Describes a high school interdisciplinary program based on the theories that reading that is related to a student's life is the most meaningful, that students who have vocational reading skills will be more effective in their careers, and that students who have good self-concepts and healthy bodies will learn better. (FL)

Describes the in-service training project for Australian aboriginal paralegal field officers of the Aboriginal Legal Service, organized by the Law School and Extension Service of the University of Western Australia. The project team acted as facilitators for the field officers, a participative training program design being found to be important.…

Describes a course for undergraduate students that is intended to increase their study effectiveness. The authors recognize that there are many different routes to success and that each student must develop his/her own effective method. (Author/SA)

The relationship between data and their use in a planning, management and evaluation system in a higher education institution is discussed. Elements of the institutional planning process are detailed as well as the budgeting process and a method for relating fiscal resources to institutional goals and objectives. (Author/SF)

A long-range plan to evaluate medical students' physical examination skills was undertaken at the Ingham Family Medical Clinic at Michigan State University. The development of the psychomotor skills evaluation model to evaluate the skill of blood pressure measurement, tests of the model's reliability, and the use of the model are described. (JMD)

The counselor-consultant can play a vital role in helping parents provide more effective sex education for their children. A counselor-coordinated program for parents is outlined in this article. (Author)

Provides an overview of Australia's National Schools Network (NSN), a commonwealth-state collaborative network providing support to over 200 schools (K-12) that are rethinking their work organizations and teaching and learning practices. A key component of the NSN is the linkage of teacher professional development with systemic research that…

The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers offers Opportunity Assessment (OA) workshops to train campus decision makers in developing a business plan to fund campus infrastructure upgrades from energy operating budgets, by combining highly efficient building utility systems upgrades and controls with properly sized and efficient…

Describes the Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps (ILVC), an organization of retired people who volunteer to serve the poor by teaching and counseling. Suggests that ILVC volunteers want to help others as a way of giving back what they have been given. (AJL)

Outlines possible advantages and disadvantages of traditional approaches to undergraduate psychology instruction, outlines the rationale for problem-based learning (PBL), and describes a PBL program in occupational therapy at Brunel University College (England). Notes some classroom techniques for using PBL in undergraduate psychology, and…

Courseware was developed to facilitate knowledge transfer between lecture and laboratory for general chemistry at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana). One project uses a tutorial strategy. Another uses tool-based courseware for modeling and manipulation of simulated representations of chemical systems; worksheets guide student use of courseware…

Students attending a Minnesota school in a middle-class neighborhood are finding that cooperation, conflict resolution, and civic values are creating a safe haven from the stresses of family and neighborhood life. Students have two innovative programs (Continuous Progress and Discovery) to choose from. Highlands Elementary nurtures its students…

Describes the University of Denver (Colorado) Executive Master's in Business Administration (MBA) program, designed for business practitioners and intended to link the classroom and professional experience. The program includes a ten-day sojourn in China, with preparatory research and a post-visit critique of that research. Outcomes are discussed…

Partnerships with communities help universities respond to contemporary societal issues, enrich educational experiences, and offer opportunities for research and faculty service. At Georgia State University, three health-related programs link campus and community in projects for grandparents raising grandchildren, migrant farm workers, and…

Captures the cooperative spirit of a suburban Georgia high school with 2,000 highly mobile students from 60 countries and speaking over 30 different languages. Staff work to counter stereotypical assumptions and use diversity as a positive resource for learning and promotion of individual excellence. Diversity-management strategies related to…