Enderun School was a palace educational institution designed for the training of administrative and military staff in the Ottomans. The Enderun School had an important role in the success of the Ottoman Empire. Enderun, a school where especially civil and military administrators were trained, was established to create the necessary manpower…

Presented is the fourth annual report of a project concerned with humanistic talent (defined as the ability to reason incisively and well with complex social, moral, and political problems) in gifted adolescent students. Activities of the past year in the areas of counseling services, graduate training, and research activities are reviewed.…

The paper describes a Norwich, Connecticut, program for gifted learning disabled students. After a definition of giftedness, a chart lists characteristics of gifted/learning disabled students, and a brief discussion examines application of the Enrichment Triad Model of Joseph Renzulli to this population. Other program information pieces include a…

The book examines the current status of education for the gifted in the United States and looks at characteristics of good programs. Considered in the first chapter are increasing interest in programs for the gifted and talented, expansion of the definition of "gifted," increased government commitment, and the evolution of programs in Cleveland…

The Project TALENT Data Base described in this paper provides a source of information on the personal characteristics, educational experiences, and subsequent career outcomes of a representative sample of 400,000 individuals who were in high school in 1960. (These data provide a basis for analysis and development of policies relating to the…