Fairleigh Dickinson University has a new four-year program designed to prepare students for careers in executive management in the construction industry. (Author/MLF)

The state of higher education in chemistry in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong is assessed. The assessment includes the number of universities in each country, student enrollment, facilities available, degree offered and an evaluation of the quality of education. (GS)

The state of higher chemical education in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Burma is assessed. The assessment includes the number of universities in each country, student enrollment, facilities available, degree offered and an evaluation of the quality of education. (GS)

Describes a journalism program at Pasadena City College which uses a strong public relations campaign to attract promising high school students. (RB)

Updated information for 1983 on 50 member associations of the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA) is presented, including the address and phone number and the names of the executive director and president. Additionally, for each association, information is provided on the postsecondary accrediting body, recognition status, scope of…

The history of the Southern Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing (SCCEN) is presented in the following chapters: (1) "Postwar Nursing and Nursing Education"; (2) "Southern Nurses Press for Regional Action"; (3) "The Structure of the Council: Stability in the Face of Change"; (4) "The World of the Council:…

An approach to enhancing program quality in educational institutions through program mapping is presented in this report. First, the objective of program mapping is specified as a means to evaluate and clarify the learning outcomes of a college's educational programs; and its use as a graphic representation of the interdependent relationships…

The listing describes approximately 50 colleges and universities with programs for learning disabled (LD) students. Descriptions are arranged alphabetically by state and include the college's name, address, telephone number, name of contact person, and brief description. Among services listed are textbooks on cassette; academic, career, and…

Very briefly discusses a program designed to enable students to earn the M.D. degree in seven years. (PEB)

A survey of 547 college theater programs to determine the most frequently produced plays. (CH)

A small liberal arts college has taken a serious interest in student career development and has created a sequence of experiences and career planning approaches for the student in a four-year college. The authors describe the seven stages of career development at the college level. (Author)

Determines (1) degree of relationship between selected objective background variables and academic achievement in an upper-division bachelors degree program in nursing, (2) which variables would add to the efficiency of a regression function for predicting achievement, and (3) what the accuracy of this optimum regression function would be. (RC)