This guide is intended for use by individuals sensitive to the needs of minority students for precollege programs that will prepare them for college-level engineering course work and eventual entry into the engineering profession. The guide emphasizes practical approaches to establishing and maintaining such a program. A hypothetical program…

During the first year of a career education project, the University of Denver integrated career concepts into the programs offered by 10 of the 23 liberal arts departments. The departments were Mathematics, English, Political Science, History, Sociology, Philosophy, Mass Communications, Theatre, Physics, and Anthropology. Program goals were to…

Guidelines are presented for the development of a college level ethnic heritage course dealing with Puerto Rican and Cuban Americans. The first chapter discusses the value, focus, format, structure, and financial support of an ethnic studies program. A rationale and program description are provided in the second chapter. Chapter three contains a…

Separate evaluations of three Title VII bilingual education programs carried out in elementary and junior high schools in Brooklyn, New York, are presented in this report. The programs are S.U.B.E. (Success Under Spanish Bilingual Education); AVANTI (an approach to Italian bilingual education); and HABILE (Haitian Bilingual Education), which…

Published to provide the reader with a working knowledge of the educational programs provided for local governments by land grant institutions in the 12 Northeastern states, these proceedings present papers and summary reports covering important aspects of the various programs. Part I contains in-depth papers concerning: the development of local…

The ELEXTEC project was initiated to provide better technical education to students enrolled in electronics technology. It was designed to convert a set of materials developed by the U.S. Air Force for teaching electronic principles in a form which could be utilized by civilian technical education institutions. Fourteen colleges participated in…

The Improvement of School Programs in Mathematics through a Comprehensive Foundation Program Assessment and Improvement System (FPAIS) Approach Project is described. This project used a multi-pronged approach to reach the objective of reducing mathematics program deficiencies as identified through state-level assessments. The two major ways to…

Included are descriptions of many environmental education projects throughout the U.S. Remarks by keynote speakers at the conference are included along with reports on information dissemination networks for environmental education. Nineteen papers and texts of speeches are provided. (RE)

Two North Dakota home economists developed consumer education curricula based on adult performance level (APL) objectives and the perceived needs of their vocational students. They worked with local directors of adult basic and secondary education (ABSE) to incorporate the curricula into regular ABSE classes. Project objectives were to (1)…

Presented are some characteristics of curricula in engineering which existed in various educational institutions in the United States and which lead to the award of associate degrees. A tentative classification system by which content areas can be identified is offered, along with an analysis of curricula as they existed in different institutional…

The impact and effectiveness of various faculty development programs is the focus of this report from the Association of American Colleges. Twenty faculty development programs around the country are examined. Faculty development is defined in this study as all activities designed to improve the performance of faculty as teachers, scholars,…

THIS REPORT CONTAINS EVALUATIONS OF 22 TITLE I PROJECTS IN THE MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THERE WERE PROGRAMS IN SIX AREAS--(1) SUMMER AND AFTER-SCHOOL COMPENSATORY EDUCATION WHICH PROVIDED ENRICHMENT AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT, (2) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION, (3) HEALTH AND WELFARE, (4) SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR PHYSICALLY…

This document, which reports a conference on planning a curriculum for adult education, directs attention to areas of study covered in a major field, contributions of fields such as psychology and sociology to the education of an adult leader, research competencies adult educators should have and the kind of research they should produce, the…

Reported is a conference on international education in high school chemistry sponsored by the American Chemical Society held in Washington, D.C., 1967. International programs discussed include one developed by the British Council and the Centre for Curriculum Renewal and Educational Development Overseas, and the pilot project for chemistry…

This final report of a curriculum research project conducted to develop a competency based curriculum for the mining and related industries is presented in three parts. First, the activities that took place during the last two months of the project are summarized. Second, an overview of the accomplishments of the project during the entire funding…