This proposal outlines an alternative plan for undergraduate work that can lead to a college degree. The project, called the University Without Walls, is being implemented in a total of 16 institutions in which groups of 75 to 100 students are participants. The project abandons almost all traditional aspects of college education, in that it serves…

This study assesses the effectiveness of innovative programs for high risk students at four community junior colleges with somewhat different approaches to remedial education. Each program is described in terms of organizational structure, subject matter content, instructional strategies, counseling services, philosophy and objectives, grading…

Striving for an innovative and exemplary approach to preservice and inservice teacher education, Chadron State College, Nebraska, has developed an Outdoor Environmental Education Program. As portrayed in this program description, it consists of: (1) an undergraduate course in outdoor education; (2) a sixth grade outdoor education experience…

The Program of Basic Studies (P.B.S.) is a 2-year-old project developed at the University of Maine at Farmington. The program provides a means for college entrance and a subsequent support program for disadvantaged and physically handicapped individuals. A secondary objective concerns the training of undergraduates as tutors, tutor-counselors, and…

This monograph forms the second part of a project which intends to: (1) provide an historical background of the internship concept in education and other professions, (2) examine the internship as implemented in the 11 original institutions founded under the 1968 Amendments of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and (3) conduct an in-depth…

THE FACTORS WHICH LEAD TO PRODUCTIVITY IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH WERE STUDIED. THE PROGRAM WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS--(1) AN ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRES FROM 818 PERSONS RECEIVING DOCTORAL DEGREES IN 1954, (2) AN ANALYSIS OF A PREVIOUS STUDY OF 1,750 PERSONS RECEIVING DOCTORAL DEGREES IN 1964, (3) A STUDY OF DISSERTATIONS OF 1,598 PERSONS…

As an arm of the National Diffusion Network, the Pennsylvania State Facilitator's responsibilities include informing the schools about Title III approved programs and aiding in the actual adoption of such programs by school districts. Two aspects of the facilitator's role were identified for evaluation: (1) whether the facilitator had implemented…

Against a background of declining student performance and fragmented programs, the Oakland (California) Unified School District reorganized its reading programs and instructional support personnel. This included reorganization of the central office, new positions, and a new department of curriculum and instruction. An instructional strategy…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Driver Education Evaluation Program and this initial report to Congress on that program are concerned with the first countermeasure within the driver programing area. Primary concern in this report is to provide the following information: (1) the context within which the driver education…

This report describes a project designed to provide a cost effective centralized data collection, analysis, and retrieval system to handle all data on adult basic education (ABE) clients and staff personnel for all adult learning sites in Massachusetts for reporting, research, and evaluation purposes at local and State levels. This report is…

The Junior League/Vancouver School Board tutorial Program began in September 1973. A coordinator was hired to train and supervise community volunteers who would tutor children with reading difficulties using a synthetic phonic program with multisensory reinforcement. Forty children, seventy-seven tutors, and twenty-two schools have participated in…

Goals, objectives, activities, and accomplishments of the guidance component of Project CAREER (Computer Assisted Research for Educational Relevance) are documented in the report. The purpose of the component was to develop a series of transportable models for enhancing career awareness, career exploration, and career-skill development at the…

Presented is the evaluation report on 28 projects serving seven different classes of handicapped children and their parents in Oregon which were funded under Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Brief sections cover the criteria for establishing funding priorities and the evaluation plan, results and discussion of the 1974-75…

In the spring of 1974, a sample of educators and educator-related groups in Alabama was asked to rate the importance of the 26 Alabama Right-to-Read Criteria for a successful reading program. In a second round of the study, a summary of round one results was sent to the entire sample, and ratings of the 26 criteria were again requested. Results…

Forty-three reading programs identified by Kentucky school districts are briefly described. Program descriptions are organized into four sections: lower elementary, upper elementary, intermediate middle school, and secondary school. Within each section, programs based on a variety of philosophies and approaches are presented. (AA)