Demonstrates typical concerns and problems associated with administering and maintaining a rural community Head Start center as exemplified by the Carbon County Child Development Program in Rawlins, Wyoming. Emphasizes the poverty of families served, lack of federal financial support, enrollment trends, and educational benefits of the Head Start…

Describes a program of demonstration experiments used to stimulate interest in chemistry, specifically aimed at increasing university chemistry enrollments. Discusses program goals, experiments, design criteria, and several caveats related to the development of such a program. (JM)

Colleges and universities are unlike corporations in many crucial respects, but they must achieve a "market focus" in order to survive. The objective of a strategic plan is an attempt by the organization to realize its goals and objectives. (MLW)

The origins, facilities, structure, progress, and future prospects of Nigeria's University of Benin optometry program, the first of its kind in Black Africa, are described. (MSE)

Presents a study on attraction of students to an open-university distance education program and their commitment to remain in the program over time. In this study, commitment is conjectured to be a function of program satisfaction, availability of educational alternatives, and investment of time, energy, money, and ego. (MBR)

Examines academic performance, occupational aspirations and major fields among a national sample of Black students in predominantly White graduate and professional schools. Focuses on whether there are significant within-group differences (especially between genders) and on identifying important correlates of Black student occupational…

Analyzes data from an American Physiological Society survey on 88 physiology programs not associated with medical schools. Included are enrollment data and data on faculty characteristics, areas of specialization, and doctorates awarded. Indicates that the majority of physiology PhD programs are located within departments of biological sciences.…

Reviews structural reform measures taken by Norway to provide formal equality between vocational and general education. Outlines legal foundations, changes in school enrollment from 1977-78 to 1983-84, admission procedures, and ramifications of these reforms. (NEC)

The financial status of nursing schools and colleges in the United States is discussed. Budgetary factors, including sources of funding, how funding is acquired and spent as well as the future of nursing education budgets are examined. (Author/MLW)

A study was conducted to determine "maturity of career choices" among students through assessing the students' knowledge of the agricultural occupational information upon enrollment in joint vocational schools, and to investigate relationships between students' knowledge of agricultural occupations and selected student background,…

The part higher education has played and will continue to play in shaping the nation's economic structure and the development of its human capital are discussed. The radical acceleration of economic, demographic, and technological change suggest shifts in the future role of American institutions. (MLW)

The need of Native Americans for an improved education in mathematics is discussed, with data showing they fall below the norms in enrollment, preparation, and achievement. Contributing factors are identified and possible solutions discussed. (MNS)

The trend toward controlling higher education by restricting enrollments is examined in light of recent Rumanian experience, and is suggested as the most effective means of confronting economic constraints and manpower planning needs, and avoiding both excesses and shortages of trained specialists. (MSE)

Argues that next to quality of care, location is the most important factor in the success of a child care center. Emphasizes site evaluation; the grand opening; creating awareness in the community through paid advertising; telephone techniques; school tours; a free week of enrollment; and maintaining good parent relations. (RDN)

High school students in dual credit (college-level) courses around the country are often those who are the most academically advanced. However, those enrolled in Middle College-Early College (MC-EC) High Schools are taking and passing college courses in great numbers, in spite of membership in groups that may be considered educationally "at risk."…