Mt. San Jacinto College has developed a multi-media instructional system using new teaching strategies to involve students actively. The main resource required is willingness to experiment; most colleges already have necessary equipment. (JS)

The black college student's encounter with special programs creates special counseling needs. The counselor's task is to assist the student to cope with institutional demands and overcome the alienating effect of the impersonal, white, middle class institution by establishing a unique relationship with the student at a critical moment. (Author)

An innovative drug information and rap program on a Big 10 campus provides elements that may be adopted for other campus drug programs. This article proposes a policy and evaluates peer counselors, a library, professional referring, use of films, and services in dorms and in classrooms. (Author)

The background, rationale, objectives, present status, and other relevant parameters of this pilot project are reviewed. The implications of the impact of this type of worker upon mental health theory and practice are discussed as are certain constraints and problems encountered. (Author)

Program review is seen as a increasingly used tool by colleges and universities and system and state level boards to assess the quality of existing academic programs. The role of trustees in program review is that of setting broad policy goals. (MLW)

Questionnaires were sent to 152 engineering technology institutions with English composition directors to determine types of writing programs offered to undergraduates, role of technical writing in such programs, and how they differ from writing programs in liberal arts institutions. Findings from the 90 responding institutions are presented. (JN)

The Super Saturday program, an extra school program at Purdue University providing minicourses at a fast pace for gifted children in grades 1 through 12, has been judged positively by parents, teachers, and students. (CL)

Data from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology report indicate that only 38 percent of engineering programs reviewed for accreditation in 1982 qualified for full six-year accreditation, down from 58 percent in 1978. Although data cover all engineering programs, engineering subdisciplines show a similar pattern of increase in…

Describes the history, organizational structure, educational philosophy, and degree programs of Britain's West Surrey College of Art and Design. Available from Carfax Publishing Company, P.O. Box 25, Abindgon, Oxfordshire OX14 1RW England. (AM)

Reviews Connecticut's public community college growth since 1965, considering enrollment statistics, curricular offerings, occupational training programs, individualized courses, centers, and academic and apprenticeship programs. Connecticut's system includes 300 off-campus locations, 12 community colleges, five two-year colleges, and four…

As a way of increasing minority participation in educational research and development, suggests the implementation of undergraduate programs that would prepare and encourage minority students to go on to such careers. (GC)

The thrust of the program is to provide special services and support to the learning disabled college students in three areas: academic, tutorial, and counseling/advising. (DLS)

Emphasizes usefulness of human development programs (HDP) for helping college students to complete their developmental tasks. The main forms of HDP are sketched. An HDP believed to be effective for college students is described. (Author/CC)

Notes three major types of problems encountered by colleges and universities attempting to establish a program in technical communications: society's increasing need for better communications; industry's reluctance to fund cooperative programs; and difficulties within the academic community involving course selection, intercollegial competition…