Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Project Descriptions.

Descriptions of 155 programs supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education are provided. In addition to a brief statement of the scope of each program, the project director, address, and phone number are identified. Topics addressed by the programs include: ensuring adequate m...

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Corporate Author: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (ED), Washington, DC
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1984.
Subjects:
College Instruction.
College School Cooperation.
Curriculum Development.
Federal Aid.
Females.
Foreign Students.
Grants.
Improvement Programs.
Instructional Improvement.
Minority Groups.
Postsecondary Education.
Program Descriptions.
Research Skills.
School Business Relationship.
Fund For Improvement Of Postsecondary Education
Reports, Descriptive.
Reference Materials, Bibliographies.
Genre:
Reports, Descriptive.
Reference Materials, Bibliographies.
Physical Description:53 pages
Format: Microfilm Book
Description
Summary:
Descriptions of 155 programs supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education are provided. In addition to a brief statement of the scope of each program, the project director, address, and phone number are identified. Topics addressed by the programs include: ensuring adequate math preparation for college work through college-high school cooperation; faculty sharing among four colleges; developing a model program in black women's studies; improving the teaching of life sciences in elementary and secondary studies; developing computer-aided instructional programs in problem-solving, reasoning, and math and physics concepts; creating research training teams of graduate and undergraduate minority students working with faculty mentors; developing a computer-based tutor; developing an outcomes-focused, assessment-based general education program; developing sensitivity to gender issues in the curriculum at a women's college and its companion men's college; evaluating corporate-sponsored training programs; assisting historically black colleges to enhance instructional programs and support services for adult learners; developing an upper-division bachelors's degree program for working registered nurses; and training college students to become tutors for English-as-a-Second-Language. (SW)
Note:ERIC Note: For related document, see HE 018 076.
Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education.
Microform.
Call Number:ED253170 Microfiche
Audience:
Administrators. ericd
Researchers. ericd
Practitioners. ericd
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.