The purpose of an academic advisory board is to provide feedback and recommendations to college representatives for an identified academic program or grouping of programs. It is a mechanism through which academic program representatives, typically faculty and program coordinators and/or department chairs, maintain consistent connection with…

In dental education, the anatomical sciences, which include gross anatomy, histology, embryology, and neuroanatomy, encompass an important component of the basic science curriculum. At Creighton University School of Dentistry, strength in anatomic science education has been coupled with a solid applicant pool to develop a novel Master of Science…

The path to quality education for African Americans has been rough and often fraught with resistance from the time that they were denied any education, to "separate" education, and even to "no child left behind" education. Any significant achievement for them in the American educational system required blood, sweat, and tears…

Concern is expressed for the limited attention focused on the professional preparation of teacher educators. Notice is taken that many emerge in such roles in the absence of formal preparation. A model designed to begin the development of a program for the professional preparation of teacher educators discusses: 1) the implementation of a minor or…

Several innovative mini-grant projects in sex fairness in Illinois are detailed. They include teaching eighth-grade students about nontraditional career roles; recruitment of female minority students to agricultural programs; and the organization, development, and presentation of a panel discussion that will inform counselors, educators, and…

The health care skill gap is expected to worsen, but Career and Technical Education (CTE) is playing an integral part in preparing the next generation of workers. This article discusses the efforts of Greentree Health Science Academy in addressing the need to develop the next generation of health care professionals. In collaboration with…

The PLATO computer-based Dilemma Counseling System teaches a generic method for solving life-choice problems and counsels persons regarding current psychological dilemmas. The solution components contain 69 representative life-choice problems and 400 specific and general solutions to assist users in solving psychological dilemmas. (Author)

The Chicago Careers for Youth Program facilitates visits by persons working in various career clusters to classrooms to explain their jobs and the qualifications for them. The visitors serve as role models for the youth with whom they interact. The program is based on 16 career clusters that were defined by several hundred persons with careers in…

The following papers are included in these proceedings: (1) "A Needs Assessment for Computer Applications" (Bruce Holley); (2) "The Home, School, Community Partnership through Community Education" (Jim Burgon); (3) "Building Level Coordinators--How They Spend Their Time" (Burton Olsen and Murray Meszaros); (4) "Programming and Financing the…

The purpose of this practicum was to design, develop, and implement a career guidance program for small high schools. The program description would act as a model for implementation at other high schools desiring a career guidance program. The method of communicating the program to others was the writing of a "how to" book which others would use…

The history of services offered by the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind in Melbourne, Australia, is traced. Features of institute services include client involvement in vocational decision making, a variety of segregated and integrated services, and maintenance of a Tertiary Resource Service which produces study material for novel areas of…

This paper describes the process of recruiting high quality liberal arts graduates into teacher preparation programs at Memphis State University, Tennessee. The two graduate programs, the Master of Arts in Teaching and the Lyndhurst, both require full-time attendance, have lock-step delivery systems and extended internships, and are intensive. In…

The University of Utah School of Medicine offers a supplemental undergraduate Seniors Honors Program in Surgery. The goals of the program have been to allow students to make more informed career choices, obtain positions in competitive residency programs, and a head start in postgraduate surgical training. (MLW)

Singer Vocational Evaluation Systems in use in Nova Scotia create a simulated work setting with which the individual can readily identify and experience job tasks in a noncompetitive atmosphere. Work behavior and performance are evaluated to identify what individuals can and like to do. (JOW)

A major goal of education should be to prepare every young person leaving school to enter higher education or to enter useful and rewarding work. This is the goal of Project Trident, a comprehensive career education program being developed at Lincoln Community High School, Illinois. The project, in its planning year, is directed toward secondary…