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Guroff, Katharine S., Ed.; Boeker, Margaret C. – 1981
Conference proceedings and descriptions of 62 projects funded through Project QUILL (Quality in Liberal Learning) are presented. Project QUILL, which began in 1978, awarded small incentive grants to higher education institutions to encourage new approaches to the integration of traditional disciplines, professional education, and the needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Students, Career Education, College Curriculum
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1981
A statement regarding what is needed in academic preparation for college in the 1980s, which was developed during 1980-81 under th aegis of the College Board's Project EQuality, is presented. The work of school and college teacher in cooperation with other professionals addresses expectations about six basic academic competencies that should have…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills
Lynd, Albert; Powell, Randall R. – 1981
Guidelines adopted by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education for institutions offering undergraduate and graduate courses at off-campus locations are presented. The following areas are addressed: determination of courses to be offered, standards of credit courses offered at off-campus locations, faculty, administrative organization…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Administration, College Faculty, Credit Courses
Harrison, Scott – 1981
Offered as an introduction to some of the pertinent studies and personalities concerning the education of Native Americans, with emphasis on the education of Navajo children, this paper traces the history of Navajo education from 1868 to the present. A discussion of the shortcomings of early schools for Navajos and other Native Americans is…
Descriptors: Alienation, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians
Clohan, William C. – 1981
The role of the federal government in higher education in the United States is considered in an address to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The federal government is reducing expenditures in education and seeking to limit the government's involvement in developing education policy. The federal support for higher education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Brown, Charles I., Ed.; Ussery, Robert M., Ed. – 1980
Proceedings of the 1979 conference of the North Carolina Association for Institutional Research and the 1980 Research Search Exchange Drive-In Conference Program, which address the skills needed by institutional researchers to deal with the issues in higher education in the 1980s, are presented. Highlights of the North Carolina association…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Audiovisual Aids, College Planning, College Students
Owings, Thomas G. – 1981
Results of a survey assessing public opinions and attitudes about higher education in Alabama are presented. A representative sample of 736 households was contacted by telephone, and 546 agreed to be interviewed. The survey was designed to evaluate public opinions and attitudes about higher education teaching, research, service, finance,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Attendance, College Role, Educational Finance
Commission on Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA. Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. – 1978
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a regional accrediting agency of schools, colleges, and universities, and serves the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, and some overseas locations. In this publication are included its…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides
Sammartino, Peter – 1978
This book about the problems facing the president of a college or university is intended mainly for administrative personnel but may be of interest to college trustees, faculty members, and individuals interested in higher education. It is claimed that it is impossible economically to sustain the many non-educative activities that are borne by…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Books, Change Strategies
Strauss, Marvin – 1979
In 1967 the University of Cincinnati initiated one of the first graduate programs in health planning to provide qualified professionals to staff health planning agencies. In 1974 the university began to develop an external degree program to meet the needs of employed health personnel. The program incorporates individualized, self-paced,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Credits, College Planning
Webster, David S. – 1979
Evaluation methods for master's degree programs should be substantially different from those currently used for doctoral degree programs. Three current methods, that of Beverley Hurlbert, that of Jack Gourman, and that using departmental reputations as the major criterion, are insufficient. Elements that should be included in the evaluation are…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, Departments, Educational Facilities
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1967
THESE APPENDIXES TO THE 1967 U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION INVESTIGATION OF RACIAL IMBALANCE IN AMERICA'S SCHOOLS CONTAIN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION AND DATA RELEVANT TO THE STUDY'S FINDINGS. PRESENTED IN THE FIRST APPENDIX ARE TABULATIONS OF THE DEGREE OF PUPIL AND TEACHER SEGREGATION IN VARIOUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN 1965-66, AND OF THE GROWTH OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Black Students, Compensatory Education
HANSEN, CARL F.; NICKENS, NORMAN W. – 1967
DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT IS THE MODEL SCHOOL DIVISION (MSD) WHICH SERVES THE INNER-CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON, D.C. FUNCTIONING AS A SEMI-AUTONOMOUS UNIT WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, MSD HAS AS ITS BASIC OBJECTIVES IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, SERVING THE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, STIMULATING SCHOOL-COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College School Cooperation, Community Schools, Cultural Enrichment
Webster, Barbara; And Others – 1980
Procedures, methodology, and findings are reported for a six-part study undertaken by Gainesville Junior College (GJC) to: assess the economic impact of the college on its service area; determine community attitudes concerning the degree to which GJC has met stated goals and objectives; and identify needed services and programs that GJC has yet to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Needs, Community Surveys, Educational Economics
Minter, W. John; Bowen, Howard R. – 1980
Financial and educational trends in accredited public institutions of higher education were studied for the period 1976-79 with some data for earlier years and for 1979-80. The study was based on a stratified sample of 135 institutions of which 95 participated. The sample represented all parts of the public sector except autonomous professional…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Admission, College Faculty, College Students
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