"Matesim" was designed to help users identify areas of conflict and fulfillment with potential mates and aid rational clarification of values. The computer simulates marriage, evaluates the consequences in terms of user's values, and provides analysis of user's values compared with those of counselor and peer group. (Author/BEF)

Describes how a small college, in the face of an outdated image as a teacher's college, has aggressively sought to place its business graduates in jobs. Several techniques for attracting college recruiters are described. (Author)

This article deals with the concept of actively involving faculty members in the admissions/recruitment process and making faculty members accountable for their inaction as well as their action in this area. One college's successful attempt at expanding the awareness and influence of the admissions department is cited and explained. (Author)

Describes a program at Puerto Rico Junior College that offers credit and noncredit courses over a commercial television station. (IRT)

The article describes the gifted education programs offered at Kent State University (OH), which include five degree programs from the bachelor through the doctoral levels. (PHR)

The article describes the Intermountain Center for Gifted Education in Utah which provides educational programs statewide for gifted and talented students. It is explained that the programs are also designed to expand community awareness of the needs of gifted students and encourage active community involvement. (PHR)

A small academic library that took advantage of the OCLC online cataloging service by becoming a secondary user recounts the process of initiating use, and outlines its weekly working procedure, including costs. (MBR)

The Johnson-Neyman technique is briefly reviewed, and a program for carrying out an analysis using the procedure is described. The program accommodates one independent and one dependent variable, up to 20 groups of observations, and an unlimited number of cases. (Author)

Answers the intermediate need for a computer procedure that can provide a reasonably sophisticated factor analysis for as many as 500 variables--a program to cover the vast majority of factor analytic requirements with nearly the same degree of ease as that afforded by use of the "little jiffy" programs. (Author/JKS)

Gives a general introduction to the Classroom Management Training Program approach to maintaining discipline in the classroom and provides more extensive discussion of three aspects of the method--limit setting, the incentive system, and instructional techniques. (IRT)

Describes the process one school district uses in attempting to place students with teachers whose teaching style best matches the way the student learns. (IRT)

Describes a successful program, a parent involvement weekend, implemented in an urban high school. (LD)

A closed circuit television program produced through the facilities of the Waukegan Development Center by retarded adults for retarded adults is discussed. It is explained that the variety format of the show allows for many guest performers and that the show also utilizes prerecorded "remotes" and a musical contest as a part of its weekly…

Describes a successful approach a division of teacher education used to compete for research grants. The rewards are funding for research and development projects, plus an equally valuable though less concrete benefit: a reputation for action and excellence. (Author/IRT)

The article discusses a successful program for mainstreaming the handicapped preschool child into a regular classroom. Pointed out is the need for a cross section of children with and without disabilities, consistent and sometimes intensive support for disabled children, collaboration with parents, and initial assistance with peer relationships.…