Four-year state colleges and universities belonging to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) participated in a national survey used to gather information concerning the involvement of such institutions in less-than-baccalaureate level…

Examines assumptions and issues underlying the development of continuing education programs for women. Assesses patterns of discontinuous vs. continuous education, accommodation to social norms vs. change, separatist vs. nonseparatist education, and remedial vs. a preventive approach to role definition and lifetime planning. (Editor/JT)

Describes the rationale, format, and mechanics of a college European Studies major. (DB)

The three major objectives of the Algerian Institute of Petroleum are to provide technician training, engineering education, and scientific and technical research. (BB)

Higher education has not properly responded to employment needs in the field of aging. Employment needs and projections are related to the increasing demand for short-term training programs and the emerging interest in lifetime learning approaches to adult education. (Author)

Given the highly visible character of intercollegiate athletics, there is a dangerous confusion about who makes decisions, suggests this university president. It ought to be the president, with the board's backing, who deals with intercollegiate programs, including financing women's athletics and breaking down all sports into levels of emphasis,…

This article chronicles an attempt to institutionalize a values-oriented project at Saint Louis University and proposes a methodology for evaluating the project and its effects. (Author)

Provides a history and description of the Mohammadia College of Engineering in Rabat, Morocco. Topics discussed include student selection, curriculum, policy implementation, and the teaching staff. The author concludes that the college does an excellent job in training qualified engineers for public works, mining, electrical and mechanical…

The author outlines some of the basic needs of a minority program and raises some questions regarding a model program for universal application. (HMV)

Questions designed to help college-bound learning-disabled students and their parents evaluate a college's support services and programs cover such areas as pre-admission counseling, parent counseling, access to course syllabi, orientation programs, library services, modified admissions procedures, visits to college classrooms, testing options,…

Examines history, philosophy, and programs of the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. Describes the university's American Indian projects and departments, including Native American Studies Department, department of Native American Studies Education, the Four Worlds Development Project, and a program directed toward Native self-management.…

This study is first component in nationwide survey of rehabilitation educators' self-perceived skill levels, and importance respondents placed on specific competency areas within rehabilitation. Identified demographic characteristics of educators and university programs. Examined trends that may influence future development of rehabilitation…

Discusses theory underlying a developmental life-span adult career counseling center, summarizes a case which illustrates the developmental life-span model, and presents findings from an on-going formative evaluation study conducted at the University of Rochester Adult Counseling Center. (NB)

State-level funding formulas should be changed from enrollment-based to fixed cost-based, using standards such as those of the Association of Research Libraries. Funding linked with programmatic changes encourages quality of the institution and rewards effective library management. (CDD)

Two experiences with academic program review illustrating different approaches are described: (1) the recent assessment of research-doctorate programs, conducted by a consortium of four national academic organizations, and (2) the experience of the University of California. (MSE)