Describes a model of "community-based corrections" whereby inmates are allowed to participate in vocational programs throughout the community. Presents viewpoints by several inmate-participants, correctional officers and a supervisor. (HMV)

A report on the Association for Educational Communication and Technology's task forces on certification and accreditation. (HB)

The Master of Human Services (MHS) offered by the College for Human Services, is intended to be the equivalent of any master's degree in social work. Students are provided with jobs in the field and are taught professional expertise over a varied 2-year (8 semester) period. (Author/PG)

A tour of the hospital, a puppet show, and a discussion period afterwards over lemonade and cookies are all part of one hospital's efforts to prepare children and their families for the hospitalization, surgery, or other experiences young patients must undergo. (Author/CS)

This article describes a life-skills program, in a community college, with its major objective to assist disadvantaged adults in obtaining employment opportunities. There is a need for faculty to respond to the culturally different and for new teaching consistent with learning styles of the alienated. Specific program guide-lines are presented.…

The International Teacher Education Program, described in this article, is designed to create teacher competencies in world awareness and cultural diversity while taking advantage of a campus atune to international studies. A world affairs quiz used in the program is included. (JH)

Described a program designed to help no-English speaking and/or foreign-born students adjust to the environment of the American classroom. (Author/RK)

Three hundred volunteers have participated in nine training courses, eight weeks each, in a California Cooperative Extension Program for volunteers who are able to teach consumer homemaking information to families with limited resources. (AJ)

Describes a program at Colorado State University where the professional staff at the counseling center has attempted to systematize the selection, training and evaluation of volunteer help. The program is unique in that volunteers upgrade their skills in return for service. (HMV)

In Hartford, Connecticut, the Ann Street Bilingual Community School provides specialized services to over 300 Spanish-speaking students from preschoolers to parents. Describes the school and its programs. (JF)

Describes the Alum Rock voucher experiment concluding that the voucher system represents a profound structural change. Parents and students have expressed great satisfaction; pupil achievement was probably down during the first year -- but up during the second. An income-outgo budgeting system has been developed which may be the most equitable…

Describes an independent study program in pediatrics including a preclinical clerkship curriculum. (Author/PG)