Describes Weekend Workshops offered by the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary Students. The purpose of the three-hour workshops is to offer academically talented students an interesting and challenging experience. The philosophy and goals of the program and course descriptions are provided. (CR)

An intensive statistics course, developed as part of the graduate degree program in public administration at the University of Southern California, meets for eight hours on eight consecutive Saturdays. Its salient features include a preparatory period, concentrated class activity, an application period and individual assessment. (JMD)

Week-end college offerings provided more than 360 paraprofessionals, parents, and professionals with opportunities for comprehensive study of ways to meet the developmental needs of children with handicapping conditions. The program was initiated through the cooperative efforts of a college special education department, a university affiliated…

A Winter Weekend experiential learning seminar was organized in 1980 by 13 graduate assistants at the Northern Illinois University Taft Campus, for college outdoor education students to learn winter activities (sleigh rides, cross-country skiing, snow shoeing and snow shoe making, winter animal track and habitat identification, igloo building,…