientation at the University of Florida. This way of hiring and training faculty members provides: student-faculty contact; accurate information and scheduling; fairness and accessibility of course seats; and the ability to manage academic advising during…

Community colleges recognize the need to plan and implement change through professional development, particularly in light of the constantly changing environment in the community college. This digest briefly examines four of the delivery methods being employed by community colleges in the field of professional development. Between 1999 and 2002,…

Describes a study of the degree of flexibility attached to adult student entry into British universities. It explores how universities deal with mature students, what the position is of the unqualified "deviants" among them, and how the system of welcome and induction is changing. (CT)

An orientation workshop for graduate teaching assistants is described. Held prior to the first day of teaching, the workshop seeks to reduce anxiety, introduce the teaching assistants to educational problems they will face and to methods and resources for coping, and to acquaint them with available university resources. (JMD)

Described is a lesson in which students are taught how to use a compass and determine where they are heading. Provided are detailed instructions, illustrations, reproducible task cards, additional activities, and an answer key. (RT)

Discusses the need for on-the-job training for newly appointed academic librarians to provide an introduction to the policies, procedures, methods, relationships, and attitudes that form the character of their positions. An example is used to illustrate the guidelines for a successful orientation. (7 notes with references) (Author/CLB)

Describes a method of organizing the hypertext software files in a database containing legal information on housing discrimination to prevent the user from becoming disoriented in the system. The expert system of which the database is a part is explained, and the disorientation problem is discussed. (six references) (LRW)