The appreciable impact of the National Science Foundation on the education of scientists in the United States since the agency's founding was discussed. One of the major new challenges considered was the need for scientists and engineers to learn more about our society's economics, politics, and values. (Editor/RK)

At North Dakota State School of Science, a summer program called CDI (Career Development Institute) is giving hundreds of rural high school students a hands-on opportunity to preview careers in the world of work. (Author/MW)

Announces the creation of the World Federation of Colleges--an international organization for the study of community colleges, and describes the functions and goals of the Annual International Institute on the Community College, which is approaching its sixth session in June 1975. Names of International Advisory Committee members are listed. (DC)

Olomana School, operated by the Hawaiian Department of Education, serves youths who have been placed in the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF), the Hawaii State Hospital (HSH), and the Detention Home (DH). During the 1988 summer semester, Olomana School implemented the Extended School Year Program; the school day was expanded to six periods…

A study examined the cost effectiveness of a summer school for failed first grade students and the long-term effects of first grade reading failure on reading achievement. Subjects, 361 students who were enrolled in the Cincinnati Public Schools' first grade in 1981, were given the California Achievement Test. Students who failed were denied…

A study was conducted in 1986 to ascertain factors associated with creative summer session programs among U.S. universities and colleges. All were classified by Carnegie type as Doctoral granting, Research, and Comprehensive; all similar Canadian universities were considered, and 14 were included. Areas examined included: institutional…

This manual provides suggestions for materials and projects to carry out a summer reading program for children based on a monster theme. The planning process outlined may be used as a "how-to" guide for developing summer reading programs on other themes as well. In addition to general guidelines, the manual provides information on the following…

Because many experiences needed by vocational agriculture students typically occur during the summer, the contracts of Ohio vocational agriculture teachers have been longer than the typical 9-month academic school year. A study examined the attitudes of vocational agriculture instructors throughout Ohio toward summer programs so that policymakers…

Describes a summer session workshop for inner-city teachers who wished to improve their professional performance or their teacher-student relationships.

The first half of a workshop in history education with participants from the United Kingdom and from the United States, which took place at Cal Tech in August, 1973, is described in this article which includes a preview of the second half to be held in England in 1974. (JH)

In this document are 275 appendix tables for a follow-up study of participants in the 1957 National Science Foundation Summer Institute for mathematics and science teachers. Over 1,500 participants in the 1957 institutes were interviewed in 1960. The responses are tabulated in these appendices. Data are presented under such headings as: size of…

A summer program was designed to provide math and reading instruction based on common and enriching experiences for 125 language and hearing impaired students (5-14 years old). The program was evaluated along three objectives: the mastery of at least one instructional objective by 70% of program participants; the extent to which students…

Describes an ecology laboratory summer school designed to help eight- to eleven-year-olds become more aware of their environment. Presents the approaches taken in examining various major questions relating man, animals and plants. (EB)