Discusses the program, students, faculty, alumni, Third World representation and women, government, curriculum, philosophy of education, the contract system, financing, and problems of the graduate school of the Wright Institute, Berkeley. (Author/AM)

This Proceedings from the Communication across the Curriculum (CXC) strand of the National Communication Association's 2001 Summer Conference first highlights and describes five of the most common types of programs across the nation: Speaking Intensive Programs, Combined Speaking and Writing Programs, Discipline-Specific Programs, Faculty…

This review conducted by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) explores the use of technology to support academic achievement for at risk high school age youth during their out of school time. The task of this literature review was to sort through the many publications, research briefs, and observations in this arena, with a…

North County Technical High School in St. Louis County, Missouri, supports the use of a full-day technical education program. The school's success in meeting skilled occupations requirements is reflected in the high rate of employment of their high school graduates in skilled occupations. (DS)

Discusses activities undertaken in pharmacologist's laboratories and the prerequisites for admission to a degree study. Indicates that pharmacology is a new science but deals with drugs existing since the dawn of history. (CC)

This article reviews the objectives of both programs and describes an organizational structure which may help to eliminate certain potential points of friction. (JS)

A robotics program involving students from a county vocational-technical school and the high school gifted program provides students with wide-ranging educational experiences and is establishing links between the school population and the universities. (MLF)

To rate 40 validated educational projects from the National Diffusion Network and Georgia, an instrument was developed to identify and measure four dimensions of project complexity: (1) need for teacher creation of project elements; (2) need for administrative arrangements; (3) need for a new analysis of pupil needs; and (4) need for involvement…

Describes the cooperative nature and content of Greek agricultural education and training activities and the efforts made to integrate cooperative studies into the national educational system. (CT)

Presents school administrators' and teachers' views on the necessary ingredients of a superlative arts program. Participants were from schools which had received Rockefeller Brothers Fund awards for excellence in the arts. (AM)

Describes the development of the doctoral program in composition at Michigan's Wayne State University. Includes a description of core courses, interdisciplinary coursework, and opportunities for gaining practical teaching experience. (HTH)

The pilot New Start Program for Disabled People, a program offered by a New Zealand university, is described. Various aspects of the program are presented: the need, its aims, how it was financed, student characteristics, description of the coursework, and evaluation. (CT)