More high school students today are graduating college-ready, career-ready or both, thanks to an emphasis by modern business and industry, strong support from states and more rigorous learning experiences at schools across the nation. It has been said many times, but now it is sinking in. From hospitals to factories, employees need to know how to…

One of the greatest challenges that community colleges face in their efforts to increase graduation rates is improving the success of students in their developmental, or remedial, education programs. This literature review seeks to examine research on developmental education strategies and reforms and identify the most promising approaches for…

The introduction of an outcomes-based curriculum in South Africa together with a new syllabus for physical sciences for grades 10-12, prompted the development of an instrument to monitor conceptual understanding in chemistry at the secondary-tertiary interface. This instrument was used to evaluate placement within different programmes at tertiary…

We face a world in which a college degree increasingly dictates the likelihood of life success. At the same time, there has been an ever increasing population of students who have not been prepared adequately through their high school education to meet the rigors of college/university-level content. The present study investigated the effects of a…

The high-school seniors drifting in and out of the office in New York should be weighing financial-aid offers and deciding where to go to college. But some of them have yet to begin the process of applying for student aid. This article describes a nonprofit group in Harlem which gives last-minute help to students uncertain about applying for…

This paper focuses on training people to carry out the communication component of development programs. The paper begins with a description of some of the issues on the communication frontier that affect development programs, and then notes three kinds of communication training that stand out: designing and managing communication interventions;…

Discusses educational goals in ancient India, western education in India, educational goals in free India, goals and national development, and the problem of poverty and equal distribution of national gains. (Author/PG)

The "Ready-Set-ABE" project was initiated to address the special needs of students entering adult basic education (ABE) programs directly from literacy training or others at a low level of ABE performance. The program was designed to provide these students with the tutoring they need to function successfully in mainstream ABE classes by…

A review of the changes in faculty life since 1965 and in faculty worries since 1971 demonstrates the need for improved faculty development programs. (Editor)

The values, implied in a development ethic based in Euro-American cultural traditions and used as a standard for international aid policies, are questioned with respect to their applicability to Third World needs. (JH)

This statement of criteria and policy for the United States Agency for International Development, AID, is accompanied by proposed areas of educational emphasis: 1) educational economics and analysis, 2) education technology, 3) non formal education, and 4) strengthened higher education for national development. (JH)

DESCRIPTIONS OF 18 DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHICH ARE PLANNING OR HAD IN OPERATION PROGRAMS FOR SUPERIOR AND TALENTED STUDENTS AS OF JULY 1960 ARE INCLUDED. THE STATES INVOLVED ARE CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, KENTUCKY, MASSACHUSETTS, OREGON, SOUTH CAROLINA, VERMONT, AND WASHINGTON. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE…

A DEVELOPMENTAL CONFERENCE, CONSISTING OF LEADING AUTHORITIES IN HISTORY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES, WAS HELD IN JUNE 1964. THE SUGGESTIONS AND DIRECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE WERE IMPLEMENTED. PRELIMINARY SAMPLING VISITS WERE MADE AT REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS, AND MATERIALS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MAJOR INVESTIGATION PREPARED. RESEARCH PROCEDURES…

This manual states process standards for educational personnel development programs. Part A provides an introduction; Part B lists the members of the 1974 Teacher Standards and Practices Commission; Part C summarizes the rule of standards; and Part D states the authority of the rule. Standards for accreditation are stated for program planning and…