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Voland, Maurice E. – 1974
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Community Leaders, Community Programs
New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque. Inst. for Social Research and Development. – 1971
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…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Counseling, Cultural Activities, Disadvantaged Youth
Goodson, William Dale – 1972
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.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, American Indians, Career Choice

Bergin, Allen E.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1987
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…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Beliefs, College Students
Albert, Michael – Training and Development Journal, 1985
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…
Descriptors: Career Development, Compensation (Remuneration), Cultural Context, Human Resources
Greene, Elizabeth – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
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)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Orientation, Parent Attitudes
Calvert, Robert, Jr. – Training and Development Journal, 1985
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)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Job Skills, Job Training, Management Development
Mastrodicasa, Jeanna M. – 2001
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…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Fast Track Scheduling
Stern, Stefanie – 2003
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,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Faculty Development
Smith, Clyde R. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1970
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Preparation, Daily Living Skills, Exceptional Child Education
Liggett, Eric – Adult Education (London), 1982
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)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Students, College Admission
Friedrich, Gustav; Powell, Robert – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
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)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Coping, Educational Resources

Grambo, Gregory – Science and Children, 1989
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)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning, Motivation Techniques, Orientation

Jones, Dorothy E. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
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)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Librarians

Barta, Thomas A.; Kuo, Ren-jieh – Online Review, 1991
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)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Databases