Gives a brief historical survey of medical education and a description and discussion of the program at the Medical School at McMaster University. Problem-based learning in small group tutorials characterize much of the program. Advantages and disadvantages of the program are considered. (RH)

Describes a training program developed and operated by parent educators at the Children's Health Council that is designed to help pediatric resident medical students at Stanford University in their efforts to understand parents better and give them useful advice on common child rearing questions. (BB)

This document contains a matrix offering a side-by-side comparison of almost 40 criteria among 7 sets of early childhood program standards. The standards are: (1) Head Start Program Performance Standards; (2) Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Child Care Licensing Standards; (3) Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Center…

This paper describes the structured faculty mentoring program at the Pittsburgh Technical Institute (Pennsylvania), which is designed to provide a system of support for new faculty, who encounter many stressful situations on a daily basis, and provide guidance and encouragement. One of the primary goals of the program is to improve the quality of…

This volume describes outstanding community college programs corresponding to the four categories in which programs were originally submitted to the National Council of Instructional Administrator (NCIA) Annual Exemplary Instructional Program Awards. Section 1 includes the description of two programs that won the award for Best Program Using…

This volume describes outstanding community college programs corresponding to the four categories in which programs were originally submitted to the National Council of Instructional Administrator's (NCIA) Annual Exemplary Instructional Program Awards. Section 1 includes the description of three programs that won awards for Initiatives to…

This volume describes outstanding community college programs corresponding to the four categories in which programs were originally submitted to the National Council of Instructional Administrator's (NCIA) Annual Exemplary Initiative Awards. Section 1 includes the description of the program that won the award for Exemplary Initiatives in the…

The important features of 10 college and university plans for information processing activities are highlighted. About half have decided which strategy will be followed and have determined the broad outline of implementation. The remaining organizations are still creating strategies. Many concepts will require large amounts of financial and human…

Details are provided of the development of a new library at Clarkson College. It was seen from the start that the new center needed to be viewed as the hub of a campus-wide system to provide integrated informational support for instructional, research, and administrative activities of the entire college. (MP)

Conducted a management and organization development program in eight mental health agencies. Describes the stages and activities of this 18-month effort and the results of its evaluation. There were significant, positive results for almost all the participating management teams as well as for their organizations. (Author)

Notes the history of the ERIC indexing vocabulary and the Identifier Cleanup undertaken to reduce scattering in the identifier field. Described in detail is the Vocabulary Improvement Project to review and revise the controlled vocabulary and produce a new Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors. (CWM)

Describes graduate and undergraduate program in Plant Engineering at Loughborough University of Technology, England. Central theme of program is that of failures which occur on plant. Almost all topics are related to deviation, maloperation, or failure in some way. (Author/JN)

Described is a program, with developmental stages and focus areas, which has the potential for guiding supervising teachers, university supervisors, and coordinators of field experiences as they design and implement inservice programs directed toward improving the student teaching experience. (KC)

A simulation project is described in which graduate nursing students learned about curriculum development, not through a traditional lecture/discussion course, but by assuming faculty roles themselves. The professor identified the developmental objectives, then served as a participant observer, and students structured the experience themselves.…