If universities are to become effective in their new role of preparing community college teachers, two-year institutions must exert a guiding hand in the design of pre-service training at the graduate level. A model for internship is proposed which requires close professional cooperation between the university and the junior college. (Author/NHM)

THE JUNIOR COLLEGE TEACHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT UCLA HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PRODUCE LEARNING SPECIALISTS, AND ALL PHASES OF THE PROGRAM ARE INTENDED TO DEVELOP THE INTERN'S ABILITY TO SPECIFY OBJECTIVES, TO SELECT APPROPRIATE MEDIA, AND TO GATHER AND EVALUATE EVIDENCE OF LEARNING. IN THE SUMMER BEFORE HE BEGINS TEACHING, EACH INTERN ENROLLS IN A…

Describes a new program for graduate teaching interns in higher education, how it developed, and how it is progressing in a behavioral sciences department. (Author/ND)

Describes how an office simulation experience that combines a 2-quarter laboratory experience with an office internship in the local business community is being conducted by Everett Community College in Everett, Washington. (HD)

A Youth Internship Program (YIP) has been developed at seven community colleges of the State University of New York (SUNY) to improve the employability potential of unemployed, out-of-school, economically disadvantaged youth between 16 and 21 years of age. Components of the seven programs examined differ, but all address six main activities:…

Examines the Maricopa Community College District's management internship program, detailing the history and operation of the program. Describes program eligibility criteria, the intern's role as Vice Chancellor for Human Services, the provision of a graduate course in management, the rotation of assignments, intern projects, and evaluation.…

Discusses the problems of mistraining, over-education, and underemployment, and argues that vocational students should have on-the-job training before completing formal education requirements. Describes an internship program in which selected Ventura College (California) data processing students worked 20 hours per week with area managers who were…

Describes the Dallas Career Development and Renewal Program of the Dallas County Community College District, which utilizes staff internships, understudies, and special projects for staff development. Covers program history, goals, structures, staff level of participation, project activities, coordination, and costs. (LL)

Allied health professionals are those (exclusive of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and nurses) who provide health care in support of or supplementing other health professionals. The Regional Technical Institute enables students from 26 colleges and junior colleges in Alabama and Tennessee to train in 14 allied health professions. (BR)

Internships have traditionally been an important component in counselor training. At Bronx Community College (BCC), a model counselor training program has been developed which emphasizes student input as well as field experience. The underlying assumption of the model is that both the student interns and the host college can teach one another…

A need exists for consideration of the variety of regional problems and characteristics in training junior college English teachers. A region's needs can be surveyed and met best by junior and four-year schools that are close enough together so that the two-year colleges can specify their needs and the four-year colleges can meet them. Before the…

Describes an internship program at a two-year college in which graduate students from 13 participating area graduate programs teach in the two-year college and receive training addressing pedagogical issues unique to community colleges, thus being immersed in a world of higher education that differs greatly from the research universities within…

This Vocational Education Resource Package (VERP) was developed to provide materials useful in replicating an exemplary vocational education program for special student populations in the California Community Colleges. This VERP provides information on an intensive computer training program for the physically disabled, originally developed at…

A 10-year profile is provided of Middle College High School (MCHS), an alternative high school operating under the joint auspices of the New York City Board of Education and LaGuardia Community College. The first sections of the report look at the history and goals of MCHS, explaining that the school was created to reduce the dropout rate among…

The Community College of Vermont (CCV) initiated a three-year Integrated Service Team (IST) Project to develop, test, and evaluate a model for learner needs assessment that incorporated institutional collaboration among postsecondary institutions in Vermont. Graduate student interns and faculty representatives from state and community colleges…