Today's marketing instructors are faced with the challenge of improving their students' soft skills to prepare them for today's business environment. Numerous authors have noted that client-based/-sponsored projects help students improve the soft skills they need to succeed in the business community. This article provides detailed guidelines on…

The paper describes the background and development of HELP (Higher Education for Learning-disabled People). The HELP program located at Marshall University (West Virginia) provides testing to determine the presence of a learning disability; individual tutoring in reading, spelling, and written expression; oral tests; note-taking instruction; study…

This study examined the need for a program that would enable students in the middle grades to receive additional instruction/assistance in the basic skills outside of the regular classroom situation. The program was designed to assist students in reading, language usage, and mathematics. It sought to develop a model for the intergenerational…

A volunteer program coordinator developed and implemented an 8-month practicum study that provided opportunities for interaction between 20 elderly adult tutors--residents of 2 senior citizen facilities--and 37 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students at five elementary schools in low- and middle-class metropolitan black communities. The tutoring…

A Chicago project used the concept of the extended Black family and the interdependence that exists within that relationship to develop a peer-group/cross-age tutoring program as a strategy for teaching and/or reinforcing reading skills. (Author)

Describes a study examining the level and extent of support services available to developmental students at 101 2-year institutions in the southeastern United States. Reports that 91.1% of the institutions offered some type of services for developmental learners, including tutoring, counseling, computer-assisted instruction, audio-visual support,…

The college of education at a midwestern university has designed a program for training senior citizen volunteers to tutor elementary school students in reading and language arts. Development of the Time Of Our Lives for Service (T. O. O. L. S.) program included establishing goals and objectives for the program that were subject to administrative…

Describes how Nassau Community College uses peer tutors to help students with severe writing problems. (DD)

This report provides a comprehensive description and record of all academic support services provided to students through the South Plains College Learning Center. After an introductory statement clarifies the ever-increasing need for academic support services at open-door institutions, a philosophy and mission statement and a detailed description…

The Equal Opportunity Program of the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin at Madison has, in the past, had the problem of low graduation rates. Attempts by the staff to develop better methods for retaining students have resulted in a program that offers one-to-one tutorial help in basic communication skills. Skills training that is…

The Basic Skills Learning System is a modularized network of computer assisted tutorials, drills, tests, printed materials, and videotaped presentations directed at improving the basic reading, math, and language skills of adults who have mastered these skills at a level above third grade but below eighth grade. Advanced computer technology…

A structured tutoring program was successfully used with 500 low-achieving students in Boise (Idaho) Title I elementary schools. Students in grades 1 through 3 were tutored by able fifth and sixth graders who were trained and supervised; students in grades 4 through 6 were tutored by adult aides. The tutoring program used structured sequential…

The report describes the two-year activities and accomplishments of the learning skills center at the North Dakota State School of Science. The program provides needed assistance to any students having scholastic difficulty in the general education or related classes of the various vocational programs. It focuses on individual or small group…

This report describes and evaluates the Boise (Idaho) School District's operation of a Chapter 1 Project, the Elementary Structured Tutoring Program. The project provides tutoring in reading and mathematics skills to educationally deprived students in grades 2-6. Tutors are either paraprofessional adults or supervised students (grades 4-6) who…