This article explores the perceptions of participants following the first International Summer Institute (SI) on students as partners in higher education, a four-day professional development experience designed to foster student-staff partnerships. Approximately 9 months after the Institute, 10 participants were interviewed to understand their…

Through case-study reports, this paper examines the development of two induction-year teachers (years one to three) through their participation in a professional development community in the United States: the Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) of the National Writing Project. Typically, the ISI focuses its professional development efforts on…

The purpose of this summer institute was to enrich the knowledge of the participants and also expose them to new materials, trends, and techniques in the area of political science and related social sciences with special reference to Africa and the United States. Participants were senior high school teachers of civics and world affairs whose…

This issue of "University Resources" provides information on degrees, courses, and faculty in the field of Linguistics. The number of institutions covered, 146, is almost double that of the 1965 edition, with 64 schools mentioned for the first time. Also new is coverage of Canadian institutions. Teacher Training in English as a Foreign…