The University of Liverpool's one-year full-time course leading to a diploma in liberal studies is intended for mature students preparing for university degree work and for students seeking a more sustained, intellectually demanding course than that normally provided in the part-time extra-mural program. (Author/EA)

The study reported here tested four hypotheses relevant to the effects of participation in Upward Bound on changes in "disadvantaged" high school youth; variables chosen for examination were reported self-concept, academic achievement, and reality of aspiration level. (Author/JM)

This part of a series of reports on forensic programs in this issue gives data about how forensics is thought of by the speech communication profession. (CH)

Opened in 1968 to meet the educational needs of San Mateo County, Canada College did not begin to attract Spanish-speaking students until 1971 when it created a program of courses to deal with English language problems and other courses taught bilingually or entirely in Spanish. The program is described briefly. (JT)

Part of a section, "Concerts on Campus: Should Students Be Involved?

The current state of the art concerning the provision of continuing social education and recent expansion and pressures for continued growth through the 1980s are considered. Specific topics include: the continuing education directors and staff; the continuing education program (CEP) as an organization; the CEP's programming, funding sources, and…

Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments is the topic of these Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) notices, which include both a proposed policy interpretation regarding intercollegiate athletic programs and a proposed amendment regarding federal regulation of school dress codes. The purpose of the first action is to ensure that…

Recent years have indicated a shift by black students in their attitudes toward Black Studies programs. These students now judge programs by their pragmatic, rather than polemical, value in serving as an entree to professional schools. This trend is paralleled by a declining economic situation which may force colleges to terminate programs they…

This directory of teacher education programs in bilingual education within the New Jersey higher education system includes programs at public two-year colleges, public four-year and graduate colleges, and independent colleges. Program offerings at each of these institutions are presented in tabular form. A profile of each institution indicates…

COLLEGE FRESHMEN PLANNING TO MAJOR IN DIFFERENT FIELDS OF STUDY ARE DESCRIBED. THE SAMPLE STUDIED INCLUDED 12,432 COLLEGE FRESHMEN ENROLLED IN 31 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION DURING APRIL AND MAY 1964. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE SURVEY WAS USED TO ASSESS STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS. INCLUDED IN THIS SURVEY IS THE VOCATIONAL PREFERENCE INVENTORY,…

THIS LISTING, ARRANGED BY STATE, GIVES NAMES, LOCATIONS, AND NAMES OF CHAIRMEN AND DIRECTORS OF PROGRAMS AND CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. INCLUDED ALSO IS INFORMATION ON LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES COUNCILS, INTER-UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS, AND PROGRAMS AND CENTERS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (RW)

THIS IS A CATALOG OF KINESCOPES AND RECORDED TELEVISION COURSES FOR THE ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, SECONDARY, AND COLLEGE LEVELS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. THE SUBJECTS INCLUDE MATERIALS FROM EVERY PART OF THE CURRICULUM. (CL)

Included in this booklet are Federal, State, and locally funded Asian and Pacific bilingual programs. The directory is divided into five sections, which are sub-divided by State and city. The first section lists Basic Education Programs. Citations include the name, address and telephone number of each district, schools within the program,…

This paper argues that a teacher training course for graduate teaching assistants of freshman composition is essential in view of the public's concern for the literacy crisis and in view of the job market that offers the best prospects for trained teachers of composition. It contends that the negative climate in English departments on most…

This publication, one in a series of mongraphs on college unions, focuses on the outing-informal recreational activity taking place out-of-doors, usually undertaken by students in groups, and usually noncompetitive, a natural extension of the student union program. Main sections of the monograph include: (1) a suggestion for a basic program, (2)…