The simulated office program to provide actual work experience in the classroom is part of the general clerical program in an office practice/office machines course. The article describes program organization, work procedures, and equipment needed, and states that its most rewarding aspect has been the improvement in student attitudes. (MF)

Describes Project READY (Realistic Education for Available Directions of Youth) in addressing the question of how an elementary teacher can endorse career education activities which appear to be on an adult level; focus is on the use of teacher developed instructional units and resolving the fears of the teachers relating to career education in…

Describes a full-time clinical practicum for undergraduates, stressing planning and operation so that other instructors may replicate the program. Emphasis is placed on close faculty supervision, continued student academic responsibilities, and full staff cooperation. (Author/AV)

Describes how a home economics teacher developed a low budget home economics program for elementary students aged six to twelve. Includes class activities in clothing construction, baby care, foods and nutrition, crafts, and shopping. (EM)

Suggests that the term "career development" is a more accurate term than "career education": "'Development' implies that people are continually changing over their lifetime. We are always in the process of becoming". Outlines a highly workable plan for continuous elementary career education beginning in the primary level. (Editor/RK)

Describes a report on New Mexico's public school services for three- and four-year-old handicapped children, focusing on features of special interest to rural educators. Topics are curriculum selection, program models, and program delivery system alternatives. (JHZ)

Explains some of the potential resources community college libraries and media centers can provide to the local business community (i.e., media production and information services). Describes the methods used by Middlesex County College to assess and tap the potential market for its information services. Includes marketing materials. (DMM)

By interviewing parents and reviewing letters of complaint, Camp Hy-Lake (Tennessee) identified six conditions/outcomes parents expected of a good camp experience. By providing those conditions the camp improved its camper return rate from 60 to 80% in approximately two years and increased camper returns from two to three and a half years. (JHZ)

The honors program in public affairs at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) consists of five seminars, an internship, and a senior workshop. Program goals, program content, instructional strategies, students in the program, and benefits of the program to CSM are described. (JN)

Three schools with differing ways of promoting excellence are described. Background, distinctive features, curriculum features, teacher behaviors in class, and teacher activities out of class are each discussed. (MNS)

Eastern Michigan University's opportunity program for underprepared students, called the Promote Academic Survival and Success (PASS) program, is described. The improvement of the students' reading and writing skills was emphasized. This was seen as the most direct way for the students' to achieve academic competence and self-integration. (MLW)

Described is an interesting attempt by one university to require of students demonstrated competencies in writing as freshmen, quantitative reasoning as sophomores and juniors, and oral communication as juniors or seniors. Quantitative measures of the effectiveness of the program are not provided. (Author/RM)

The planning, piloting, implementation, and evaluation of Brigham Young's telephone-operated, voice-response student registration system is described, and guidelines for developing a similar system are suggested. (MSE)

Describes an activity from the ninth-grade physical science program at the Energy Management Center, the outdoor science and energy education center for students in Pasco County, Florida. The activity focuses on making an effective solar collector. (JN)

In a built environment program, parts of the community are brought right into the classroom for detailed study, and all activities are related to the specific characteristics of the local environment. A built environment project for primary schools in British Columbia is described and evaluated. (RM)