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…

The purpose of this paper is to assist interested faculty members in designing, developing, and evaluating political internships so as to produce the best learning experience possible. Political internship is a program developed to teach college students about politics and government by exposing them to a "real world" political experience. It can…

A strategy is outlined for implementing a field training program in urban anthropology in which students are exposed to many research methods and at the same time allowed to see research projects through from inception to completion. In evaluating an implemented summer program, the authors state that the multiple-project approach was the main key…

Discusses the use of the city of Detroit as a design laboratory to operate Sloan Foundation programs in engineering education. Concludes that the student managed program provides valid and valuable educational experience by finding solutions to real world problems. (CC)

Norway's district colleges were created to relieve pressures on universities and enable more people to study near their homes. (PG)

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)

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)

The development of external studies programs in higher education, utilizing instructional design technology, is hypothesized to require the interaction of faculty content experts and curriculum specialists in a special type of development process. A model is proposed to include: (1) delineation of individual roles, (2) specification of the…

Discusses the purposes and benefits of sandwich courses, which are now an established feature of the British system of higher education. These courses provide students with a period of industrial experience sandwiched between academic periods in college. (JR)

The publication contains information derived from a December '72-January '73 survey of institutions of higher education. Of 262 schools receiving questionnaires, 170 responded. Responses are compiled without editing or revision. They indicated the number of schools offering programs of special interest to American Indian students and Indian…

This document represents nearly three years of work by the Kentucky Advisory Council for Environmental Education, a group appointed by the Kentucky Department of Education and consisting of representatives from education, government agencies, business, conservation groups, and others. The document includes: (1) a discussion of the nature of…

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;…

This study contains a syllabus and illustrations of programs for training university administrators. The introduction discusses some of the elements essential to an effective training program. Section I presents the guidelines for the purposes and uses of the syllabus. Section II, the syllabus, is divided into four parts: (1) eight topical…

Spurred by declining enrollments, various programs are now available or being developed for the older student. Discusses the Institute for Retired Professionals, the Institute of Study for Older Adults, and a program at Fairhaven College for older adults. (Author/PG)