Describes the day treatment program for adolescents at the Francis L. O'Brien Center for Youth Development in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Program components are (1) education, (2) "survival" skills, including employment preparation, and (3) leisure time activities. Interpersonal skills development permeates all program components. Youths…

Reviews the educational goals in physics of several international organizations that promote collaboration and encourage educational development throughout the world. Offers a rationale for attending international conferences sponsored by these organizations. (CS)

Presented is a teaching unit which acquaints students with the once-in-a-decade U.S. census. Included are ideas for activities which demonstrate how the census is crucial to the workings of a democracy. (KC)

Describes the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, including departmental history and facilities, graduate and undergraduate programs, and current faculty and their research interests. (JN)

Describes the Advanced Drawing Studio for talented students at the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY. The program's purpose is to improve students' drawing skills and increase their ability to look at and appreciate abstract art. (AM)

Discusses the components of a successful band program. Argues that such programs are organized, community- and school-oriented, and musically centered in terms of student and group accomplishments. (FL)

The results of the specific research which led up to the program of instruction are presented in detail in the research program; deaf children as young as 10 years of age were shown to be capable of understanding metaphorical language with regularity. (Author)

Describes a program in which outside experts are enlisted to enrich and supplement a classroom writing program through individual tutoring. Offers guidelines for establishing such a program and suggests appropriate activities. (HTH)

This collection of project and program descriptions describes a successful student recruiting method, the features of the United States Air Force Academy's English department, a writing program for the professions, and the writing program at Pennsylvania's Beaver College. (AEA)

The authors, two of the first nursing faculty to assume a preceptor role in primary care, reflect on their experiences in this role and identify the characteristics and patterns they believe have been essential to the evolution of the preceptor role. They also list advantages of the preceptor methods. (CT)

Describes efforts of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Department of Educational Services to promote the integration of circus themes and activities into elementary school curricula. (CMV)

This description of a program which enables a map library to augment its staff with volunteers from other departments includes objectives for the map assistants, the map librarian, and the institution; qualities that are looked for in participants; and problem-solving reading/discussion exercises designed to increase participants' skills. (JD)

Describes current funding opportunities within the NIE's three program areas: teaching and learning, educational policy and organization, and dissemination and improvement of practice. Each entry includes title, description, contact person, and announcement dates and proposal deadlines where applicable. Eligibility and funding information is also…

Describes the National Arts and Presidential Scholars Awards programs, ARTS (Arts Recognition and Talent Search), a competition open to high school students who are high achievers in the visual arts, dance, music, theater, and writing. Some award-winning artwork of 1981 illustrates the article. (Author/SJL)

Describes how cooperative education was introduced and developed at a Texas university in an effort to bring the worlds of work and education closer together. (FL)