Arguing that new concepts and new structures are necessary to overcome academic inertia, the author suggests that, for the small college especially, the interim term may serve to trigger a wide range of innovative activity. (Editor)

Books, monographs, articles, manuals, pamphlets, films, projects, and institutions that are helpful resources for field experience programs are listed and briefly described. (Editor/PG)

A student's perspective of graduate level training in evaluation is presented. The primary focus is on the training of evaluators. A secondary focus is on the training of users of evaluation. The position presented in this paper is that (1) evaluation is a higher order skill comprised of many individual skills and skill sets or processes, (2) the…

A major goal of the Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) Student Intern Project is to establish a means for providing high quality service-learning experiences for as many college and university students as possible. The SREB project staff administered service-learning internships for students across the region until 1968 when it became…

This article describes an internship program involving doctoral and masters level students which is utilized by Richland College. The doctoral student is involved in two areas of student service at a university and also supervises the involvement of two masters level students also in the same two areas of student personnel work. (EJT)

This document is a progress report of the student interns in the South Dakota state government. The report covers program history; evaluation of the legislative intern program; details of the summer intern program, 1972; evaluation of the summer intern program, 1972; Student Intern Coordinating Council; the state plan and state intern conference;…

Describes a cooperative program in which university engineering and business classes participate in business-sponsored projects. (MLH)

The purpose of the Community Service Institute (CSI) is to creatively involve Kendall College students in the work of social service agencies and community organizations that are addressing themselves to the needs of urban residents. The goals of CSI are service and education. The College, through its academic program, desires to relate the…

This document contains the second annual report of the operation of the University of South Dakota's Cooperative Education Program (CEP). The objective of CEP is the development of service-learning educational experiences for college students. These experiences are commonly called an internship and are conducted during the student's academic…

This report evaluates the effectiveness of an experiential field study course at the University of Washington. The course, titled GST 250/350, has different goals from a traditional volunteer program in that the student's education and experience are paramount; the services he provides are secondary. The student's motivation also differs somewhat…

The study was conducted to assess the Field Work Performance Report (FWPR) developed to evaluate the performance of occupational therapy students during field work. (JS)

Discusses aspects of planning a science teacher education program, and ways to evaluate such programs. Describes a course for prospective secondary science teachers that is designed to aid in program evaluation. (MLH)

A program developed for undergraduate students at Michigan State University that trains and utilizes students as mental health agents working with normal and clinic-referred children is examined. The program helps develop in the students communication skills with young children for use in mental health treatment or preventive capacities.…

A graduate-level management training program in gerontology is presented through a description of a consortium of two universities (Boston University and Brandeis University) and consisting of three types of training (gerontology and aging, sociology and social work, and management techniques). The areas of interest described in these materials…