The Office Consultation Project is an innovative capstone project that partners graduate students in student affairs preparation programs with academic and student affairs practitioners. It provides an opportunity for students to apply research and scholarship to practical settings, while giving practitioners new insight into their units,…

As an educational media, radio has a long and complex history in the United States, but its most extensive and important use in education took place during the School of the Air (SOA) movement. From approximately 1929 to 1975, commercial broadcast networks, state universities and departments or colleges of education, and local school boards…

OSCAR WERWATH ARRIVED IN MILWAUKEE FROM GERMANY IN 1903 AND FOUNDED A SCHOOL TO MAKE SKILLED MECHANICS, TECHNICIANS, AND ENGINEERS OF THE UNSKILLED AND THE APPRENTICED. BY 1908, THE SCHOOL OFFERED TWO FULL-TIME TWO-SEMESTER COURSES IN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL AREAS IN ADDITION TO EVENING PROGRAMS. COOPERATIVE ENGINEERING EDUCATION, INTRODUCED IN…

THE SECRETARIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM OF MANITOWOC TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IS DESCRIBED TO ASSIST AN EVALUATION TEAM IN THEIR STUDY OF THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION-ACCOUNTING MAJOR PROGRAM OF THE SCHOOL. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE 2-YEAR POST-HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM ARE TO -- (1) PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE SECRETARIAL…

This manual outlines the nature of some of the major curriculum projects in mathematics and lists materials which are available from these projects. An introductory statement concerning the history and philosophy of each program is indicated. The curriculum projects reported on are: (1) Boston College Mathematics Institute, (2) Cambridge…

This manual is for administrator and teacher use in planning a program and individual courses for adults in dental assisting in vocational, technical, and adult programs. The manual was developed by a supervisor, a teacher-coordinator, teachers, and dentists at the local level and tested in the local school. The objectives are to prepare…

The Research and Guidance Laboratory for Superior Students at the University of Wisconsin which offers educational procedures and guidance for Wisconsin students, grade 9 through college age, is described and research reviews, as well as 70 abstracts of research conducted in the laboratory are included. The program is discussed in relation to…

THIS REPORT ON EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES IN THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUMMARIZES THE EFFORTS BEING MADE IN THE SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE EQUAL AND QUALITY EDUCATION. THE SECTION ON CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION CONTAINS REVIEWS OF THE REGULAR SCHOOL PROGRAM, COMPENSATORY ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,…

Between November 1964 and June 1967, 85 women and five men completed a 4-month course held in several Wisconsin locations to prepare them as Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants to (1) plan and direct a general activity or supportive program of occupational therapy, (2) train individual patients in independent performance of activities of…