Reports on a project in which parents were involved in the teaching of reading to children who had been variously identified as remedial, dyslexic, or backward. Concludes that the project was successful. (DF)

These two articles discuss (1) the development of the Career Training Foundation and a listing of the Foundation's objectives, and (2) the need for an advocate such as the Career Training Foundation and the important services it can provide to private vocational and technical institutions. (CT)

Describes an innovative delivery system for teacher inservice education developed by the University of Calgary Teacher Inservice Office. (FL)

Describes the development of a freshman English program based on the analogy of film as composition and discusses implications of this program for other teachers of writing at a time when television and movies are giving unprecedented competition to the printed page for students' attention. (HTH)

Describes University Hospital's (Louisville, Kentucky), implementation and evaluation of a Consumer Oriented Relations Education program to re-conceptualize relationships between "patients as consumers" and staff, translate objectives of excellent patient care into consumer-oriented attitudes, reduce dissatisfaction and increase…

A pilot program providing a comprehensive humane education curriculum is described. Packets containing instructional material on animal classification, pet care, wildlife, animal communication, and human activism are provided to teachers. In addition, school visits make it possible to demonstrate the activities, and motivate teachers to make…

Presents results from a survey of colleges and universities on writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs around the country--how they develop, the components that comprise them, and the premises that underlie them. Concludes that the WAC movement is a success. (HTH)

Describes an "Accounting and Computing" program in Michigan that emphasizes computerized accounting procedures. This article describes the program curriculum and duty areas (such as handling accounts receivable), presents a list of sample tasks in each duty area, and specifies components of each task. Computer equipment necessary for this program…

Describes the Advance College Project, a cooperative program between Indiana University and high schools in Indiana wherein selected high school teachers came to campus for summer seminars, high school students applied for specific courses in English composition or other areas, and public school and university officials worked out the…

Describes a program that was used to explain a reduction in health care benefits to employees of a business firm. (FL)

Looks at programs using the Foxfire model--an experiential, hands-on approach to learning--to serve the following three distinct populations: handicapped, special education students; migrant farmworker youth; and the nation's most recent immigrants. (ERB)

Describes an experiment at Montana State University in which 12 professors and four freshman composition students were trained to use the university's central computer as a word processor. Concludes that the computer can be a powerful revision aid for writing students. (FL)

Describes Project READ:S (Reading Education Accountability Design: Secondary), which is designed to improve the teaching of reading in the content areas. Notes that this project has been approved by the National Diffusion Network for exemplary program status. (FL)

Describes a two-track approach to language arts instruction at the secondary school level. (AEA)

Discusses a staff development program for nurses at an acute care hospital, aimed at responding to patient comments. Elements included (1) listening skills before training, (2) a formula to help nurses respond empathetically, (3) a pre- and posttest, (4) a followup class, and (5) program evaluation. (CT)