The results of a study of the effect of the tutoring program on the academic performance of 351 students at Southwestern College during the spring 1974 semester are provided, and feedback and comments about the tutoring program are given. Tables show the descriptive, performance, and subjective data for all tutoring, tutoring by departments and…

Conference participants, reflecting the views of 15 different countries and representing both education and the broader community, gathered to discuss education about global development. The conference theme concerned educational reform in industrialized countries and the need for global awareness of the interdependence of all societies. The…

Three reports comprise this document: A Minicollege for De Anza? An Investigation of the Feasibility of Introducing a New Curriculum Plan and Mode of Instruction at a Community College, by Edward Hay and others; The Minicollege: Work in Progress, by Robert Bernasconi and others; and The Minicollege: Second and Third Years, 1971-73, by Robert Brock…

This report is North Carolina's State Plan to insure that the public system of higher education in North Carolina is operated in compliance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, i.e., that all citizens of the state are afforded real equality of opportunity for access to, participation in, and derivation of benefits…

The Columbia Junior College Program was started at the Youth Authority's Fricot Ranch School in May 1969, and ended with the institution's closing two years later. The program provided wards of the institution with an introduction to college, first at Fricot and later at day classes at the college campus. The major elements of the program were:…

The annual report of the Institute of International Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University, is introduced by comments on closing the educational gap around the world and a description of recent organizational changes in the Center for International Education. Reports from the Institute of International Studies come from the directors of…

A study, presented to the National Computer Conference, examined the existing methods of training highly competent and knowledgeable computer programers, analysts, and data processors. Four main sources of instruction were identified: (1) private electronic data processing (EDP) schools, (2) colleges, (3) manufacturers' schools, and (4) inhouse…

During the third quarter of 1973 (July through September) the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) evaluated old material and planned new programing. The fourth season of Sesame Street and the second season of The Electric Company were rerun through the summer by most of the public and commercial television stations that carried the shows…

American Indian children attend public, Federal, private, and mission schools. In fiscal year 1973 there were 187,613 Indians (aged 5 to 18 years) enrolled in these schools in the U.S. Of these 68.5 percent attended public schools; 25.6 percent attended Federal schools; and 5.9 percent attended mission and other schools. The Bureau of Indian…

Prepared for the National Dissemination Project to suggest ways in which community colleges might better serve the needs of minority and disadvantaged students, this report discusses outreach and inreach programs. The three purposes of the paper are to: (1) describe the outreach function of recruiting high-risk minority, and disadvantaged…

This monograph contains the 24 papers presented to the Third Annual UAP (University Affiliated Program) Conference on "Piagetian Theory: The Helping Professions and the School Age Child." Dr. Mary Ann Pulaski gave the major morning address on "The Importance of Ludi Symbolism (Make Believe Play) in Cognitive Development." The…

The National Federation for the Improvement of Rural Education (NFIRE) Conference on the Emerging Role of Regional Service Centers (RESA), a gathering of educational leaders from 19 States, was held in January 1974 (Las Vegas, Nevada). It examined alternatives and resolved issues related to the development, organization, and operation of RESA's…

The Children's Auditory Discrimination Inventory (CADI) was used in the longitudinal study to evaluate the child's ability to identify, between two pictures that have been given oral word equivalents, the picture that represents the orally presented stimulus word. The task, which takes 10 minutes, uses 38 cards with two pictures on each and 38…

The aim of English teachers should be to refine and develop responses of children to literature. Development is defined as an increasing sense of form. In literature this relates to a sense of the patterns of events, a sense which increases as one's frame of reference of reality grows with experience. Children must be encouraged to trust their…

Presented are 37 position papers and two addresses given at the national conference of the National Advisory Council on Services and Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled in November, 1972. Cited are conference objectives to encourage understanding and effective implementation of the Developmental Disabilities Act of 1970, provide technical…