The Apple University Consortium (AUC), which consists of 24 major American universities, expects to make homes for 50,000 Macintosh computers on its campuses by the end of 1984. Highlights of the arrangement and list of participating universities are provided. (JN)

The eight articles report on the Richardson study, which is investigating education program for able learners. Approaches of five school districts located in Marshall and Spring, Texas; Southfield, Michigan; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Chicago, Illinois are described. Inferences are drawn regarding commonalities that give evidence of program…

Describes the Southeast-Bayview Mental Health Center Geriatric Services Unit, which provides a comprehensive mental health program for the elderly of San Francisco. The program emphasis is on crisis intervention, with reliance on home visits and follow-up services as well as screening and referral. (JAC)

Music programs can provide children with positive experiences with senior citizens. Described is a program in which fifth graders sang in a chorus with senior citizens at the latters' monthly luncheon meeting. (RM)

A pilot program using hearing impaired adults as teacher aides in regular class settings was rated highly by cooperating teachers, children, parents, and administrators. This "mainstreaming" approach has expanded to include deaf student teachers. (CL)

A multi-element cross-age tutoring program involved handicapped adolescents as tutors of elementary school handicapped children in areas of reading, language arts, and mathematics. Program evaluation results suggested that the program can be readily implemented in public school districts, and that it is effective in enhancing scholastic…

Explains the need to reexamine volunteer programs in light of budgetary problems now found within corrections. Describes two contemporary volunteer programs and uses data pertaining to these programs to further clarify the current status and possible future directions of correctional voluntarism. (JAC)

Describes techniques helpful for telephone counselors dealing with suicide intervention, including reinstating control, reducing anxiety through problem clarification, and providing hope by active listening and tolerance of dispositions. The use of time-outs and detective work is also discussed. (JAC)

At the State University of New York at Buffalo researchers have developed a method designed to eliminate the disadvantages, but to retain and improve the advantages of unit teaching. A large Computer-Based Resource Unit coded to students' individual characteristics and objectives facilitates teacher decision-making. (Author/ER)

The training program of the San Francisco Opera was described. This glimpse at the behind-the-scenes demands of opera life was a good account of education at the professional level. (Editor/RK)

Reorganization of a school and training of teachers have resulted in a program that has been effective in developing constructive, orderly, and acceptable behavior in students. (Author/IRT)

Describes and discusses the results of a class for parents of children in foster care. Foster care from the natural parent's viewpoint is presented. (SB)

Lists the goals and features of the successful alternative schools program in Philadelphia, as well as the differences between alternative schools and traditional schools. (IRT)

The National Association of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives (NAGHSR), with funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), pilot tested a comprehensive underage drinking prevention program in a number of communities across the country. In 1995, NAGHSR launched the effort in five communities, which received…