Describes a fieldwork training school for graduate students sponsored by the University of Georgia (UGA). Bringing graduate students to the summer program at the school gives school organizers new perspectives on their own work, surroundings, and relationships. (SLD)

Describes the opportunities available in summer workshops and graduate programs for music teachers. The impact of the workshops and programs on improving teacher effectiveness is evaluated. Criteria are included for evaluating program offerings for their usefulness to teachers. The author offers suggestions to workshop planners to improve the…

Three adult educators who conducted a summer institute for 40 graduate students discuss how their positionalities influence conceptions of pedagogy and multiculturalism and shape inclusive teaching/learning interactions. They describe the sometimes uneasy intersections of the personal, the professional, and the political. (Contains 18 references.)…

The Harvard-Yale-Columbia Intensive Summer Studies Program (ISSP) was established in 1965 to prepare students from predominantly black and selected southern white colleges for graduate study in the arts and sciences, law, medicine, and related fields. In 1966, 59% and in 1967, 71% of the ISSP class went on to graduate school. The original plan…

A 4-week summer institute committed to helping talented minorities pursue graduate degrees in education immerses participants in a graduate-level curriculum of critical and cultural theory, increases their language and analytical skills, and prepares them for and supports them through the graduate school application process. In 10 years, the…

This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a 3-year federally supported personnel preparation program at Stephen F. Austin University (Texas) to train graduate-level personnel to serve children and youth with serious emotional disturbance and autism (SED/A). The program was designed to recruit, train, and seek employment in…

This paper examines two sections of split-level educational psychology classes that were introduced at a large public university in the Midwest in the summer of 1999. Approximately half of the students enrolled in the classes were traditional undergraduate educational psychology students, and the other half consisted of practicing teachers who…

Describes and critiques a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded summer graduate program at the University of Minnesota for preservice and inservice teachers of French, German, and Spanish. The program combines a language immersion approach in content-based classes with a pedagogical component. (Author/JL)

The Professional Studies Doctorate is a new 3-year administrator preparation program at Texas A&M University that blends theory, research, and clinical experiences for a select cohort of 14 practicing school leaders. The program includes intensive summer seminars, extended clinical weekend sessions, and ongoing evaluation and research…

Describes an interactive model of multiple measures of giftedness in minority students, a university-based summer enrichment program for gifted students, and a graduate leadership training program to prepare teachers of exceptional students. (SK)

This column, describing resources made available by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, offers information briefs on planning conferences and meetings accessible to individuals with disabilities, discovering gifted students' interests and talents through summer experiences, books about children with disabilities, and…

This document consists of six separate items: (1) a description of graduate courses in English education at Youngstown State University; (2) an outline for a summer workshop on the teaching of writing; (3) the welcoming letter sent to workshop participants, which includes the list of required readings; (4) a summary of workshop participants'…

This pamphlet provides information on college, graduate and secondary level study abroad. The first section discusses planning including consulting the study-abroad adviser, investigating options available, arranging for academic credit, evaluating language skills, choosing a location, checking laws and quotas that amy affect direct enrollment,…

The primary objective of the University of Denver Law School 1968 Summer Preparatory Institute was to assist in increasing the number of law students, and subsequently the number of lawyers, by giving 40 students from minority groups an opportunity to demonstrate a potential for satisfactory work in law school. The course content of the program…

Women and mathematics have been thought of as two totally separate subjects for decades. In July, 1994 a group of mathematicians from around the country gathered in Berkeley, CA for three days to discuss ways to increase the representation of women in Ph.D. programs in the mathematical sciences. The primary goal of this conference was to broaden…