College--whether with a vocational or liberal-arts bent--gives students an opportunity to test areas of interest, to follow their passions, or perhaps to find passions that they didn't know they had. The question for the nation is how to provide college "opportunity" more broadly. That means a system that makes it possible for students--rich or…

The number of students enrolling in colleges and universities requiring remedial programs is increasing. Developmental courses are used to increase student academic skills. Understanding how students perceive their placement and experience in developmental courses can provide valuable insight for high schools, community colleges, and universities…

The term "college and career ready" has become widely used as a result of the proposed Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization and Common Core State Standards movement. As schools move toward what may be considered a moral and economic imperative for the nation's students, it is essential that they first identify the gaps of…

Among the diverse and varied missions of community colleges is the provision of instruction for students who have either been underserved by their previous educational institutions or not had the opportunity to complete high school. Included under this umbrella are low-performing high school students, individuals with low basic skills, and those…

This study analyzes Los Angeles City College (LACC) records for a six-semester period of students who took the Guidance Examination in fall 1970 and scored in the lowest quintile on both the vocabulary and reading sections of the examination. This score indicated that their reading level was at the eighth-grade level or lower. The students were…

Replies to a questionnaire relating to development programs in 40 community colleges and technical institutes in North Carolina and Virginia are provided. The questions that comprised the questionnaire were: (1) Describe your procedure for determining the math and English proficiencies of entering freshmen; (2) Do you require for those students…

Discusses the need for comprehensive early childhood development programs and the issue of whether the public school system should have primary responsibility for such programs. (JG)

This paper reports on the planning of a pilot developmental kindergarten program for a school district that traditionally emphasized an academic kindergarten program. Background information is presented which explains the reasons for initiating the change. Steps taken to plan the program are explained, and a list of possible impediments to…

This booklet notes that adolescents and young adults are a primary risk group for contracting Acquired Immune Defficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and asserts that public schools must assume a key role in giving students the information they need to avoid contracting AIDS. It recommends that teaching about AIDS take place within the context of a…

After targeting the main problems of developing nations, this article focuses on the problem of under and unemployment and spells out specific steps that nations and international organizations must take toward social and economic equity among and within nations if overwhelming problems of poverty, hunger, and population growth are to be met. (DE)

Reviews the current research on developmental English instruction, concluding that more evaluation of college level remedial programs should occur. (RB)

From a special section, "Adapted Physical Education. Also see AA 501 888 through AA 501 891, AA 501 893, AA 501 894.

THE DETERMINATION OF THE OPTIMUM DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS IS A CURRENT AND ACUTE PROBLEM. EXAMINATION OF SEVERAL INTERRELATED PROBLEMS OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO CONSIDER THEIR PROGRAMMATIC IMPLICATIONS LEADS TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF GENERAL AREAS FOR EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES. THE AREA OF MOST PERVASIVE NEED IS THE…

THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT GROUP COUNSELING PROVIDES A UNIQUE METHODOLOGY AND A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL LEARNING. A GUIDE TO THIS APPROACH IS PRESENTED. DEVELOPMENTAL GROUP COUNSELING IS SEEN AS PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. THIS APPROACH HELPS CHILDREN FACE CHANGES AS THEY OCCUR WITHIN THE CHILD AND THE WORLD. EMPHASIS IS PLACED UPON…