The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) has begun a career counseling program for student-athletes to help them explore and plan for non-athletic careers. Because few athletes ever become professionals and because they are isolated from the mainstream of university life, UCLA officials believe that a special effort is needed on their…

Reviews the British Ordinary National Diploma (OND) course in technology, a two-year fulltime program leading to degree and subdegree courses in technology and science. The course was designed as an alternative to a two-year sixth form A-level course in mathematics and physics. (MLH)

Project CREST (Clinical Regional Support Teams) is an innovative, LEAA-funded action project, using paid and volunteer counselor education students to work as referral agents with juvenile delinquents in several north Florida communities. The program is distinctive in that its assessment, counseling, and consulting services do not replace but…

In July 1969, Governors State University was created by an act of the legislature of the State of Illinois and, since then, has become operational. This paper is a report on curricular research and development at Governors State University, with a discussion of special emphasis factors and processes which have influenced work in the area of…

This report is an attempt to delineate more effectively planning for the delivery of services in the Office of Counseling Services at Rhode Island College. As Eurick and Tickton have previously emphasized, an "adequate" plan for allocation of any array of resources must begin with a descriptive statement if the agency intends to meet those…

This survey presents the highlights (not an inventory) of the environmental studies, capabilities, and instrumentalities on the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) campuses. The CIC institutions include the University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of…

This publication was designed to provide comparative information on programs for those students considering graduate work in physics and related fields. Entries include program data from institutions of higher learning in the United States and Puerto Rico, for a total of 210 doctoral programs and 336 master's degree programs in physics and…

A survey of 57 of the 61 schools accredited by the American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism found seven schools offering a program of studies not designed to prepare students for vocations or careers in journalism. At these institutions an average of 10% of the junior/senior undergraduate majors--about 250 students…

Describes a journalism course which teaches reporting skills for use in arts and entertainment writing. (RB)

Participant and facilitator evaluation of a weekend residential outdoor experience for college women indicated that the goals of interpersonal, intrapersonal, intellectual, and physical growth were met. (MJB)

Describes a three-day program called "Senior Citizen Celebration Days: A Festival of Education and the Arts" sponsored by the University of Nebraska. Problems involved in planning and developing the program, benefits to older people, the university, and the community, and evaluation of the festival are discussed. (Author)

Some colleges offer fellowships and grants to enable students to pursue academically relevant summer projects. Some summer fellowship programs emphasize public service works. Some students' summer programs are described including one student's work fighting blindness in Nepal. (MLW)

Describes the training and practical techniques taught to students involved in a sandwich course at the Tissue Culture and Cytogenetics Unit of the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation, Surrey, England. Students spend a minimum of six months involved in the sandwich course before returning to university for a final academic year. (JR)

Describes a program to help prepare students for a successful freshman year in college, Edinboro State College's Pre-College Educational Experience Program --students being provided with an orientation to the college, and corrective and remedial courses in English and communication and mathematics. (RJ)