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Stevenson, Russell; Locke, Virginia O. – 1989
This history of the Agriculture Development Council (ADC) consists of eight chapters and four appendices. Chapter 1 traces the early years of the ADC, from its inception in 1953 to 1957, the year of the retirement of the council's first director, J. Lossing Buck. The chapter covers the role of John D. Rockefeller, III, the incorporation of the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cultural Exchange, Developing Nations, Fellowships
Parker, Robert – 1986
The Oklahoma Network of Continuing Higher Education project is described. A large Kellogg Foundation grant of $5 million will be used for the following seven modules with time frames from 3 to 5 years: leadership development, academic program identification and development, profession development, educational guidance and counseling for adults,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Access to Education, Adult Students, Continuing Education
Thayer, Donald, Ed. – 1989
This report describes fiscal year 1989 activities of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and other federal agencies in meeting the legislative mandates of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The first section of the report covers general provisions relating to the Office of the Commissioner, "American Rehabilitation" (RSA's…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Agency Cooperation, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
Gold, Gerard G.; Charner, Ivan – 1986
Partnerships between postsecondary education institutions and employers, unions, professional associations, and other groups are discussed. The majority of examples are based on projects of the Education and the Economy Alliance, a program supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Partnerships and joint, or…
Descriptors: Career Change, Community Development, Cooperative Programs, Economic Change
Broering, Naomi C.; And Others – 1986
Strategic planning for an Integrated Academic Information Management System (IAIMS) for Georgetown University Medical Center is considered. The goal is to organize and transmit accessible and timely biomedical information where it is needed. Activities are proposed for education, research, patient care, management, sharing information on…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperative Programs, Dental Schools
Sakamoto, Takashi – 1986
The goals of instructional technology in Japan are enumerated, and significant aspects of the field are presented as follows: (1) an overview of the environment for instructional technology is given in terms of academic societies and professional associations, academic and popular journals and magazines, diffusion of media and budget, and recent…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Budgets, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Radio
Liaison Bulletin, 1986
Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986, reauthorizes the discretionary programs of the Education of the Handicapped Act, provides incentives to states to serve an estimated additional 70,000 handicapped 3- to 6-year-olds and creates a new discretionary program to address the special needs of handicapped infants and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Deaf Blind, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Nordberg, Bengt – 1982
The Unit for Advanced Studies in Modern Swedish (FUMS) at Uppsala University has one of the largest collections of spontaneous present-day spoken Swedish and has housed many sociolinguistic research projects since the 1960s. The four studies generating the most empirical data are on: The Urban Dialect of Eskilstuna; The Child's Linguistic…
Descriptors: Child Language, Correlation, Dialects, Discourse Analysis
Education Network for Older Adults, Chicago, IL. – 1986
This report contains an outline of the major activities of the Chicago Coalition for Education and Training for Employment (CCETE) program during the period from July 1, 1985, to June 30, 1986; a description of and materials from the CCETE's Minority Entrepreneurship (ME) Program; and a detailed description of the structure, organization,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annual Reports, Directories, Educational Opportunities
Crawford, Glinda B.; And Others – 1985
A study determined computer research and exemplary project needs in home economics education, identified such projects, and analyzed the relationship of research and exemplary project needs to projects identified. The questionnaire instructed respondents to describe their perceptions of research needs and exemplary project needs related to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1986
This review of the status of English language instruction in the Turkish community of Cyprus provides an overview of the social and political role of English in the society in general, and outlines the status of English use and instruction in the educational system at all levels (elementary, secondary, higher, adult, and teacher). Topics covered…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1985
To help colleges and universities find support for international activities, information is provided on funding opportunities and services available to institutions and individuals. For each source of support, a description is provided of funding objectives, services, available materials, and contact offices. Information is provided for 14 federal…
Descriptors: College Programs, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs, Federal Aid
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH. – 1988
The projects reviewed in this annual report of the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) focus on four strategic areas: (1) enhancing the use of the OCLC Online Union Catalog; (2) investigating full document storage, retrieval, and presentation; (3) strengthening the interface between patron and system; and (4) providing statistical…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Bibliographic Utilities, Database Management Systems
Bryant, Dale; And Others – 1983
The Research Institute for the Study of Learning Disabilities, established at Teachers College, Columbia University, was guided by the postulation that academic failure experienced by learning-disabled children results from interaction between the way they process information and the information processing demands of the instructional methods…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Zemsky, Robert – 1981
Issues pertaining to educational finance in colleges and universities are considered. It is suggested that solving problems of organization will lead to shifts in management style, which in turn may affect flows of funds to disciplines. The outcome may be a change in academic scope and either limiting or expanding institutional opportunities. The…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Planning
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