Information on the responsibilities related to teaching undergraduate college students is provided in this handbook for teaching assistants (TA). Chapters cover: administrative details, such as ordering books, submitting time schedules, getting a classroom, and working with a professor; teaching, including guidelines for giving lectures, leading a…

This, the sixth and last Report on Teaching of "Change Magazine's" National Teaching Project, reviews the state of interdisciplinary studies in U.S. undergraduate study. Articles and authors included are: "An Integration of Knowledge and Experience" (Earl J. McGrath); "Interdisciplinary Studies: A MAtter of…

The Ryerson Open College in collaboration with the Ontario Educational Communications Authority offered a multimedia, introductory credit course in sociology in 1972. Of the 173 students who participated in the course evaluation, only 18 percent completed all of the four questionnaires which constituted the evaluation data. Student grades and…

The status of women students at the University of Washington was reviewed in terms of admissions at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools for autumn 1975. Academic performance, financial aids, and student employment were also examined. Women were underrepresented at the graduate level and in the professional schools. Greater…

Information pertaining to adult education and vocational-technical programs as well as college and university aids is provided in this booklet. The booklet has been divided into three chapters: (1) "Education Beyond High School"; (2) "Native American Programs of Assistance"; and (3) "Student Aids Programs (not specifically for Indians)." Chapter 1…

In order to project public postsecondary enrollments, the total enrollments for all the institutions in the state, both public and private and independent, needed to be considered. Data for all Indiana institutions were collected for freshmen, sophomore, junior, senior, other, professional and graduate levels. Individual institutions and…

The New England Regional Student Program, while not providing direct scholarships, does result in major savings to both the participating student and the New England state governments. Students qualifying for study under the program receive admissions preference among out-of-state applicants and are charged only the equivalent of the in-state…

Subcommittee reports are presented on university extension education for younger women (under 25), mature women, and minority women. Recommendations on student and personnel recruitment, student orientation and counseling, curriculum, reorganization, special facilities, community service, research, evaluation, and job placement are also set forth.…

Information on creative writing programs was collected from 1042 out of 1200 American colleges and universities contacted. The following data is presented in tabular form: (1) undergraduate academic status of creative writing; (2) graduate status; (3) offering of a course or courses covering the "core" or basic literary genres of short story,…

An inventory of continuing education activities in institutions of higher learning in Pennsylvania produced a 92% return of questionnaires (145) from private colleges and universities, junior and community colleges, state aided colleges and universities, state related colleges, and state universities and colleges. Activities were classified by the…

This report, based on theoretical considerations as well as knowledge from cumulated sociological research in the field of compensatory education, is in three parts. Section I is a policy memorandum on Black studies focusing on: bridging education, undergraduate Black studies, and social centers, besides graduate programs and research…

Using a conceptual framework which it was believed would facilitate the establisment of authentic interpersonal relations between blacks and whites, a course entitled "The Psychology of Interracial Relations" offered an opportunity to allow those involved with more than the black-white problem a way to look at themselves and deal with more…

Published periodically, the DEA News, from the Division of Educational Affairs of the American Political Science Association, concentrates on issues and policies in education of special concern to political scientists and on specific information about course materials. Also the News reports on education issues, on questions about public awareness…

Research investigated: 1) the effect of instructional mode on student achievement; 2) the relationship between a) the student factors of aptitude, sex, previous achievement, educational level, and academic major and b) achievement; and 3) the possibility of a homogeneity of regression equations for achievement of students in varying instructional…

The World Forum program gives college students an opportunity to explore a particular problem of personal and/or social consequence in the context of its anticipated alternative futures. This report explicates the nature of the program and describes the evaluation results of the developmental tryout. The goals of the program, developmental…