Discusses problems confronting black students on Catholic college campuses; e.g., isolation of students in their departments, failure of the college to reinforce a sense of dignity and worth among black students, surrender of social life for academic success, and student reluctance to take advantage of support structures. (DMM)

States that the best way to teach disabled students is to be prepared for the individual challenges they offer. Visually impaired students require more than patience to succeed in an instrumental program. Offers several ways to help these special students get the most from their musical experiences. (BSR)

A list is presented of 70 typical academic problems of learning-disabled children that special educators must be able to diagnose and remedy. The problems are categorized as follows: reading, language, spelling, handwriting, arithmetic, thinking, and school task and behavior problems. (JDD)

Urges teachers to educate themselves and others about alcoholism and its effects on the family; create a safe non-threatening school environment in which children of alcoholics can begin to understand their lives; and initate a support group for children of alcoholics. (DMM)

Using data obtained from 117 guidance counselors, two trends that could prove threatening to public school education in Canada are examined. The two trends are decreasing interest in learning and stress due to school performance and family and economic difficulty. The school counselor's role is discussed. (CT)

Presents proceedings of a teleconference forum of the Southern Association for College Student Affairs. The discussion centered on social changes affecting higher education, and particularly, the adult student. Perceived barriers to adult students and the response of colleges and society to these problems were also discussed. (JAC)

Conscious and unconscious reactions on the part of all professionals to single parenthood can affect the way they deal with it and with the youngsters involved. This paper results from an in depth study of single parents, the needs they bring to social agencies, and the challenge they present to all helping professions. It has been specifically…

Describes the Mercy Tutoring Services Program, which provides individualized instruction in basic academic and life skills for high school dropouts, suspended or expelled students, those assigned to the program by Juvenile Court, or students with chronic truancy or behavioral problems. Suggests ways of implementing the model elsewhere. (AYC)

Describes some clinical observations of procrastinating and procrastinators and addresses how these observations have led to the development of a guaranteed scheduling technique (GST) to treat procrastination. Discusses the elements of GST and its implementation. Initial student reactions to GST have been favorable. (Author/RC)

Collected perceptions of articulation problems from transfer students, community college faculty and staff, and four-year college and university faculty. Results indicated that faculty and staff in public community colleges perceived articulation as a serious problem. Faculty and staff of four-year colleges perceived articulation as a less serious…

Outlines ideas that schools have used successfully to provide support to single-parent students and their families. (Author/JM)

Found that particular college of undergraduate degree was a predictor of problems in orientation, academics, social-personal living-dining, student-activities and placement areas for Nigerian students. Except in the area of finance, undergraduate respondents reported more problems than graduate respondents. (Author)

Surveyed student teachers who recorded the degree of difficulty of (N=40) problems and their opinions concerning their preparation to meet these problems. Results indicated the greatest difficulty experienced was in discipline, and the perceived lack of preparation was greatest in adjustment to work activities and resource-related problems.…