In an effort to aid freshmen whose academic backgrounds were weaker than those of other freshmen, the College of the Arts and Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, inaugurated a program called "The Transitional Year." This program was planned to minimize the difficulties encountered by freshmen during the transition from high school to…

The recommended standards for teacher education presented in this booklet are the result of a 3-year study conducted by the Evaluative Criteria Study Committee of AACTE. The recommendations are presented in two major sections, one concerned with standards for basic teacher education programs (programs for the initial preparation of teachers…

These recommended standards for teacher education are the result of a 3-year study conducted by the Evaluative Criteria Study Committee of AACTE in response to its mandate from the National Council on Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The recommendations are presented in two major sections, one concerned with standards for basic teacher…

The Open University, founded in 1969, has already become the largest university in Britain in terms of the number of undergraduate students, with an enrollment of 41,000 in 1973. This paper is concerned with three areas of discussion: (1) the number of teachers studying Open University courses; (2) the courses available or planned in science and…

This document presents in table form a summary of the findings of a survey which was based on a checklist sent to 95 active College Reading Association Members. The subjects were grouped according to size and type of institution: (1) junior and community colleges with student enrollments less than 5000; (2) junior and community colleges with…

The nine papers included in this volume were presented during the "Working Conference on Undergraduate Education in Environmental Studies" at Dartmouth College. The rationale and strategy for environmental studies at Dartmouth College are considered in part one. Details of the proposed programs at both Dartmouth College and Williams College are…

The Team Reading Project at Suffolk Community College is designed to aid college students with academic, cultural, linguistic, or economic deficiencies through a 1-semester course in study skills and remedial work in reading, mathematics, and writing. Four instructors coordinate the program, aided by a counselor. The reading component is the focal…

Presented is a comprehensive survey of graduate and undergraduate programs in mathematics in effect during Winter and Spring of 1961. Questionnaires were mailed to 1,069 institutions which awarded degrees in mathematics or offered substantial programs in mathematics. Junior colleges and such specialized schools as Bible Colleges and seminaries,…

This directory of engineering college research and graduate programs is designed to promote the cause of graduate study in engineering by describing for each institution the admission requirements, faculty names and specialties, enrollment by specialty and degree program (master, Ph.D.), degrees, fields of advanced study, appointments available to…

The courses, seminars and workshops given at the ten regional centers of the Institute for Air Pollution Training and university air pollution training programs sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency are described in this directory. The Institute's primary objective is to develop and improve the skills and knowledge of individuals in air…

An external degree is one granted on the basis of academic work undertaken through independent and flexible study and pursued in whole or in part outside of the framework of existing college and university courses. A person's qualifications for an external degree are measured not by a list of accumulated formal courses taken and passed, but by an…

Collected are reports of experimental instructional projects and educational programs generated by teachers at the Big Ten universities. The purpose is to exchange information among college teachers, administrators, and educational researchers about ways to improve the conditions for learning. The focus is on changes in a particular discipline…

Discusses topics pertinent to staffing in the two-year college, including differences in two-year college programs, preparatory programs for two-year college teachers, one department's standards in hiring teachers, challenges posed by open enrollment policies, and ways new faculty members at one college are helped to grow, improve, and be…

Describes the material management certificate and the associate in applied science degree programs at William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois. Material management functions include purchasing, production control, inventory control, material handling, warehousing, packaging, computer applications, and transportation. (MF)

This report presents a summary of the program presented by 16 Texas community and junior colleges for people over age 60 during the academic year 1974-1975. This program supported demonstration projects to improve the quality of life of elderly Texans through innovative educational activities. (Author)