Offers a moving portrait of their experiences as art instructors in an urban community college whose students represent the minorities of Chicago as well as those who for other reasons have been excluded from regular school experiences. Authors believe that experience in art class is helpful not only for their future as students but also as…

Did the American "Head Start" program really fail? Argues that, though it may have had no significant effect on children's performance in school, it has ultimately proved to be a major factor in increasing the confidence and competence of parents. (Editor)

Discusses the purposes of the university and the importance of the reflection of educational goals in the planning of student residential systems. Encourages active participation on the part of faculty and administration as well as students. Presented at the Big 10 Housing Officers Operations Meeting, November 16, 1976. (DOW)

Advocates focusing on the student as the center of educational efforts and as well relating programs to parents, employers, and communities. Ultimately the value of education lies in how well it helps the student to attain a sense of meaning. (DTT)

The academic advising administrator can be one of the most valuable middle managers in integrating student development concepts throughout the institution. By developing and using student information and cost/benefit units as well as streamlining registration procedures, management practices can be established which give support to faculty…

Current reports and recommendations on needed improvements in American secondary education, part of a long history of criticisms of the high school and of proposals for its reform, were discussed. (Author/RK)

In March 1974, "Instructor" interviewed Wilson Riles, California's Superintendent of Public Instruction. At that time, the state's ambitious Early Childhood Education program had not yet completed its first year. Now "Instructor" takes another look. What is the program? What has it accomplished? What are people saying about it?…

The business education teacher can improve the educational process and become more effective by practicing good human relations with students and in the classroom. The author discusses concepts of good human relations and effective teaching. (MF)

Comparing students in agribusiness sales, supply, and service courses to raw products in need of development, the author discusses the backgrounds of these students and their developing maturity through supervised occupational experience. (BM)

Professor Loney writes further about his "Project Design" concept (initially described in the September 1976 issue and noted in EJ 149 766) involving group participation in selection, design, construction, testing, and evaluation of projects. Although implementation has been in secondary technical subjects, the concept may be applicable…

In order to begin an analysis of why students and their teachers come to school, observations, anecdotal recording, and interaction analysis systems must be keyed to answering several basic questions about the cultural and personal values of the teacher and the student. Discusses society's dominant values and a value analysis designed to help…

This is the second of a two-part article on the controversy over hand-held calculators in the classroom. The first portion considered the pros and cons of the issue (AA 526 915) Here the author points out the possible effective uses for the calculator and suggests guidelines for those who wish to incorporate it into their classroom approaches.…

Students are often so preoccupied with choosing a college and being admitted that they don't spend much time thinking about what they'll do once they get there. Here are five suggestions for college freshmen from the director of the Office of Career Services and Off-Campus Learning at Harvard University on planning a college curriculum, especially…

Notes on classroom techniques and activities through which teachers can aid students in becoming whole persons. (JT)

Presented four of the common assumptions that dominate the literature on planning and change in student personnel. Six recommendations are suggested to insure the development of realistic and effective strategy. (Author)