The stated purpose of this paper is to examine critically problems and proposed solutions related to developing research activities at predominantly black colleges, with the focus being primarily on four-year colleges and universities; research is discussed, it is stated, from the perspective of the behavioral sciences. (Author/JM)

This directory provides descriptions of marine academic programs in California's community colleges, 4-year private colleges and universities, and 4-year public colleges and universities. Each program listing (by institution) includes; (1) program title corresponding to official degree title; (2) degree(s) offered; (3) descriptive information…

Comparative statistics on course attrition in the Maricopa County Community College District are presented for Fall 1971 through Fall 1980. After plotting high point enrollment (final number of students enrolled in a course plus withdrawals and audits), end of semester enrollment (the final number of students enrolled in a course), and percentage…

This forty-page annotated bibliography includes specific information on career planning programs for women employees (or activities of such programs). Program listings appear alphabetically by community and junior college and alphabetically by employer. An index by state is also provided. Listings include name of college or employer, contact…

The many forms of interdisciplinarity in higher education institutions and the various ways it has been used to advance curricular changes are examined. Definitions of interdisciplinarity and its variants (multi-, pluri-, and transdisciplinarity) provide a conceptual framework for the examination. In this study, interdisciplinarity is understood…

Included in this bibliography on college basic skills instruction are works produced by City University of New York (CUNY) faculty since 1970. The works are categorized in two main sections: language skills and mathematics. The language skills section contains materials on reading, writing, and English as a second language. It is further divided…

The Academic Internship Program for Handicapped Students at the University of California, Riverside, focuses on the multiple career development problems faced by college students with physical disabilities. The problems these students face include a narrow range of career exposure, lack of work experience, prejudice and stereotyping by employers,…

At the University of California, Riverside, a structured, formal adjunct program coordinated with large introductory courses has been developed to improve students' reading and study skills. The program uses adjunct instructors who are specialists in reading and study skills and who are familiar with the content areas. Skills taught include time…

The National Sea Grant College Program sponsors efforts which encompass research applied to current problems, labor force development, and transfer of technology and knowledge to people who need it in a form they can use. Summarized in this report are Sea Grant's history, programs, and results during its first decade (1967-1976). Provided is an…

Community college technical communication programs have not resolved the problems resulting from their unique design features, including their close working relationship with local industry, the two-year duration of their programs, their open door admissions policies, and the newness of their programs. To resolve some of these problems,…

This publication, one in a series of monographs on college unions, focuses on the planning of a student union, taking into consideration both the physical structure and the program for the personal, social, and cultural development of the student. Major topics include: (1) fundamentals of the planning process, (2) basic facts and factors to be…

The Central aim of this study was to discover what provisions were being made for the social, cultural, and recreational welfare of students as represented by the creation of a common gathering place and a program for the community life of the institution (the student union). "Student union" also refers, however, in a large part of the world, to a…

TO PREPARE NEGROES FOR PARTICIPATION IN A MULTIRACIAL, OPEN SOCIETY, NEGRO COLLEGES MUST OFFER THEIR STUDENTS A QUALITY EDUCATION. BEFORE THIS CAN OCCUR, HOWEVER, THE ACADEMIC DEFICIENCIES WHICH EVEN IN COLLEGE CHARACTERIZE NEGRO STUDENTS MUST BE ELIMINATED. THUS, NEGRO COLLEGES SHOULD CONTINUE TO OFFER REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION TO THEIR STUDENTS, AND…

This chapter is published as the introduction to a six-chapter interim report on an experimental program at Southern Illinois University. 275 graduating high school seniors in the bottom one-third of their class were identified as high potential low achievers and admitted into the University to participate as experimental and control subjects in a…