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Lists
- Accrediting Organizations for Colleges (U.S. Department of Education)
Provides a listing of agencies that provide accreditation to colleges and universities in the United States. 5-00
- College Student Resources from the Government (Students.gov)Marshall University School of Medicine)
Provides sources of information for students interested in going to college.
- Colleges in the USA and World (ScholarStuff)
- Teaching Positions Wanted or Available (Academic Employment Network)
- Textbooks Search (Barnes and Noble)
Provides a search engine to find new and used textbooks. 8-99
Materials
- Selective Service Registration Online (U.S. Selective Service System)
Provides an opportunity for students who have just turned 18 to comply with the law and register for Selective Service within 30 days of their birthday. Registration is required for federal student aid loans and other assistance. 8-00
Papers
- Adults Back to College - ABC (WD Communications)
Provides articles for those entering college or even distance education programs. Covers everything from handling interviews to gaining financial support.
- College Colors (DigitalDiscounts.com)
Provides the colors associated with some of the better known colleges. 5-02
- College and Distance Education Sources by Subject and Level (Arragon)
Provides sources of certification, accreditation, and degrees by subject and level. Includes over 170,000 programs.
- Leadership Qualities (University of Maryland and W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Astin and Astin)
Provides a chart of individual and group qualities that define effective leadership. 5-02
- Leadership in Colleges (University of Maryland and W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Astin and Astin)
Provides an executive summary of a report from a panel to "look at the environment for leadership in higher education, with a particular concern for how colleges and universities could more fully engage and better serve society through conscious attempts to model new forms of leadership." 5-02
- Leadership in Colleges - Suggestions (University of Maryland and W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Astin and Astin)
Provides a list of suggestions for promoting leadership at the college level. 5-02
Research
- Leading School Improvement - A Review of Literature (Southern Regional Education Board - Hoachlander, Alt, and Beltranena)
This study asks what leaders need to know and do to improve student achievement. The authors of the study conclude that leadership skills can be learned and should be taught. Further, the authors conclude that leadership skills are acquired by experience, not through classroom instruction. The challenge is "designing strategies that harness how experience teaches." (pg. 3). However, "schools do not have internal plans for leadership development, they do not have systems for creating these plans, and they are not accountable for developing leaders from within." (pg. 9). 7-02
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