The hypothesis explored in this report is whether a staff of school psychologists can successfully provide therapy in the schools to students and adults, even when their previous training has neglected therapy. The therapy program is conducted under the auspices of Milwaukee Public Schools under Title I. Both administrators and psychologists set…

The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) is composed of representatives of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago working together to strengthen higher education through voluntary cooperation of their respective member institutions. This report outlines and describes the various activities undertaken in 1968-69 by the…

This is a four-part study designed to describe programs aiding minority or low income students at various institutions of higher learning in California, both public and private. Findings, major questions, and recommendations are summarized after the preface. Chapter One provides an introduction to the problem and furnishes background information…

This journal answers several questions concerning the use of volunteers in the classroom. The contents include: "Editor's Page," which discusses the growth of volunteer programs; "An Overview: Volunteer Use in Public Schools," which discusses the general aims of a volunteer program (e.g., to teachers in providing a more individualized approach, to…

The public community junior college is the one institution of higher education that purports to serve all of the people all of the time. Characterized by an open admission policy, these colleges accept all students who can profit from an educational experience. Community colleges are attempting to provide creative ways of humanizing the…

The research program described in this paper is an attempt to apply the integrated fundamental research efforts of the Center to a specific area of the elementary school curriculum, environmental education. The goals of the research program are to provide: (1) new knowledge about the interrelation of process, learning variables, and individual…

Presented in the principal article, "Planning, Starting, and Operating an Educational Incentives Project," is a summary of activities to date in an educational savings project in Taiwan. The incentive project is designed to reward those couples who limit their family size, by providing funds for their children's secondary and higher education. To…

This directory is intended as a resource for persons requiring knowledge about speaker's bureaus concerned with drug abuse prevention throughout the country. Information is derived from the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information National Inventory of Drug Abuse Programs, part of a comprehensive computerized information-retrieval system…

Lists tentative guidelines, prepared by the NSPE Task Force on Professional Schools of Engineering, to assist in the development and evaluation of schools or colleges interested in professional engineering education and identification as professional schools of engineering. The guidelines deal with the programs, the faculty and the schools. (GA)

The use of time in school is undergoing close scrutiny. Over the years, educators have sought to enhance learning time through such reforms as block scheduling and year-round schools. School time can be conceived as an inverted pyramid, in which allocated time (total time in the school day or year) forms the top tier, engaged time (time-on-task)…

Risk taking is a natural part of teenagers' lives. They need to take some risks in order to grow. However, they can also get into trouble with their risk taking when it involves behaviors such as sex, drinking, smoking, violence, and drug use. Interest in the role that decision making plays in adolescents' involvement in high-risk behaviors led…

Discusses dropout problems in adult education courses in India. (DS)

A new approach to education is needed. Psychological education seems to be one alternative. It challenges and attacks the educational process as we know it because it educates the whole man in all that he is. Whether it is Affective, Cognitive-Developmental, or Problem-Solving, psychological education seems to be true education for growth. (Author)

Civil rights leader's widow suggests activities conducive to peaceful social change, including Foundation-released film. Describes King Atlanta Center's plans for teacher-training in nonviolent means to attack poverty, fortify women's rights, improve race relations and black representation, end segregation outside South. (PD)