Problems relating to program discontinuance and the role of institutional research are discussed, drawing on a study supported by the Exxon Foundation of 10 predominantly large public universities that have either reviewed and closed programs or have gone through recent financial difficulties. Careful analysis is necessary to know that savings are…

A preliminary summary is presented of a national survey, entitled "What Works in Student Retention," conducted in spring 1979 by the American College Testing (ACT) Program and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. The purpose of the survey was to identify, analyze, and compile information about campus action programs and…

Detailed are the first ten years of the Sea Grant Program through 1976. The review is divided into three parts. Part I, Sea Grant Origin and Process, traces the historical development of the program and cites the program's philosophy. Part II, Sea Grant in Action, discusses marine resource development, marine technology, research and development,…

A summary of factors involved in the college student selection process and implications for leisure service, recreation, and resource programs at colleges and universities are discussed. Criteria for student selection involve objective and subjective measurements of academic ability. Objective selection procedures include scholastic grades, rank…

A STUDY WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY THE CURRENT THINKING AND PRACTICES OF BUSINESS EDUCATION LEADERS IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN REGARD TO ANCILLARY SERVICES. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 293 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND RETURNS WERE RECEIVED FROM 175 REPRESENTING 46 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND PUERTO RICO. A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE OF THE…

THIS STUDY IS AN EXPLORATION OF THE GENERAL CHARACTER AND VALIDITY OF PRESENT-DAY RADIO AND TELEVISION EDUCATION IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AS REPORTED BY REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS OF EDUCATORS, GRADUATES, AND BROADCASTERS. OF THE SEVEN OBJECTIVES REPORTED FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS, THE ONE MOST OFTEN STATES WAS "TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE…

The document presents the findings of a multiple regression analysis and a factor analysis of variables used in the prediction of student performance after two years of participation in Project APEX. This project seeks to demonstrate that 24 disadvantaged students with college potential can succeed in a special university program. Subjects were…

Hearing impaired students need the opportunity to develop their creative reading ability (the ability to acquire ideas and information through printed words, to apply them to personal problems, and to attempt to resolve those problems). Although many hearing impaired students have the intelligence to be successful readers, they have been…

This paper presents a brief history of higher education in United States prisons, and then describes an on-campus education program for ex-offenders at John Jay College. The following topics are covered: (1) establishing and planning the college orientation program; (2) primary objective and ultimate aim; (3) needs and limitations of ex-offenders;…

This document reports on the formalization of objectives, progress, and priorities of the five-year-plan of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Oklahoma. The document presents a rationale and criteria for program planning based on the three major national conferences of the Speech Communication Association--The Wingspread…

Teacher educators need to standardize levels of achievement both for admission to and for graduation from communications programs. Competency-based education may help to establish standards of behavior which are objectively measurable, but the fact that this approach is often implemented for political rather than educational reasons demands that…

This paper briefly describes initiation of academic programming in the area of student development and transplantation of that programming into departmental and college curricula. Obvious advantages of this approach include placing student development courses in tne hands of staff who know students best, insuring the courses' continued existence,…

By its eleventh month, Study Unlimited, a joint effort of the Chicago Public Library and the City Colleges of Chicago, included over 100 students pursuing courses for credit in three different city locations. A method of study utilizing videocassettes in conjuction with texts, study guides, and a library of related readings made it possible for…

Although it is frequently assumed that students who meet college entrance requirements have mastered basic reading skills, the presence of so many college reading and study skills centers argues that such is not the case. Many college students need help with some basic skills. To provide such help, careful diagnosis of individual abilities is…

A questionnaire concerning the status of college reading improvement programs was sent to the 58 institutions of higher learning in Georgia in the fall of 1969. Thirty schools responded, representing a 52 percent return. Of the 30 schools replying, 21 (67 percent) had a college reading improvement program, while the remaining nine did not. Of the…