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Alper, Sandra; Ryndak, Diane Lea – Elementary School Journal, 1992
Discusses the growing legal, philosophical, and empirical support for allowing students with severe handicaps to attend regular classes with peers of the same age. Presents advantages of integration for students with and without handicaps. Resources for bringing about integration are described. (GLR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Tyler, Carol R. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1993
At Fox Valley Technical College (Wisconsin), application of Total Quality Management (TQM) brought positive outcomes and other effects. Areas in which TQM was used are considered, including admissions, employee safety, customer focus, policy formation, management performance appraisal, student services, creation of a self-managing class, TQM for…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Planning
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Gabel, Dorothy L.; Boone, William J. – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 1993
Describes the Quality Elementary Science Teaching (QUEST) program developed at Indiana University to improve the quality of science education by preparing prospective elementary school teachers more effectively. Highlights include uses of technology in science and education courses and results of surveys that measured students' computer attitudes…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Course Content
Daniel, John; Leavitt, Michael; Romer, Roy – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1998
An administrator of the United Kingdom's Open University and two cofounders of Western Governors University participate in a panel discussion of higher education in a global marketplace, the potential for new networked delivery strategies, the future of selective, conventional institutions and the traditional student experience, the influence of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role, College Students
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Lubeck, Sally – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1996
Examines how the terms "child development knowledge" and "teacher preparation" have come to be understood in ways that place limits on how we think about children and the preparation of teachers. Illustrates some of the differences between modernism and postmodernism, then considers why a universal practice premised on a universal theory of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences
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Cappell, Charles L. – American Sociologist, 1995
Presents extensive empirical evidence with accompanying explanations concerning the drastic decline in both the quantity and quality of sociology students. Suggests the proliferation of business programs and the rise of conservative ideology as the main culprits. Reviews the American Sociological Association's recommendations for curriculum…
Descriptors: Conservatism, Course Selection (Students), Declining Enrollment, Education Work Relationship
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Shabani, Juma – Quality in Higher Education, 1995
Discusses the causes for the recent decline in higher education quality in sub-Saharan Africa and possible strategies for improvement, including selective admission to the universities, teacher training programs for faculty, student evaluation of faculty, faculty participation in instructional materials development, improvement of graduate study,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Admission, College Faculty, Educational Change
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Weah, Wokie – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2004
Liberia's emergence from 15 years of tremendous upheaval has left it with an unsettled domestic security situation, a disrupted formal economy and a virtually destroyed national infrastructure. Faced with a burgeoning school-age population and the growing demand for education, Liberia's new National Transitional Government--composed of rebel,…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Shiu, Shiona – Australian Journal of Education, 2004
Schools today are faced with increasing numbers of students with chronic illness. Medical advances, which improve health and prolong life, and increased incidence levels among some illnesses have led to this increase. Children with a chronic illness are more likely to encounter academic, social and emotional difficulties. The challenge facing…
Descriptors: Intervention, Chronic Illness, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This October 15, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Why Can't Young Scholars Write Their Second Books First" (Garber,…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Higher Education, Immigrants, Terrorism
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Eser, Zeliha; Birkan, Ibrahim – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2004
Marketing education in business schools gained importance over the past decade because of sharp economic development and globalization practices of the international companies in Turkey. In this paper, we examine the students' perceptions about the quality of marketing education in state and private universities. Sampling from five state and five…
Descriptors: Marketing, Economic Development, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
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Michael, Steve O. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2004
Focuses on Moldavia, and its task of nation building--a task that depends, in part, on the effectiveness of the nation's educational system--following the demise of the Soviet Union. Provides a brief discussion of the growing importance of higher education, examines the evolution of higher education and management responses to the changing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Administrative Principles, College Administration
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Greenholtz, Joe – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2003
This paper explores the interplay between Western conceptions of education and students from other educational traditions, most specifically Japan, through the lens of the author's practice in international education. He examines models of the private and public spheres and public discourse advanced by Hannah Arendt and Jurgen Habermas in relation…
Descriptors: International Education, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Context Effect
Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Ed. – Praeger, 2006
Public higher educational institutions, where about 80 percent of all college students and 65 percent of all four-year college students are educated, appear to be in serious trouble. In order to delve more deeply into this topic, the author invited a wide-ranging team of experts to examine changes in public higher education over the last quarter…
Descriptors: Public Education, Higher Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Levine, Arthur – Education Schools Project, 2006
This report is the second in a series of policy papers on the education of educators. It identifies several model teacher education programs, but also finds that the majority of the nation's teachers are prepared in programs that have low admission and graduation standards and cling to an outdated vision of teacher education. Both state…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Research Universities, Academic Achievement
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