Under a research and development project entitled Reducing Isolation in the Mainstream, classroom teachers who had hearing impaired or vision impaired students in their classes were recruited to join special educators in investigating how to promote integration of handicapped students. (SBH)

The extent to which the Open University has achieved its goal of openness is assessed in terms of three policy areas (administrative, educational, and informational) and of graduates' success. It is proposed that an even more open policy is now needed. (MSE)

Based on interviews with community college transfer students who graduated from selective, independent senior colleges, considers: their characteristics and backgrounds; their reasons for attending community colleges; their initial reinforcing collegiate experiences; barriers to academic success encountered later; four-year college application and…

The development of a multidisciplinary teacher training program for regular and special educators at the University of Utah is described. Responses from faculty members concerning the ideal and actual role descriptions of administrators, counselors, psychologists, secondary teachers, elementary teachers, and special education teachers are listed.…

Describes the average junior college newspaper, as determined by a study of 502 junior college newspapers; reports that the best newspapers recruited staff members primarily from journalism classes, emphasized AP/UPI newspaper style in all articles, compensated staff members either financially or with academic credit, and emphasized adequate…

Interviews with 1177 male and female college students revealed no significant differences in sexual behavior between those who took public school sex education courses and those who did not, nor between those taught about birth control or about coitus. Implications for successful sex education programs are discussed. (SJL)

Provides guidelines for job interview preparation. Discusses effective interview communications with emphasis on potential employer questions and applicant's answers, nonverbal behavior, and questions to employer. Suggests followup measures. Lists fifty typical employer questions and fourteen negative factors leading to rejection. (CSS)

Two remedial, basic skills programs at two predominately Black colleges-- Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, and Tougaloo College in Mississippi--are compared by Tougaloo composition teacher John Monro, formerly a dean at Harvard. He argues that such programs are justified by their successes. (JMF)

This study identified success-avoidance imagery in the projective test stories of freshmen and senior girls in a Catholic, working-class community. Success-avoidance appeared in 49 percent of the stories but was not significantly higher in seniors or in those planning on college and a career. (Author/SJL)

The analysis of preschool mainstreaming focuses on theoretical amibiguities, research gaps, interpretations, and procedures. Varied legal, professional, and educational definitions and interpretations are cited, and responses to a survey regarding the definition of mainstreaming completed by 47 Head Start project coordinators are analyzed. (CL)

A model of voluntary behavior change is developed and applied to higher education faculty and the process of instructional innovation. It identifies individual and organizational variables that determine whether a faculty member will change his instructional practices by adopting new practices, and also determines the likelihood that he will…

Describes a training program sponsored by the Coordinating Council of Senior Citizens, Durham, Inc. (North Carolina), which is aimed at upgrading the skills of older persons who wish to give practical help to the fragile elderly. Acceptable applicants are described and some effects of participation in the program are considered. (WL)

Since grade prediction remains an important factor in medical student selection procedures, the ability to make accurate predictions is important. The Prediction Index used at the University of California at Irvine is described which considers overall premedical grade point average (GPA), GPA of specified science courses, and two subtests of the…

Article proposes that there are certain periods or ascendancies during which environmental and personal variables interact, resulting in increased motivation and openness for learning on the part of the individual. (RW)

Reports the development of an approach to measure definitions of success among Chinese and Australian adolescent girls living in Australia. The approach has participants list their definitions of success then use raters to rate the responses. The approach is viewed as a useful tool for cross-cultural research, particularly where cultural groups…