Commentary on the relationship of culture study and language instruction focuses on: (1) educational goals of current language programs, (2) the relationship between language study and university structure, and (3) observations concerning instructional personnel. The author concludes by urging a realistic appraisal of goals and institutional…

One of a series of annotated bibliographies on aspects of reading as reflected in the ERIC/CRIER data base, Methods of Reading Instruction is designed to provide teachers, researchers, administrators, and reading specialists with an extensive list of references on reading methodology which have been reported from 1959-70. Each of these audiences…

This book was written for concerned individuals who are interested in making the last quarter- century a time of sustained drives toward true quality education for every black child, youth and adult. The book examines the sources of schooling such as networks of metropolitan colleges and cradle schools. The reciprocal relationship of education and…

The essays in this collection have been compiled in an effort to answer some of the complex questions posed by Black Studies. Nathan Hare, Roger Rischer, June Jordan, Michelle Russell, and DeVere E. Pentony explain the rationale for Black Studies. They contend that such programs would help the Negro to form a clearer sense of his own worth and…

The first phase of the study was a 2 x 2 factorial design, with locus of control and instructional method (lecture and demonstration) as independent variables and honor point average (HPA) as the dependent variable. The second phase used correlational techniques to test the extent to which reading performance and traditional predictors of…

The purpose of this bibliography has been to develop an operational resource to persons wanting to become effective community change agents. It is used in conjunction with the community-training activities of the University of Cincinnati's Community Human Resources Training (CHART) Program, described in the introduction to the bibliography. The…

Research in college and adult reading for the period from September, 1969, through September, 1970, is reviewed. Over 160 studies are cited in the review which does not include proceedings of the 1970 National Reading Conference or of the 1970 International Reading Association Conference since these proceedings were not available at the time the…

In the spring of 1969, the Urban Center Curriculum Project undertook a comprehensive survey of minority-related curricul at 185 colleges and universities throughout the country. Information regarding compensatory education programs was one essential element in this inquiry. The institutions contacted were similar to Columbia in that they were…

The contents of this book are organized in three parts. Part one, "Some personal experiences," includes four chapters dealing with the author's own education: in a segregated school in the South, in Northern ghetto schools, in black and white universities, and his continuing education as a teacher in black and white colleges. Part two, "Black…

No program, regardless of its scope, is going to be a panacea in assessing and dealing with the needs of disadvantaged students. What has been done and what is being done in the field of compensatory higher education programs are only the beginning, but they are efforts in the right direction. Until American society recognizes the challenge to…

This paper describes the personalized instruction program for economic education at Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, New York. Personalized instruction is defined as relating subject content to the personal background, interests, needs, and abilities of the student. Students proceed at their own pace, use materials suitable to their…

The mission of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), as the state coordinating board for community colleges, is to administer the Public Community College Act in a manner that maximizes the ability of the community colleges to serve their communities, promotes cooperation within the system, and accommodates those State of Illinois…

This report describes the activities of the Manitoba Universities Grants Commission, which was established in 1967 to advise the provincial minister of education on the amount of financial assistance which should be provided to Manitoba universities by the government. The commission is also responsible for allocating these funds to the…

The School of Indigenous Health Studies at the University of Sydney (Australia) developed the Cadigal Program to improve equity of access and participation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The program allows lower scores on the University Admission Index or Tertiary Entrance Rank for Aboriginal applicants, who typically enter…

National data indicate that many differences remain between Hispanics and non-Hispanics regarding baccalaureate attainment, even though the general status of Hispanics in higher education has improved. Official data on California students suggest that there is no single point in the California educational pipeline that accounts for the entire gap…