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Jones, Larry G., Ed. – 1981
Proceedings of the 1980 conference of the Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR) are presented. The conference focused on problems and perspectives for institutional research in the 1980s. Contents include: reports of preconference workshops and sessions, reports of conference sessions, abstracts of contributed papers, and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Faculty, College Planning, College Students
Download full textLaFromboise, Teresa D.; Plake, Barbara S. – 1981
American Indian participation in educational research suffers from minimal involvement of tribal people in the research effort, the obtrusive role of researchers, controversies over the content of published research, and inadequate preparation of researchers sensitive to American Indian community needs. Existing supplementary training methods to…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Indians, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
Arimoto, Akira – 1978
The characteristics of the Japanese academic structure are examined with attention to the evolution of institutional hierarchy, the closed academic structure, and the effects of the academic structure upon academic research. The evolution of Japan's institutional hierarchy in academics has been tightly related to factors of nationalism,…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, College Role, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges, Stockholm. Research and Development Unit. – 1978
The research program of the National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges is concerned with four main areas: the role of higher education in society, higher education as a system (structure and governance), the environment and working methods of research and of teaching. Some work has also been started in research and development…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Concept Formation, Educational Benefits
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1978
Higher education in Southern Europe was the topic of a symposium sponsored by the Council for Cultural Co-operation of the Council of Europe. The following speeches were presented: "Problems of Expansion and Change in Higher Education: An English View," by Lord James of Rusholme, United Kingdom; "The German Advisory Council for…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, College Admission, College Curriculum, College Environment
ANDREWS, WALTER G., SR. – 1963
A STUDY WAS MADE IN NORTH CAROLINA OF ROLE EXPECTATIONS OF SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALISTS AS IDENTIFIED BY 83 WHITE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENTS AND 78 WHITE SPECIALISTS. A COMPARISON OF THE AGENTS' CONCEPT OF THE SPECIALISTS' ROLE, AND THE SPECIALISTS' CONCEPT OF THEIR OWN ROLE WAS MADE, AND THE VARIABLES OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE WERE ANALYZED.…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Educational Background
Brown, Charles I., Ed.; Sanford, Timothy R., Ed. – 1978
Highlights of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Association for Institutional Research (NCAIR) and of the Drive-In Conference held prior to the annual meeting are presented. The major emphasis of the annual meeting was to look toward the 1980's and project the role that institutional research might play in higher education. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Conference Reports, Directories
Menefee, Audrey, Ed. – 1968
To encourage dialog between institutional research workers in the junior colleges of California, a conference was called to discuss the development and use of a common data bank. The eight major addresses included (1) a review of the past year's activities of the California Junior College Association's Committee on Research and Development, (2) a…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
National Center for Educational Research and Development (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1970
This document is the annual report on the educational research and research-related activities carried out pursuant to the authorizations of the Cooperative Research Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969. The master focus of the report is on the educational research, surveys, and demonstrations, the information dissemination activities, and…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
McDonald, Geraldine – 1976
Differing attitudes of researchers and preschool teachers towards research in early childhood are discussed in this paper. These differences are seen as arising from causes such as the special training of each group and the nature of the work they do, the distribution of the sexes in each group and the social institutions which back them. The…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Coughlin, Ellen K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Stanford University dismissed Steven Mosher from its graduate program in anthropology for "illegal and seriously unethical conduct" in the field (China). Political and ethical factors are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Chinese Culture, Developing Nations
Winkler, Karen J.; And Others – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Perspectives are offered on tax reform, administrative policies, budget deficits, state economies, and changing philosophies on the government role in higher education. Contributors include scholars, students, parents, administrators, and various government and foundation officials. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Colleges, College Administration, College Libraries
Sticht, Thomas G.; McDonald, Barbara A.; Erickson, Paul R. – 1998
This report provides a 5-year perspective on the adult literacy education (ALE) system in the inner city of San Diego, California. Chapter 1 introduces the research. Chapters 2-5 in part 1, "The Struggle To Learn," contain the following: information about the difficulties of determining how many adults might benefit from basic skill…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cultural Differences
Spradling, Tina – 2000
An adult educator at an all-male maximum-security correctional center in Virginia conducted a research project to learn her students' attitudes toward the computers that had recently been introduced in their classroom. She used the following data collection tools and activities: a nine-question survey that was administered to the students in all…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
Hemminger, Marci; Lenfestey, Karen; Miller, Joy; Shipley, Nancy – 1999
Three tech prep teachers and one counselor at a Vermont high school examined tech prep's effectiveness in influencing students' career decisions and their intentions to receive postsecondary education. Three methods were used to collect data at the end of the third 9-week quarter of the school year: analyzing students' course selections, grades,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Benefits, Educational Research, Grade 10
