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New England Board of Higher Education, Boston, MA. – 1989
A policy briefing report discusses the initiatives currently in place in Massachusetts that are designed to enhance that state's economic and educational effectiveness in order to improve its international competitive position. The report is divided into four major areas of discussion: (1) an overview of the global economic challenge and the New…
Descriptors: College Role, Economic Change, Economic Development, Economic Impact
New England Board of Higher Education, Boston, MA. – 1989
A policy briefing report discusses the initiatives currently in place in New Hampshire that are designed to enhance that state's economic and educational effectiveness in order to improve its international competitive position. The report is divided into four major areas of discussion: (1) an overview of the global economic challenge and the New…
Descriptors: College Role, Economic Change, Economic Development, Economic Impact
New England Board of Higher Education, Boston, MA. – 1989
A policy briefing report discusses the initiatives currently in place in Rhode Island that are designed to enhance that state's economic and educational effectiveness in order to improve its international competitive position. The report is divided into four major areas of discussion: (1) an overview of the global economic challenge and the New…
Descriptors: College Role, Economic Change, Economic Development, Economic Impact
New England Board of Higher Education, Boston, MA. – 1989
A policy briefing report discusses the initiatives currently in place in Vermont that are designed to enhance that state's economic and educational effectiveness in order to improve its international competitive position. The report is divided into four major areas of discussion: (1) an overview of the global economic challenge and the New England…
Descriptors: College Role, Economic Change, Economic Development, Economic Impact
Behrmann, Mike; Lahm, Liz – 1983
The ability of at-risk and handicapped infants and toddlers to interact with microcomputers was studied. One research phase focused on the parameters (motor, language, and cognitive developmental levels) for using the microcomputer. The overall project examines eight levels of use culminating in using a menu driven program for making choices to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Developmental Stages, Early Experience
Fayen, Emily Gallup; And Others – 1986
The 1981 design specifications for the Egyptian National Scientific and Technical Information Network (ENSTINET) stipulated that major end-user facilities of the system should be bilingual in English and Arabic. Many characteristics of the Arabic alphabet and language impact computer applications, and there exists no universally accepted character…
Descriptors: Arabic, Character Recognition, Computer Software, Databases
Solomon, George T., Ed.; Whiting, Bruce G., Ed. – 1985
These proceedings present 5 keynote addresses and 28 session papers focusing on creation of environments for stimulating entrepreneurial activities. The keynote addresses are "Entrepreneurial Leadership--A Performing Art" (Gordon L. Lippitt); "Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Work in a Large Company" (George F. Troy);…
Descriptors: Business Education, Creativity, Economic Progress, Economics
Preer, Jean, Comp. – 1984
Issues for the future that face higher education and the development of academic leadership are summarized, based on a December 1984 meeting of the Project on Continuing Higher Education Leadership featuring leaders from academe, business, industry, and government. Major concerns of the meeting were: how higher education can accelerate American…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Role, Continuing Education, Economic Development
Cyert, Richard M., Ed.; Mowery, David C., Ed. – 1987
This report analyzes the contribution of technological change to employment and unemployment. An executive summary emphasizes the importance of technology to U.S. economic welfare and summarizes findings, options, and recommendations. Chapter 1, the introduction, tells of the effect of technological change on employment and presents the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Diffusion (Communication), Dislocated Workers
Renaud, Jean-Luc – 1987
The flexibility of the Convention as the organizing instrument of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), has allowed evolutionary changes in the composition of the organization (originally established in 1865) and has enabled it to modify its agenda so as to integrate the new demands of the Third World constituency for development…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Contracts
Brown, Anthony J. – 1981
This report of an Australian overseas study tour to the United Kingdom (UK), the United States (US), and Canada reviews developments and practices as of December 1980 in educational communications and technology, the management and utilization of learning resource centers (LRC's) and independent study programs in postsecondary education, and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Extension Education
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1989
Nine papers from the 1988 CAUSE conference's Track II, Managing Technologies Integration, are presented. They include: "Computing in the '90s--Will We Be Ready for the Applications Needed?" (Stephen Patrick); "Glasnost, The Era of 'Openness'" (Bernard W. Gleason); "Academic and Administrative Computing: Are They Really…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Information Technology
Gall, Robert S. – 1985
Rural-based special educators are examining the use of microcomputer technology to provide service to special education students. Recent literature is replete with examples of situations where microcomputer telecommunications have altered the isolation of special need populations in areas of communication, computer access, environmental control,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
Estes, Nolan; Klier, Betje – 1985
Designed to provide information on how educational institutions and government agencies are implementing new information technologies (NITs), this report combines an in-depth case study of 25 U.S. educational institutions (school districts, colleges, and universities) with an international study of exemplary educational programs in nine countries.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Educational Technology
Lasley, Paul; Bultena, Gordon – 1987
The extent to which conditions and experiences of the farm crisis have tempered or shaped farm operators' opinions about the role of the scientific community in economic development through university-industry linkages is examined in this paper. Eleven Likert-type items, designed to ascertain how these linkages are viewed, were included in the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Farmers
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