This document presents reports covering the first 3 years of the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC). The first is an account by the board chairman of the activities of OUAC Board of Management. The second, by the director of the Application Centre, recounts the development of the centre and of the undergraduate applications system.…

This document discusses Activity Group Guidance (AGG) which is viewed as a useful tool for counselors who wish to include developmental guidance as part of their programs. AGG is a process in which group participants experience and discuss one or more guidance principles through the planning and completing of some task or project. One group…

This report is an attempt to delineate more effectively planning for the delivery of services in the Office of Counseling Services at Rhode Island College. As Eurick and Tickton have previously emphasized, an "adequate" plan for allocation of any array of resources must begin with a descriptive statement if the agency intends to meet those…

This volume identifies and describes programs of environmental education offered in over 700 post-secondary institutions in 70 different countries. Much of the information was gained through a questionnaire sent to institutions of higher learning, training institutes, and government ministries. Besides the main section, which is an annotated…

The author of this informal critique of the British Open School spent the 1972-73 academic year as a teacher in London's Battersea School as part of an exchange program in which six British open school teachers exchanged places with six teachers from British Columbia, Canada. After a brief description of the daily and weekly program at Battersea…

This monograph reviews educational programs designed to prepare physicians to practice primary care, with particular attention to historical influences that underlie the development of these programs and recommends specific action to improve the quality of that preparation. Emphasis is placed on the problems of primary care, history of education…

A working party of the Schools Council--a central agency funding national curriculum development projects in Great Britain--developed general principles and recommendations for the dissemination of these curriculum projects. The main aspects of dissemination are strategy, teacher involvement, local support, inservice training, use of media, and…

Computer simulation is recognized as a valuable systems analysis research tool which enables the detailed examination, evaluation, and manipulation, under stated conditions, of a system without direct action on the system. This technique provides management with quantitative data on system performance and capabilities which can be used to compare…

This publication provides an exchange of information on modern content, approaches, curricula, and techniques introduces in the early 1960's, as well as additions or modifications made to older teaching methods during this period. The information presented consists partly of reprints from scientific journals and books and partly of reports. The…

This paper compares the methods for prescribing exercise according to various contemporary authorities. The programs are compared as to their goals, the testing modalities and physiological parameters used for prescription of the initial training session, and the methods and the progression of training. Regarding goals, there is a general…

Described is the development of a science curriculum used with approximately 275 educable mentally handicapped children between the ages of 5 and 21 years. The curriculum is explained to have as goals the improvement of logical thinking with an emphasis on child centered activities. A summer workshop is explained to have resulted in the review of…

It is important that new methods and techniques be developed that will improve the quality of instruction and, at the same time, make it available to all students, whether advanced, disadvantaged, or removed physically from centers of learning. This report describes a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) laboratory, beginning with an introductory…

This document presents an overview of the instructional program at Fort Hays Kansas State College. The historical overview concerns present status, the educational task, the general mission of the Regent Institutions, and the instructional mission of FHKSC. Goals and objectives in seven program areas are discussed, including instruction, research,…

This document briefly explores the present status of Women's Studies at Cornell University. Emphasis is placed on the historical development of the program at Cornell, goals and objectives, the present status of these courses, and problems encountered by the program. (MJM)

This document summarizes the activities of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) assistance program at Makerere University's Faculty of Agriculture. Under the terms of the agreement, West Virginia University provided the services of a senior agricultural educator to work with the faculty and develop a long-range program of…