Describes a developmental model for a comprehensive and decentralized women's program developed at Lane Community College (Oregon), discusses the advantages and disadvantages of its approach, and provides some do's and don't's relevant to the administration of women's programs. (AYC)

Reports on an English county's adult language learning program, which originated as part of a national adult literacy campaign. (RL)

The cultural exchange program between preservice physical education teachers of Springfield College and Aruba is described as highly successful. (LH)

Describes a project involving teacher educators and related support personnel in a curriculum change process designed to teach preservice students how to implement career education programs with a special emphasis on needs of exceptional students. Deals with considerations that must be made for staff development in a university setting. (CT)

Because of free enterprise projects developed by high school students, the students are more aware of the American economic system. They learned to work together to achieve goals and to solve problems by decision making. They also became better consumers and citizens. (CT)

Described is the career education approach used in the Savona, New York, school system, which includes a five-part career education planning model. Broader-based community efforts in career education provide the framework within which school programs are developed. (CT)

In what has become a major new trend in adult education, community colleges, seeking to attract new students, have started labor studies courses. Unions often support the programs and pay for members to attend but the programs are controlled by the colleges. Focus is on such a program at Manhattan Community College. (JMD)

This report describes the Transition to Work Simulator (TWS), a computerized model of the important career decisions which people make from youth through midcareer. The implications of TWS as a planning tool for human resource development at the national level are discussed. (Author/SJL)

Reviews the development and growing institutional acceptance of the general studies program at the Parkington campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College which offers remedial courses in English, mathematics, and reading to over one-fifth of the student body. (MB)

The difficulties of undertaking education development in higher education are explored, using the Educational Objectives in Applied Science project, conducted with the Scottish Universities of Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt to illustrate the problems. This project sought to replan engineering courses within an established system. (JMD)

H-NET (Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine) is a new, rapidly expanding international online network of scholars that was established to increase electronic mail communication among individuals. Currently, the program is devoting more attention to World Wide Web-related projects providing information and reference sources. Internal conflict…

Describes several exemplars of software that emulate and incorporate machine-supported aspects of cognitive apprenticeships in science and mathematics. Concludes with an evaluation of software against cognitively guided principles and with a summary of the difficulties associated with creating and implementing machine-supported apprenticeships.…

Contributors of four articles comment on the importance and benefits of effective partnerships between libraries and private business, and describe their experiences in developing cooperative programs. They also identify characteristics of successful partnerships. (AEF)

A Spanish-language program was developed to educate California migrant farmworker families about motor vehicle safety using a bingo-like game similar to one popular in Mexico. The game disseminated safe-driving information in weekly bilingual newspapers and on Spanish radio and television. Assessments suggest that the media campaigns favorably…

Business students at the Polytechnic of Wales (United Kingdom) helped to organize, market, and assist in the daily running of the 1991 Aspects of Educational Training Technology (AETT) conference. Tasks included preparing mailings, contacting local businesses, writing instructions and introductory letters to delegates, and preparing the conference…