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Ralph, Norbert; Freedman, Mervin – New Directions for Higher Education, 1973
If faculty members can adapt to the insecurity of an innovative college or program, they should be able to cope effectively with the turbulence of modern life in general. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Experimental Colleges, Experimental Programs, Faculty
Suczek, Robert F.; Alfert, Elizabeth – 1970
An experimental college program has been developed to provide a different, less structured program for the first two undergraduate years for 150 students at the University of California. Program content is focused on the study of four periods of crisis and change in western civilization. Students and faculty will read from primary sources, holding…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Environment, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
Litwin, James L.; And Others – 1977
This study investigated the characteristics and experiences of 59 college students accelerated from their freshman to their junior year. The students showed high academic performance and few social problems, but questions of personal identity remained problematic; the best single predictor of academic success was found to be freshman grade-point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration, Adjustment (to Environment), Advanced Placement Programs
Middleberg, Maurice I. – 1977
Various aspects of values education and experimental programs in the subject are collected in this annotated bibliography. It is intended to serve as an introduction to the field of moral education and student development during the college years. Forty books are included, but many are anthologies, and all of the major approaches to moral…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Anthologies, Books, Classroom Techniques