The 1990 Perkins Amendments and the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act encouraged high schools and community colleges to combine academic with vocational curriculum in a program that includes work-related applications and creates clearer pathways from secondary to postsecondary education. To ensure the readiness of educators, institutions that…

Article constitutes a chapter from a forthcoming book of the same name. Father and son counseling team discuss specific means of overcoming middle class biases relating to black high school and college youth in need of counseling services. (DM)

The question of whether Title IX is limited in scope to particular programs directly receiving federal financial aid or covers whole institutions or school systems that benefit from federal money provided to one of their programs is discussed. Recent University of Richmond litigation is analyzed. (MLW)

The development of a health fair project, through which older Americans were given health screening tests and health education instruction, is described. The project, sponsored by a multidisciplinary gerontology program at Oregon State University, combined service to the aging with applied learning opportunities for college students. (PP)

Program development in the area of cross-cultural experiential learning is the direction in which educators in undergraduate liberal arts education should be moving, both on the home campus and in off-campus offerings. (Author)

The need is expressed for curricula to train professional administrators of intramural-recreational athletic programs. Various definitions of professionalism are discussed and their applicability to intramural-recreational sports administration is pointed out. (PP)

Discusses open-door admission policy. Whether students might be admitted to the institution but be blocked from specific programs by tightening criteria is tested by the use of Muller's IQV method designed to compare qualitative variations. Results indicate minority students at Northeastern Illinois University have access to all programs. (Author)

Describes how low-cost audiovisual aids are effectively used at the College of Science Learning Resources Center at Texas A & M University. (HM)

Describes the steps taken to develop and implement a feasibility study for a projected new baccalaureate program in nursing. The study included collecting data to document need (demand) for the program, capability of existing facilities, and availability of college resources to support the program. (MF)

Due process is particularly applicable to counselor education programs where students are terminated from degree programs. Discusses a recent United States Supreme Court decision involving a medical student where the court established guidelines for academic dismissals and terminations that are now applicable to counselor education programs.…

Describes the cooperative engineering internship program of the University of Louisville's J. B. Speed Scientific School. The mandatory and highly organized program features preparation in technical communications, and mid-internship evaluations. (WB)

The relationship between special admissions students' ratings of their skills and their use of campus programs was examined. High ability students participated in campus programs more. The smallest differences in use of campus programs between the ability groups were in areas most directly related to improvement of academic skills. (Author)

Through its own Education and Training Center, and in cooperation with neighboring colleges, Tektronix, Inc. of Oregon, is able to offer employees two basic types of educational programs: the in-house program and the college degree program. (JMD)

The article describes two systematic college career development programs into which sex-free materials could be incorporated, two intervention strategies on career socialization issues, and three additional resources specifically focusing on women's issues in career education. (MF)

This article recommends that a community-based teacher education (CBTE) program be recognized as an important component of teacher training in schools of education, especially those located on urban, regional or branch campuses. Presented are a rationale, criteria and the machinery for such a program. (Author)