(2004). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 50, Number 18, January 9, 2004. Chronicle of Higher Education, v50 n18 Jan. "Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This January 9, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Regional Accreditors Penalize 13 Institutions in New England and the South" (Burton Bollag); (2) "Strong Medicine for Doctors: 'Just Say No' to Gifts from Drug Reps, a Columbia U. Physician Urges His Colleagues" (Katherine S. Mangan); (3) "Some States See the Beginning of an Upturn: As Legislatures Convene, Prospects for Higher Education Are Slightly Better after Two Bad Years" (Sara Hebel, Arnone Michael, and Peter Schmidt); (4) "No Mark of Distinction: Some Publishers and Scholars Want to Purge the Colon from Book Titles; the Only Thing That's Worse–Semicolons" (Jennifer Jacobson); (5) "The Cold, Cold War: Geologists Heatedly Debate Whether the Earth Ever Froze over… [Direct]
(2004). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 50, Number 34, April 30, 2004. Chronicle of Higher Education, v50 n34 Apr. "Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This April 30, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Why Michigan State Opted Out" (Eddington-Shipman, Richard); (2) "How Private Sector Can Help More Students" (Nelsen, William C.); (3) "Aid-Award Pitfalls: Why Intuition Is Not Enough" (Kurz, Kathy; Scannell, Jim); (4) "Confessions of a Recovering Admissions Officer" (Toor, Rachel); (5) "Achieving Diversity with Michigan in Mind" (Caperton, Gaston); (6) "Marketing Institutions and Recruiting New Students: What Works Best?" (Black, Jim); (7) "How the Web Can Speak to Prospective Students" (Stoner, Michael); (8) "Know Thyself: 5 Strategies for Marketing a College" (Hesel, Richard A.); (9) "Americans See Money for College Somewhere over the… [Direct]
(2005). Structure, Content, Delivery, Service, and Outcomes: Quality e-Learning in Higher Education. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, v6 n2 Jul. This paper addresses the need for quality e-Learning experiences. We used the Demand-Driven Learning Model (MacDonald, Stodel, Farres, Breithaupt, and Gabriel, 2001) to evaluate an online Masters in Education course. Multiple data collection methods were used to understand the experiences of stakeholders in this case study: the learners, design team, and facilitators. We found that all five dimensions of the model (structure, content, delivery, service, and outcomes) must work in concert to implement a quality e-Learning course. Key themes include evolving learner needs, the search for connection, becoming an able e-participant, valued interactions, social construction of content, integration of delivery partners, and mindful weighing of benefits and trade-offs. By sharing insights into what is needed to design and deliver an e-Learning experience, our findings add to the growing knowledge of online learning. Using this model to evaluate perceptions of quality by key stakeholders has… [PDF]
(2006). 2005-06 Annual Report to the Ministry of Advanced Education. British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer On March 8, 2005, the Ministry of Advanced Education sent British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, (BCCAT) a management letter setting out the expectations of the Ministry of Advanced Education for the BC Council on Admissions and Transfer in 2005-06. This Annual Report is presented to specify how BCCAT has addressed those expectations and to provide information regarding other projects and initiatives have undertaken to achieve that mandate. This past year has seen the implementation of structural changes to the BC post-secondary system that were initiated in 2004-05. Nineteen of twenty-six public post-secondary institutions now have authority to offer undergraduate degrees. In addition, three new private post-secondary institutions offer undergraduate degrees formally authorized through the Degree Quality Assessment Board process and are included in the BC Transfer System. All of these changes have raised profound questions about the increasing complexity of the BC… [PDF]
(2005). Indigenous Vocational Education and Training. At a Glance. National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) This publication presents the results of a comprehensive research program on Indigenous Australians in vocational education and training (VET), along with feedback from over 200 people who attended the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) Research Forum on Indigenous VET in August 2005. The planning and implementation of the research strategy and the forum were undertaken in a partnership between the NCVER and the former Australian Indigenous Training Advisory Council of the Australian National Training Authority Board. Key messages from the research include: (1) Indigenous people receive various benefits from VET–While they may not achieve a paid employment outcome immediately, they almost always receive a personal benefit, such as improved self-esteem. Even students who stop training without completing any units benefit in terms of gaining confidence and workplace skills; (2) Training needs to be "demand responsive" rather than "supply… [PDF]
(2004). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 51, Number 5, September 24, 2004. Chronicle of Higher Education, v51 n5 Sep. "Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This September 24, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Thank You, Masked Man" (Reilly, Liam); (2) "The Trailing-Spouse Track" (Taz, Vera); (3) "Rank and File (Drozdowski, Mark J.); (4) "The Open-Source Bazaar Makes Scholarship Available" (Roy, Michael); (5) "Standards Are Needed for "Underwear" and "Outerwear" (Stunden, Annie); (6) "Selected Readings on Open Source" (Jensen, Michael); (7) "Whether Linux or Windows, No Software Is Secure" (Spafford, Eugene H.; Wilson, David L.); (8) "The Questions You Should Ask" (Yanosky, Ron; Zastrocky, Michael); (9) "The View from Microsoft: Sharing Is Good Sometimes, but Not Always" (Wilderotter, Maggie); (10) "Needed: An 'Educore'… [Direct]
(2004). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 51, Number 3, September 10, 2004. Chronicle of Higher Education, v51 n3 Sep. "Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This September 10, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Why America Should Welcome Tariq Ramadan" (Wolfe, Alan; Zimbardo, Philip G.); (2) "'Mass Delusion' or 'True Myth'? PBS Considers 'The Question of God'" (Asma, Stephen; Zimbardo, Philip G.); (3) "Strange Alchemy: Hearing Past the Professor" (Zimbardo, Philip G.; Friedman, Bonnie); (4) "Violating 'Sovereignty': Questioning a Concept's Long Reign" (Romano, Carlin; Zimbardo, Philip G.); (5) How Social Science Can Reduce Terrorism" (Plous, Scott L.; Zimbardo, Philip G.); (6) "Who Cares about the Truth?" (Lynch, Michael P.; Zimbardo, Philip G.); (7) "Back to School" (Toor, Rachel; Zimbardo, Philip G.); (8) "Diary of a Joint Search" (Weaver, Robert N.;… [Direct]
(2004). Early Edition–Building Bright IDEAs in Early Childhood. Volume 1, Winter 2004. Tennessee Department of Education This initial issue of "Early Edition" launches the first edition of Tennessee's newsletter dedicated to the implementation of programs and services for young children with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The period of early childhood is the foundation for all future learning and achievement for children. Tennessee's Department of Education and its Division of Special Education have the responsibility for leading the State's efforts to ensure resources and supports are available to the youngest citizens and their families to promote each child's developmental and educational success. As the lead agency for the State's system of services to infants and toddlers and preschool children, the Department is dedicated to unified and continuous service delivery under IDEA. This newsletter establishes a venue for sharing new and exciting information from the perspective of families and the multiplicity of stakeholders that comprise the… [PDF]
(2005). African Schoolnet Toolkit. Commonwealth of Learning A schoolnet program is an organized set of activities that expands the use of ICTs and promotes sharing of educational resources by teachers and students at schools. Schoolnet programmes may be located inside or outside government, may be large initiatives with substantial funding, or may be smaller innovative projects without big budgets. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and SchoolNet Africa (SNA) have developed this toolkit for developing schoolnets in Africa. Similar to a resource developed last year by UNESCO (Bangkok) and COL, the African Schoolnet Toolkit is designed to support education policymakers and practitioners in their use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to improve the value and quality of education. This Toolkit is a practical resource about ICTs in education, and more specifically, about setting up and operating schoolnet programmes and projects. This Toolkit is structured into four main sections, designed with different readerships in mind…. [Direct]
(2004). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 50, Number 27, March 12, 2004. Chronicle of Higher Education, v50 n27 Mar. "Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This March 12, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Fewer Stem Cells Available, NIH Says" (Brainard, Jeffrey); (2) "California Voters Approve a $2.3-Billion Bond Measure for Higher Education" (Hebel, Sara); (3) "Graduate Students at Penn Walk Out for 2 Days" (Smallwood, Scott); (4) "Abstractions, Quite Naturally"; (5) "Sex and Booze: Two Steps to Winning Football" (Sperber, Murray); (6) "Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring in American Culture" (Kammen, Michael); (7) "The Urgent Need to Study Islamic Anti-Semitism" (Kressel, Neil J.); (8) "Gucci Shoes and Khachapuri: Power and Belief in Russia Today" (Brent, Jonathan); (9) "What If the Yankees Were Run Like a Public University?" (Yudof,… [Direct]
(1998). Practicing What We Know: Informed Reading Instruction. Offering 33 essays that represent the best in current reading instruction, this book offers detailed insight into key issues and topics in the teaching of reading, including phonics and word skills, reading strategies, miscue analysis, the use of literature, cultural and linguistic diversity, and the needs of special populations. After an introduction ("Literacy Education as a Political Act" by Diane Stephens), essays in section 1, Teaching Phonics and Word Skills, are the following: (1) "Phonics and the Politics of Reading Instruction" (Leah Brumer); (2) "Whole-to-Parts Phonics Instruction" (Margaret Moustafa); (3) "Learning about Phonics in a Whole Language Classroom" (Penny A. Freppon and Karin L. Dahl); (4) "Kindergarteners Talk about Print: Phonemic Awareness in Meaningful Contexts" (Donald J. Richgels, Karla J. Poremba, and Lea M. McGee); (5) "Why Talk about Phonics?" (Regie Routman and Andrea Butler); (6)… [PDF]