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Conference: [remedial learning strategies]
Midwest College Learning Center Association (MCLCA) thirteenth
annual conference, "Foundations of Learning" will be held October
1 - 3, 1998, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Topics within learning
assistance programs and developmental education include:
assessment and evaluation; collaborative learning; content
teaching and reading; curriculum design; reading, writing and
mathematics; english as a second language; learning theory and
research; linkage courses; motivating students; professional
development; supplemental Instruction; teaching/learning
techniques; and working with special student populations such as
learning disabled students, student athletes, adult/returning
students. Contact Shevawn Eaton <[log in to unmask]>.
Conference: [first year experience in Pacific Rim schools]
The Pacific Rim Conference on First Year in Higher Education will
be held July 5 - 8, possibly at Queensland University of
Technology. Titled "Strategies for Success in Transition Years",
the conference will address: what it means for students finally
reaching university, when they've had so much pressure to perform
well in their final high school years; the effectiveness of
institutions in meeting the needs of students from diverse
backgrounds; and pressure on higher education institutions to
teach more students while resources are constrained. Contact
Maria Lamari <[log in to unmask]>.
Conference: [multiple evolving facets of higher education]
The Higher Education Research and Development Society of
Australasia (HERDSA) conference will be held July 7 - 10 in
Auckland, New Zealand. Titled "Transformation in Higher
Education", the purpose of the conference is to promote research
and development in tertiary education and to explore a diversity
of perspectives on contemporary issues that affect the missions
of teaching/learning and research in higher education. Topics
include: global and international educational policy and practice;
teaching, learning and assessment of student achievement;
learning support; organisational policy and systems; leadership
and management in tertiary education; the subject discipline in
society; staff development and staff appraisal; research
directions and development; education for indigenous peoples;
equity policies; and curriculum development and evaluation.
See URL <http://www.cce.auckland.ac.nz/herdsa98/>.
Research by Undergraduates: [science]
The "National Journal of Young Investigators" will "showcase the
quality of undergraduate research; unify the undergraduate's
research experience by allowing them to participate in all
aspects of the scientific process, from the generation of an idea
to the publication of its results; create an open forum for young
scientists to communicate their ideas and thoughts; and provide
young scientists with encouragement and recognition for their
scientific endeavors." See URL <http://www.jyi.org/>. JYI will be
faculty and student reviewed, and peer edited and published.
JYI writes: "How much recognition have you seen undergraduates
receive for their scientific endeavors? How often have you been
able to discuss your thoughts about today's "hot" topic in
science and its impact on society with other undergraduates
outside your own college or university? How many times have you
been able to establish connections with other undergraduate
scientists from around the country who will one day be your
research collaborators, peers and colleagues?"
A National Identity Card for U.S. Citizens
Without public notice or debate, a framework for a national ID
card for all U.S. citizens has been created as part of a 1996
law. The card will be machine-readable, and certain uses will
be required. For example, employers will be required to swipe
the card to gain federal approval for the prospective
employment of would-be hires. The federal government provides
grants to states to participate in pilot projects involving
such ID cards. Also, federal agencies will reject the use of
ID cards which do not include such content as digitized
fingerprints. The author of the law is Dianne Feinstein
(D-CA), whose aim is to "implement a national ID system
whereby every American would be required to carry a card with
a 'magnetic strip on it on which the bearer's unique voice,
retina pattern, or fingerprint is digitally encoded.'" See
<http://www.sonoma.edu/ProjectCensored/Stories1997.html>, and
look for "story number 8" on that page.
Social Science Methods [methodological briefs]
Social Research Update will be published every three months or
so, covering in each issue one topic in sufficient depth to
indicate the main directions of recent developments and provide a
bibliography for further reading. Social Research Update is
produced by the Department of Sociology at the University of
Surrey. See <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sru/sru.html> for sample
topics such as: analysing qualitative data by computer; using
diaries in social research; computer assisted personal
interviewing; exploring the Internet; ethnographic writing;
computer simulation of social processes; correspondence analysis;
telephone interviewing; official social classifications in the
UK; archiving qualitative research data; visual research methods;
and elicitation techniques with young people. See URL
<http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sru/About_sru.html> for a general
introduction.
NSF Publications Custom News Service
See URL <http://www.nsf.gov/home/cns/start.htm>. If you
subscribe, this service creates a web page based on your email
address, which you can customize according to the publications
from NSF you wish to be informed about.
Science and Technology Metrics [evaluating research and budgets]
See URL <http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/kostoff/Metweb5_I.htm>.
"Basic research provides the underpinnings for many of the
technological advances of recent history, although there are
examples where technology-driven needs (technology traction)
motivate basic research as well. ... Unfortunately, the intuitive
linkages between the cost of basic research and its eventual
payoffs have been difficult to translate into convincing
analytical arguments using present economic approaches. ... When
a research unit is being evaluated, typically to ascertain
whether its budget should be modified and/ or new research should
be supported, there are three fundamental questions which are
asked implicitly or directly: 1) What has been the breadth of
long-term impacts of research performed in the past; 2) What have
been the accomplishments and impacts of research performed
recently, and what are the estimated future societal impacts of
this research; 3) What is the projected knowledge to be gained
from proposed research, what types of benefits could be obtained
if successful, and what is the confidence level that these
different types of near and long-term payoffs will be realized?
... The long-term benefit measures amenable to quantification,
such as some societal outcomes or economic payoffs, cannot be
generated in the short term. Because the research oversight
organizations want valid performance metrics applicable to
existing research (see question 2 in the previous paragraph), the
question arises whether credible short term proxies for long-term
research impacts and outcomes can be defined. Considerable
research and correlation studies are necessary to produce
credible answers to this question."
See also URL <http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/kostoff/index.html>.
Conference: [information centers and technology]
INFOnet 98 will be held May 24 - 26, 1998, at the Dan Panorama
Hotel, Tel Aviv, Israel. Themes include internet trends,
information retrieval systems, electronic publishing, intranet
technology, "market intelligence", and the evolving role of the
information professional. Contact <[log in to unmask]>.
Conference: [employment insecurity]
Topic: plant closures and downsizing in Europe: How do European
workers and the trade union movement react to job insecurity and
the threat of unemployment? The International conference organised
by the Higher Institute of Labour Studies (HIVA), Catholic
University Leuven (Belgium), in collaboration with the European
Centre for Workers' Questions (EZA) will hold a conference on
Janrualy 28 - 29, 1999 near Brussels. Contact Jeannine Hooge
<[log in to unmask]>.
Title IX: Moving beyond sports [gender equality throughout academia]
See "You're in trouble again, Johnny", URL <http://www.iwf.org>
(select "The Women's Quarterly"). This article is about applying
Title IX to all academic areas in all levels of education, K-??.
Conference: [distance education]
The Institute for Leadership in Distance Education will hold a
meeting from June 28 to July 2, 1998, at the Penn State Conference
Center Hotel, State College, Pennsylvania. Keynote: "The Global-
ization of Distance Education: Its Impact on Our Institutions",
Michael G. Moore, academic director of The American Center for the
Study of Distance Education (ACSDE) at Penn State. <[log in to unmask]>,
<http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/LeadershipInDistanceEducation/>,
<[log in to unmask]>.
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