AN EXPERIMENTAL SUMMER COURSE IN ECONOMICS WAS PRESENTED TO 53 PREFRESHMAN COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE 6-WEEK COURSE ENTAILED LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS. ONCE A WEEK THE ENTIRE CLASS WAS BROKEN INTO SMALL GROUPS THAT WOULD MEET WITH A SECTION INSTRUCTOR OR LECTURER TO DISCUSS A SPECIFIC READING. AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, A FILM RELEVANT TO THE COURSE WAS…

Data for the evaluation of the Rio Hondo Exploratory College were obtained from a review of the literature and background materials, interviews with faculty, staff, and the board of trustees, and questionnaires administered to faculty and students. According to planning documents and the perceptions of administrators and staff at Rio Hondo…

This progress report describes the subjects, program and curriculum development, and collected psychological and medical data of the Carolina Abecedarian Project, an intervention program, begun in 1972. The purpose of this project is to bring together a multidisciplinary team of researchers to demonstrate that the developmental retardation of…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS 6-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR OVERAGED UNDERACHIEVERS AND HANDICAPPED STUDENTS ENTERING A SECONDARY SCHOOL SETTING WAS TO COVER MATERIALS RELATING TO THE PRESTIGE OF WORK, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A JOB, THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH DEVELOP GOOD EMPLOYEE-EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIPS, AND SKILLS WHICH WOULD PROMOTE BETTER INTEGRATION…