Many private colleges, suffering from enrollment problems, are innovating academic programs in an attempt to provide superior alternatives to public education. Describes three such experimental programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, and Austin College in Texas. (JR)

An experiment in home improvement shows important gains for socially deprived students. (GB)

Second and third grades studied in an experimental group obtained higher grades than a similar control group on a problem-solving posttest. (Editor)

An alternative proposal to the reduction of the medical school curriculum from 4 to 3 years. (HS)

Description of an elaborate economic system in an experimental elementary school program that also includes student-run legislative and judicial systems. In effect a miniature simulated society, the project is called the Society School. (Author)

Revised and expanded version of a paper presented at the Pacific Conference on Contrastive Linguistics and Language Universals held at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, in January 1971. (DS)

The Akron Neighborhood Faculty Program is described which provides a course on The Black Experience" for prospective teachers. (MB)

Study to determine how early in the disadvantaged child's life intervention should take place in order to maximize the effectiveness of supplementary programs. (CB)

Study conducted to determine if performance would be better with a felt pen or a ball point pen and on college ruled as opposed to unlined paper. (RB)

Author examines the changing philosophies of admission to post-secondary institutions within the context of open-door policies. (Author/MM)

Description of an experimental program for upper elementary students, with student reactions. (SP)