A new combined high school-college program which awards Bachelor's degrees to students who have completed six years of integrated study following the eighth grade is described. For journal availability see SO 504 329. (Author/DE)

Results of a survey of chairmen of mathematics departments at 67 midwestern four-year colleges are reported. The survey deals with enrollment, curriculum, and related issues. (SD)

Mathematics teachers in community colleges in six western states were surveyed concerning their use of the guidelines of the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, enrollment, and teachers' education and organizational affiliations. (SD)

Describes the development of an annual Engineering Concepts Institute designed for high school graduates beginning studies in engineering or architecture. Major emphasis is on Engineering Problems and related mathematical concepts. (Author/GS)

This article contrasts the more popular educational reforms of the 1960's with reform movements occurring earlier in the century. Included in the article are discussions on the neo-classical university model, the aesthetic-expressive model, the communal-expressive model, and the activist-radical model. (Author/DE)

Presents the results of a national survey to uncover the contents, instructional approaches, and the academic and administrative conditions surrounding composition teaching in liberal arts colleges. (RB)

Presents the results of a national survey to determine whether enrollment increases are occurring in lower division or exclusively upper division journalism schools, in accredited and nonaccredited sequences, and in two-year or four-year institutions. (RB)

Speech delivered to a 1974 Society for College and University Planning workshop on the need for more useful techniques for evaluating educational programs in American postsecondary education. (JG)

This handbook is intended to assist correctional educators in improving postsecondary vocational programs for incarcerated persons. The guide is based on a study of exemplary characteristics and practices of postsecondary vocational programs in minimum-, medium-, and maximum-security correctional institutions. The introductory section includes…

This document for participants comprises the agenda and abstracts of papers to be presented at the third national conference on the retention of black college students. The conference will offer 4 general sessions, 6 special sessions, 31 concurrent sessions, and several special activities. A total of 130 presenters will present abstracts of select…

This digest identifies characteristics of successful higher education programs in environmental studies and trends in environmental studies programs and courses. Characteristics of programs that have continued for the past two decades are listed. Some of the variables associated with programs that have not continued are identified. Recent trends…

More adult learners than ever are enrolling in postsecondary education. A review of literature found that more than half of all college undergraduates are women, one of six is a member of a minority group, two of five are over the age of 25, and fewer than three in five are full-time students. A study at Empire State College showed that their…

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Intervention and Prevention Program (ADAIPP) is a comprehensive program developed at Central Michigan University in 1984 to reduce alcohol abuse, encourage low risk use of alcohol by those of legal age who consume it, support individuals who do not use alcohol or other drugs, and provide referrals for persons with…

An inventory of academic programs offered for credit and learning to an academic award offered by Alabama's private senior institutions and branch campuses and private junior colleges as of June 1, 1986, is presented. For each college and program, charts indicate program titles, levels of degrees offered, and accreditation status. Included are…

The New Faculty Mentoring Program at the University of Albany (New York) began in the fall of 1986 and involved 52 participants (26 mentors, 26 new faculty). The objectives were to help the new faculty: get acquainted with the campus and its academic environment; build their teaching careers; and advance toward tenure by becoming involved in…