Suggests four directions in which college reading programs must go if they are to preserve themselves. (JM)

Many students are entering college today with no more than one course in mathematics. This article relates how one university has developed a program to identify the underprepared mathematics student and to counsel students with regard to their mathematics needs. A goal is to match mathematics course with student ability. (MA)

Describes the chemical engineering program at Brigham Young University. (SL)

Appropriateness of four counseling center models (traditional, consultation, vocational guidance, psychotherapy) and 15 specific counseling center functions for universities with enrollments of 10,000-plus were evaluated by samples of counselors, student personnel administrators, resident assistants, faculty, students, and university…

Assessed needs that different minority students (blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Native Americans) perceived in their undergraduate experience on a predominantly white, urban campus. Results indicated a need for special programming for minority students at the university. Blacks expressed strong need for special activities, suggesting they may…

Alerts high school guidance counselors to the availability of college programs for learning disabled students. Suggests ways counselors can judge the quality of special programs available at many colleges. (Author/ABB)

Examines internal and external factors which may influence women's decisions to return to school and which may affect their lives as students. Considers implications of the factors for the academic community. Personal and institutional barriers to a woman's reentry are discussed, and institutional responses to reentry women are suggested.…

Describes Career Encounters, a program of the Career Counseling Office of Memphis State University which provides students with opportunities for on-site visits with professionals in careers of interest to the students. (Author)

Program review must transcend preoccupation with the past and become an integral part of planning for the future. Linking academic program reviews closely with formal institutional planning processes will benefit both. Academic planning, institutional practice, and obstacles are discussed. (MLW)

Landmark College is exclusively for precollege and college students with dyslexia and related learning disabilities, and the students respond to the program with academic success, relief, and increased self-confidence. (MSE)

The pre-college training program is a successful, creative marketing technique in attracting a larger percentage of graduating high school seniors. Inherent in budgeting for these programs is the appropriation of funds to promote outreach efforts that maintain a self-supporting program. Budgeting at the University of Iowa is described. (MLW)

The political processes involved in an academic program evaluation are discussed. Data gathered from a program evaluation conducted at a small, public, liberal arts university in the Southeast were used in examining the explanatory power of the various theories and models. (Author/MLW)

The time taken for students to complete their degrees is a persistent concern. A bachelor's degree is often thought of as being a four-year program, but many students take well over four years to graduate. Slow progress toward graduation is costly to students, who often have to take out loans for tuition and living costs. In addition, prolonged…

The Nellie Mae Education Foundation asked Jobs for the Future to explore the degree to which secondary and postsecondary institutions in the six New England states are implementing dual enrollment. This report of the findings of that research focuses on secondary/postsecondary systems and programs serving the second population--those who may not…

This paper examines the history of the Women's Studies Program (WSP) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), as well as the history of women at the university. In 1892 Blanche Davis became the first woman to receive a degree from UNR, and by the turn of the century women faculty and students were a regular feature of campus life. Women's…