One session interviews were conducted with students planning to enter the University of Illinois. The interviews dealt with interpretation of aptitude and interest tests in relation to curricular plans, discussion of the students' expected level of achievement and areas of strength and weakness, a screening procedure for personality problems and…

Despite problems of growth, the newness of junior colleges permits activities that might otherwise be stifled by tradition. It fits the trend toward making education relevant to individual community needs. It can make improvement of education a continuing process by doing research on how to facilitate learning and applying it to teacher training…

The Curriculum Accommodation Questionnaire (CAQ) is a paper and pencil, self report instrument, consisting of 56 items each of which has a 6-point Likert-type response scale. The questionnaire measures differences in values and attitudes between teachers possessing differing degrees of innovativeness. Through factor analysis 13 traits were…

This paper advocates the use of political power and collective bargaining by teachers to improve public education. The following are listed as reasons why collective bargaining has not been very successful: (a) collective bargaining was not designed to accommodate the needs and commitment of professional employees; (b) there is no national policy…

This report describes the program and examines the advantages and disadvantages of the semiannual admissions system used by the University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCM). It also considers effects of an accelerated program which together with the use of a semiannual admissions system permit more efficient use of facilities and the…

Simulation should be a principal feature of a counselor education program. Simulation is a controlled representation of a real situation. In a systematic counseling training program, emphasis is placed on the establishment of instructional objectives and the use of simulation experiences to reach these goals. Instructional objectives are prepared…

Many people would agree that, among the major institutions of our society, none is riper for objective reappraisal than higher education. Indeed, it is now the subject of intensive study and debate on individual campuses, in legislative and executive bodies, and by national commissions. This paper takes into account the functions of higher…

An analysis and evaluation of the 4-1-4 calendar and interim term curriculum at three 4-1-4 institutions (and two non 4-1-4 colleges) was conducted. The relationship between the adoption of 4-1-4 and changes in curricular, instructional, and administrative design and operation of these institutions was examined. Analysis indicates that the 4-1-4…

An inventor of television technology challenges educators to use television to its greatest potential by being unafraid to dream about going beyond the confines of the known. (HB)

Recounts some of the problems confronted by a principal, who became associated with an innovation he created, when he wanted to change jobs and some of the awkwardness he felt in his job. (IRT)

The designers of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute at the University of Southern California defined the common denominators between structure in music and structure in architectural form to construct a research, study, and performance center. (Author/MLF)

Reviews examples of earth-related architecture in the United States over the past 40 years. (Author)

Students in this elementary school are much more receptive to learning in their after-lunch classes since the usual lunch-period pattern--lunch followed by play--was reversed so that students play and then eat. (Author/IRT)

A theoretical model of innovation adoption by farmers to pollution control innovations introduced by a government project in Indiana is presented and variables which affect adoption are evaluated. (KR)

The model incorporates constraints (e.g., fiscal, legal), personnel (e.g., teachers, students), and innovational domains (e.g., reward system, role expectations). (DAG)