ERIC_NO:
ED311744
TITLE:
Challenges for Continuing Higher Education Leadership: Economic Development in a Multicultural Society.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1988
ABSTRACT:
Presentations made at a 1987 forum on continuing higher education leadership sponsored by the National University Continuing Education
Association include: "Shifting Demographics: Implications for the Community
and Higher Education" (David Hayes-Bautista); "Minority Issues: Central
Theme or Footnote" (Sarah Melendez); "Minorities and One's College
Experience" (Dorothy Ann Kelly); "Quality of and Equality for Our Work
Force" (Laura D'Andrea Tyson); "Discrimination and Competitive Success"
(Robert Singleton); "Services Cannot Make America Rich" (Brendan Keegan);
"State Goals and Initiatives: Ensuring a Better Future for All Citizens"
(Teresa Hughes); "Fundamental Questions Remain" (Dolores Cross); "Provincial
Pursuits" (Dennis Cabral); "Shouldering the Social Obligation" (James
Mingle); "What Is an American?" (Paul Miller); and "To Define Leadership"
(Milton Stern). Model intercultural programs at the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst, the University of South Carolina, University of
California-Los Angeles, Ohio State University, Weber State College,
University of Arizona, San Francisco State University, and Brigham Young
University are briefly described. (MSE)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Continuing Education; Cultural Pluralism; Economic Development; Government Role; Labor Market; Leadership;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Competition; Demography; Higher Education; Labor Force Development; Minority Groups; Program Design; Social Change; Social Discrimination; State Government;
IDENTIFIERS:
Brigham Young University UT; Ohio State University; San Francisco State University CA; University of Arizona; University of California Los Angeles; University of Massachusetts Amherst; University of South Carolina; Weber State College UT
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
120; 021