The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) project developed 17 courses in various fields at the University of Texas from January 1, 1973 through December 31, 1975. Data collected on comparisons between PSI students and control students indicated that: (1) PSI students learned as much or more than others; (2) Higher…

The Ohio Instructional Grant Program is a financial aid program designed to assist low and middle income students who are enrolled for full-time undergraduate study in eligible Ohio institutions of higher education. These grants are not intended to cover all college costs nor are they intended to meet the total unmet need of participating…

This dissertation discusses teaching English to the adult (24 years old or older) undergraduate. The purposes of the paper were to make a statement on teaching the adult; to survey adults for their perceptions of their needs and the ways the courses met them; to review findings of schools offering special adult degree programs; and to develop a…

The Office of Instructional Resources of the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign is described in relation to the suprasystem encompassing the state legislature, the board of trustees, parent and alumni groups, and state and federal agencies. The system consists of campus administration, colleges, academic departments, research units, and other…

Problems in the teaching of James Joyce to undergraduates are explored in a discussion of the "Dubliners", "A Portrait of the Artist", "Ulysses", and "Finnegans Wake". Several multimedia approaches, including the use of records and film-making, are suggested for overcoming other problems encountered due to time factors, presentation of background…

The project, Pueblo Indian Education Talent Search Project, identifies problems related to Indian success in colleges. These problems, listed in order, are (1) poor communications (speaking, hearing, and writing English); (2) improper study habits in the first years; (3) lack of orientation to college life; and (4) the minority complex of the…

The Stanford residence system is one of the most varied, programmatically and physically, of any university in the country. In 1973-74, there were 64 distinct residences to which undergraduates were assigned. The scope of this study is whether or not Stanford University is denying many undergraduate students participation in its residence…

This document presents statistical data concerning enrollments for fall 1973 and degrees granted 1965-June 1973 in nuclear engineering. Highlights of this survey of educational institutions indicated: (1) Ph.D.'s decreased to 126 from 149 in 1971-72 and from 181 in 1969-70. (2) MS's increased to 442 from 428 in 1971-72. (3) BS's increased to 551…

In the summer of 1970, the School of Library and Information Science at the State University of New York at Albany (SUNYA) initiated an integrated 3-year undergraduate and graduate program leading to a bachelors degree in an area of the student's choice and a Masters of Library Science (MLS). Twenty-one junior year students, (nine Black or Spanish…

The authors of this report were responsible for developing a new course in basic news reporting at the University of Iowa. In the report they discuss a breakdown of the news gathering process and the conceptual plan that resulted from the breakdown, teaching objectives and strategies, and specific methods used to implement the strategies. Students…

A new approach to computer-assisted instruction (CAI) called Author Tutorial System (ATS) was field tested in a National Science Foundation-sponsored school consortium in New York State. ATS was designed as a package of authoring functions written in the APL interactive programing language to enable authors who are not experienced programers to…

While total undergraduate enrollment increased in 4-year institutions in 1971, there was a slight decrease of first-time freshmen enrollment in both public and private 4-year schools. The author also cited trends for 2-year colleges, and relates enrollment figures for graduate students, minorities, and women. (MJM)

A newly developed instructional system for introductory college geography links the computer with the geographer's most traditional and essential tool--the thematic map. The use of the computer overcomes the logistical and mechanical problems associated with the teaching of thematic mapping to large groups and helps the students to focus upon the…

A questionnaire was distributed to teachers of reporting in U.S. schools and departments of journalism in order to provide editors and others interested in journalism education with an indication of the contents and scope of basic newswriting and reporting courses offered in colleges and universities. The questionnaire attempted to reveal the…

Journalism is a profession, and the academic preparation for it whould be emulative of professional schools such as medicine and law rather than of liberal arts colleges. The purpose of education for journalism should be to produce the best possible newsgatherers, that is, reporters. In addition to preparing students in the basics of journalism,…