At the University of Central Missouri (UCM), the THRIVE program is made up of young adults, ages 18 to 25, who have developmental or intellectual disabilities. A merger occurred between the THRIVE program and the adapted physical education course required for physical education teacher education (PETE) students to provide practical experiences for…

More than ever, people are seeking substance use disorder treatment during the adolescent and young adult stages of development. Developmentally, many of these young adults new to recovery are in the process of making career decisions that may require attendance at a college or university. However, the collegiate environment is not conducive to a…

The thrust of the program is to provide special services and support to the learning disabled college students in three areas: academic, tutorial, and counseling/advising. (DLS)

As colleges and universities become increasingly aware of students' need for assistance in career planning, conventional "placement" programs have been pressed into service to provide such assistance. One of the main problems expressed by placement and counseling center directors in this regard is that students fail to seek help in career planning…

The pamphlet presents the policy of Israel's Ministry of Education and Culture for education of gifted children and science-oriented youth, and highlights the range of programs available for these students. The administrative structure of the Ministry's Department for Gifted Children and Science Oriented Youth is briefly introduced, and the…

This article presents the results of a longitudinal study of underprepared college students. The goals was to assess the effects of coordinated programming that allowed groups of these students with the weakest academic skills to attend the same classes together and have the same counselor. In this way, the instructors and the counselors could…

Two summer programs developed at Millersville University (Pennsylvania) are described: the Governor's School for Teaching, which seeks to attract outstanding high school students into teaching and acquaint them with instructional practices; and Improving Materials and Programs for the Academically and Creatively Talented (IMPACT), which promotes…

During the summer and on weekends, it is not unusual to see many children, the youngest holding their parents' hands, walking to classes amongst the beautiful landscaping and old buildings of Northwestern University on Lake Michigan's shores in Evanston, Illinois. The Center for Talent Development (CTD) has been offering services and programs to…

The Preprofessional Program's objectives for increasing minority student participation in the health sciences are outlined in this report. Steps taken by the program to meet each of the objectives are briefly described. Data collected during the last year of the program are presented for such areas as class composition, students' career interests,…

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is examined as the impetus for many special admission policies used to admit learning-disabled students into U.S. colleges. Program services provided to these students include diagnostic testing and prescriptive planning, program advisement, instructional assistance, and counseling. (Author/JDD)

The Research Apprentice Program for Minority High School Students is a summer program of the University of Vermont which recruits academically outstanding minority students to study with internationally recognized scientists and to participate in research projects. The selection process and the benefits to both students and the university are…

Program-level assessments at community colleges are particularly challenging because students often achieve their goals without completing a program, or they select an array of courses that suit their needs but do not fit within an officially recognized program of study.

The University of Houston's Center for Gifted and Talented Education (Texas) conducts summer workshops for teachers and gifted/talented children in a program called HELP (Helping Exceptional Learners Progress). The children learn more about their abilities, interact with other gifted children, and solve some of the problems they face because of…

This publication was produced in response to a perceived need for a compact reference volume that permits a rapid overview of all the projects carried out by the Division of Science Resources Studies of the National Science Foundation. It was designed to furnish sufficient information on project objectives, methods, results, and references to…

This directory describes programs for gifted students in the public schools of Delaware. Separate sections provide listings for elementary programs, intermediate programs, high school programs, college programs, and summer programs. Descriptions of 55 district-level programs provide information such as: program administrator; contact persons;…