Despite the criticisms which can be leveled at external and special degree programs, the fact remains that they provide a needed service to selected clientele and have the capability to provide valuable alternatives for institutions of higher education and their clients. (Author)

Effective and progressive instruction providing student with a solid background in accounting and computer usage. (Author)

Describles the establishment of a new kind of preparation program for both prospective and experienced elementary-school teachers, in which the University of North Dakota and local communities support a more individualized, personalized learning environment for the elementary classroom. (WY)

Describes monetary and nonmonetary costs and benefits of university-sponsored paraprofessional training courses which utilize community facilities and staff. The specific program described involved undergraduate psychology students as tutors in a residential treatment program for behaviorally disturbed adolescents. (KC)

Describes Emory & Henry College's adoption and succesful use of the Dartmouth method based on attraction of students to program, retention of students, enthusiasm of college community and improved performance of students when compared to proficiency of students in simultaneously taught traditional courses. (Author/BK)

This description of the winner of the 1980 School Library Media Program of the Year award discusses the decentralized approach being taken by the Irvine United School District's library media program, as well as the district's library media projects, goals, and facilities. (CMV)

Describes how Old Dominion University and the Chesapeake, Virginia, school system have cooperatively revived the "Chatauqua" model as a way of providing on-site inservice teacher education. (SJL)

Project ACTIVE (All Children Totally Involved Exercising) is an individualized physical education program which started in Oakhurst, New Jersey, and has spread nationally. An exercise program is tailored to each participant's personal needs, determined by medical examination and fitness tests. Nutrition instruction may be combined with the…

Merits and criticisms are included in this description of a program at Wayne State University (in Detroit, Michigan), consisting of a competency based, interdisciplinary intern seminar which combines vocational arts education and educational philosophy into a single set of educational objectives. (SH)

The Childhood Education Program is a teacher education effort based upon long-term field experience, substantive areas of study (curriculum, methods, etc., taught over a long period of time) and a seminar that acts as psychological "home base" for socializing, problem discussion, suggestions, complaints, and recordkeeping. (MB)

The series of events involved in implementing an innovative educational project in a fairly conservative community are outlined with particular reference to parental dissemination procedures, the role of the media, and staff response strategies. (Author)

This article describes a three-phase program used by a counseling department to improve services, provide professional growth, and thereby relieve job anxiety. (HLM)

The Senior Option Program offers options as substitutes for courses in high school. First-year options include independent study, performing service for community or school, working for pay, and studying in another setting. Eligibility depends on the student's having completed credit requirements and all but one course requirement for graduation.…

Institutions that recognize individual needs and view individual feelings as natural and normal generally either provide effective strategies or allow for their development. Rather than punishing an individual for feelings, the institution provides an opportunity for dealing with feelings in a manner productive to the individual and to the…