Recent research data have suggested that the mediated courses of Chicago's TV College have increasingly begun to draw from new and different populations of students with different characteristics and levels of ability. This study was designed to generate survey-type data regarding the demographic and attitudinal characteristics of a wide spectrum…

The Modular Multiple Alternatives Program (ModMAP) is the first competency-based individualized graduate program in teacher education in Connecticut. The program focuses on the training of elementary teachers and includes both Master's and Sixth Year level options. This program deals with creating more flexible and relevant types of teacher…

Included in this presentation is a description of a student handbook containing rules and regulations of the campus, and information about transportation, housing, health services, extra curricular activities, and other data. A telephone network is described which operates around the clock to give students access to a wide variety of topics…

As colleges and universities become increasingly aware of students' need for assistance in career planning, conventional "placement" programs have been pressed into service to provide such assistance. One of the main problems expressed by placement and counseling center directors in this regard is that students fail to seek help in career planning…

Of all the functions of the university-based educational researcher, none is more important to public school activities than the training of professionals to support research, development, dissemination, and evaluation (RDD&E) operations. The researcher's job in training RDD&E personnel for a large school district can be understood through…

This issue features the area of peer counseling in the two main articles and a bibliography. Two programs are described -- one at the college level, and one in a high school setting. In addition, regular features include: FOCUS on Community Colleges; Innovative Programs (this time devoted to post high school employment or training placement); a…

Developed by the publications committee of the Industrial Arts Division of the American Vocational Association, this document describes innovative industrial arts programs that are currently under operation and show promise for future development or improvement. The programs summarized in this bulletin were selected by the committee for inclusion…

Temple University's concern for the problem of drug abuse culminated in a Retreat on the Hazards of Drug Abuse. Participants were undergraduates, graduates, and staff. An evaluation design, involving pre- and post-testing, had previously been designed to test for information gains and attitude changes. A followup was designed to focus on…

The operating procedures of a university reading and study skills center for completely individualized reading instruction are described. The program is offered as a student service (no fee) on a voluntary, noncredit basis. A prepared set of instructional tapes is used whereby students can largely serve themselves, proceeding at their own rates,…

As a part of the Institute for Services to Education's (ISE) continuing effort to revise the curriculum and pedagogy of the Thirteen-College Curriculum Program (TCCP), the English staff of ISE brought reading specialists from the consortia schools together during the 1972 summer conference to examine the relationship of reading to TCCP. An…

The need for staff development as a means of facilitating professional and personal growth is explored. A model for staff development which is relevant and effective for student personnel services is presented. The characteristics and processes of a viable growth model are identified and discussed. (Author)

A description of the 100 level English program at Ohio University, an explanation of how the program got started, and a brief evaluation of how the students and faculty responded to the program are included in this paper. Acknowledging that the students come into the program with 12 years or more of study of English composition and literature, the…

To determine the status of the Teacher Aide Program in the public community colleges in Florida, the current catalogs of 28 colleges were examined. In addition, the academic dean of each college not showing such a program was interviewed. A total of 12 programs were being offered in the community colleges. Results of the study showed that although…

With the rapidly increasing demand for journalism education over the past several years, the need for new teaching facilities for graphics, editing, and newswriting has become a challenge many journalism educators have had to face. In 1973 the Eli Lilly Foundation awarded the University of Evansville a grant to draw the disciplines of journalism,…

In the program described in this paper, a faculty member of color would be hired as a journalism instructor and counselor. As instructor, he would teach a regular beginning writing class and, as a counselor, he would set up group activities with students of color. The two main factors in the program are the instructor-counselor and the group.…