This handbook orients counselors to the counseling needs engendered by the curriculum program of the Thirteen College Consortium. In addition to providing an overview of the philosophy and objectives of the counseling program, the book describes the general and special services to be provided by counselors. Also described are the techniques and…

This compilation of brief program descriptions is intended to provide information about current projects being supported by the Administration on Aging (AoA) under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. Descriptions were prepared by staff from the Division of Manpower Resources, and generally are edited versions of project summaries…

The status of noncommercial television in West Virginia is described in a number of articles in this journal. Activities of West Virginia's three educational television stations (WWVU-TV, WSWP-TV, and WMUL-TV) are related. County service and participation are noted. Attention is given to campus and school use of educational television. Other…

To assist in the development of an interdisciplinary approach to an outdoor education program in the teacher preparation curriculum at Weber State College, outdoor education programs in 50 colleges and universities in the western United States were surveyed. Eighteen offered an outdoor education program, 7 utilized an outdoor teacher education…

An investigation was made of the success of a developmental reading program with students possessing limited skills, the effect of reading instruction and counseling on grade point average, and the effect of reading instruction and counseling on attrition rate. Ninety freshmen students from the University of Missouri-Rolla were divided into three…

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…