Describes WILL (Women Involved in Living and Learning), a 4-year developmental program for liberal arts students designed to help undergraduate women define goals, and develop self-knowledge. A series of tests, interviews, and questionnaires indicated that WILL students are more outgoing, flexible, and open-minded about themselves as women than…

Argues that "redshirting" in kindergarten (or maintaining children in grade) can be a positive intervention if (1) the concept is used to enhance ability rather than underline failure and (2) the time periods children spend in the primary grades are made more flexible (to accommodate children's different rates of mastering skills). (KS)

Compared the effects of instruction on the development of students in a career course based on psychosocial theory with the effects of two comparison courses. Results were mixed, but suggested that content related to careers might facilitate psychosocial development, and development in one area may precipitate development in another. (JAC)

Presents an outline of a six-session communication lab. These labs focus on feelings and their relationship to human behavior. (Author/HMV)

Considered developmental services, in which the community college seems to be chiefly manifested. Author expected to convince others that the junior college idea can really be made to work. (Author/RK)

Considered programs designed to assist veterans in achieving a college education and the part community colleges play in their development. (RK)

Questions the feasibility of, and validity of the concepts behind, some of the new procedures proposed by the Water Resources Council. Concludes that the proposed procedures, if accepted in their present form, will bias water resource management in favor of development and against the preservation of the natural environment. (JR)

Describes preschool screening for developmental learning delays, and special kindergarten program to treat learning disabilities. (SP)

The U. S. Office of Education's experiment in educational renewal is designed to help local school districts set up plans for reforming educational programs with the support of coordinated grants from the U. S. Government. (Author/JH)

Positive behavioral changes took place as a result of a program developing the supervisor-manager dialogue that is work-related. (RK)

Discusses a team teaching approach integrating academic and vocational educational concepts. (SB)

Deplores promotion of day care for profit, and urges opposition to this trend. Suggests strong political demand for free centers controlled by parents and financed by public funds and perhaps taxation on large corporations. (CJ)

The college student who is considered a high academic risk" offers to teachers, counselors, and curricula a great challenge. The results of Project SPEED, representing one attempt to do something with high risk students, strongly suggest that developmental programs can have a measurably positive influence upon their participants. (Author)