Describes an eight-week course at the University of Connecticut designed to introduce parents to the available literature for children. (RB)

The authors surveyed 80 major universities to see what they are currently doing to adapt facilities to the handicapped, to establish new programs, and to examine how these programs and services were coordinated. (HMV)

Part of a section, "Concerts on Campus: Should Students Be Involved?

This document presents an overview of the administration, procedures, progress, expansion, and the effectiveness of the project "Training for New Careers in Psychology." Extensive appendices include: course description and schedule; staff resumes and letters of resignation; writings skills questionnaire; course evaluation; evaluation of fieldwork…

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE CHALLENGED TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR MATURE WOMEN. NEARLY 29 MILLION WOMEN ARE IN THE LABOR FORCE, MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY AS IN THE YEARS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE WORLD WAR II. IN 1966, THEY REPRESENTED 37 PERCENT OF ALL WORKERS IN PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND KINDRED OCCUPATIONS COMPARED WITH 45…

METHODS OF DEVELOPING AN APPRECIATION FOR POETRY IN COLLEGE READERS WHILE INCREASING THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ARE DESCRIBED. A DISCUSSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S FEAR OF POETRY IS INCLUDED. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE SUGGESTED FOR POETRY ANALYSIS--TYPES OF STRUCTURE, PATTERNS, THOUGHT OR FEELING, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, LANGUAGE EXPRESSION, SYNTAX,…

RECOMMENDATIONS AND WORK PAPERS DEVELOPED DURING A 2-DAY CONFERENCE IN 1961 WERE REPORTED. RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE ON (1) THE USE OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR COLLEGE CLASSROOM, (2) THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAJOR, (3) COLLEGE TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS, (4) TIME NECESSARY FOR MASTERY OF THE BASIC SKILLS, (5) STUDY ABROAD, AND…

Information is provided concerning the revenues and expenses associated with intercollegiate athletic programs of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member institutions during the eight-year period from 1969-70 through fiscal year 1976-77. These financial trends and changes are expressed through means of a statistical description,…

A personnel services model program for the university student-athlete was developed 4 years ago by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Student Counseling Bureau at the University of Minnesota. The service is preventive in emphasis, developmental in philosophy, and individualized in operation. The reading and educational skills…

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…

The purpose of this study was to formulate a single principle providing guidance for directors in the development of freshman English programs in a college or university. A preliminary investigation indicated that directors, in developing these programs, had considered academic, administrative, faculty, and student characteristics. Case studies of…

This study examines the theatrical and thematic aspects of Kabuki and provides recommendations for using these aspects in the production of plays by Shakespeare. Sequences from "Hamlet,""Macbeth," and "Julius Caesar" were chosen because they are adaptable to Kabuki design. In order to help a director view these plays…