Pressure today is exerted upon school officials for alternatives. The author presents several programs his school system has initiated, with frank appraisal of their success or failure. (Editor)

Presents a description of an innovative approach for teaching the college business law course. Specific use was made of educational television and programed materials. (JS)

Describes program to improve communication between parents and their teenagers who were experiencing conflict within the family. (Author)

Unique ideas about how to maintain interest in musicals, concerts, and other music performances are described. For example, Project Parent Awareness encouraged parent participation in children's music education and the Akron (Ohio) All-City Festivals of Music provided students with performing opportunities under well-known conductors. (CS)

Describes the development of Mississippi County Community College's (MCCC's) solar energy system. Explains the functioning of the campus's computer-controlled photovoltaic concentrator system, MCCC's cooperative agreement with the Arkansas-Missouri Power Company, program funding, the integration of the solar system with other building components,…

This description of New Jersey's public vocational education program emphasizes its nondiscriminatory and innovative features. (SJL)

Examines use of Title III/IV-C funds for implementation of innovative programs in North Carolina and those factors which contribute either to success or failure of a program. The extent to which the successful programs have been continued and/or shared and established in other schools within the system is also analyzed. (MER)

The entire higher education program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay focuses upon problems associated with people and the environment. This article describes the program's goals, implementation and benefits. (WB)

Briefly reviews the past ten years of activities of the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, whose goals focus on experimentation in teaching and learning, the exchange of results in these areas, and the evaluation of innovative practices on students and the community. (MB)

A special program at Temple University sponsored by the Association of Retired Professionals (ARP) offers courses for retirees both to attend and to teach. Its success and stimulation are emphasized. (LBH)

The University of Miami School of Medicine offers a special 24-month intensive program that is developing a new breed of physician-scientists. It is a parallel and coordinated but separate activity, enrolling only students who have already earned a PhD. Their success has firmly established the PhD-to-MD program as a second medical curriculum. (LBH)

Originally designed to meet the needs of students at international schools forced to pursue their education across national frontiers, the International Baccalaureate provides an integrated course of study and set of examinations that follow the classical liberal approach to education, emphasizing a balance of scientific studies and the…

Describes Bard High School Early College, an adaptation of Bard College's Simon's Rock early college model and aspects of Bard College's curriculum to a nonresidential, public school setting. (EV)

Describes how the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) has played a central role in sponsoring innovations in the medical and health sciences, including landmark medical projects to integrate women's health issues into the medical curriculum and to use lay people in the teaching and evaluating of medical students. (EV)