The State University of New York College of Cortland received the 1973 Distinguished Achievement Award for its Project Change, a performance-based early childhood teacher education program. Also cited for distinguished achievement were a) Teachers College of Ball State University, Indiana for an experimental program designed to include laboratory-centered experiences in the training of elementary school teachers; b) Southern Colorado State College for its Teacher Corps program which maximizes interaction among public schools, the college, and the community; c) University of Massachusetts at Amherst for creating a council in the School of Education responsible for policy making, admissions, leadership, administrative coordination, and program internship; and d) Western Washington State College for demonstrating the efficacy of a competency-based teacher education program through a portal school while at the same time enlarging the cognitive and affective capabilities of inner-city elementary school children. The announcement booklet contains brief descriptions of the five award-winning programs and of the eight programs that received recognition certificates. A list of the 1973 entrants concludes the booklet. (DDO)