A cooperative venture between the University of West Florida and the Okaloosa County (Florida) school district addressed the concerns of two rural communities over changing school and community characteristics and the need for basic skills instruction for elementary and secondary school students. To meet and expand upon objectives of Teacher Corps…

This article describes a sequence of marriage and family counseling courses offered within the context of a Masters program in counselor education. Following the rationale for the courses and a general program discussion, the seven courses in the family counseling sequence are enumerated and explained, including: (1) theories of family counseling;…

The Simmons College Career Planning and Counseling Center is a training site for counseling psychology interns who want to gain experience in counseling late adolescent and adult women. This paper describes the model for training counselors of women, developed at Simmons College. The development of the program is discussed, and the four goals of…

An interdisciplinary career-oriented humanities major at Tougaloo College, which is designed to assist students to develop career interests within the context of humanistic inquiry, is described. Additionally, the program is designed to provide for in-depth and advanced study in one humanistic discipline and to stimulate intensive examination of…

The field of education has recognized that intensive clinical experience constitutes an ideal learning model. Fellowships in education were accompanied by large amounts of money in demonstration projects. Two costly national programs designed to move highly qualified persons into top administrative positions fell short of their goal.…

This document, based on the experiences of the authors in five Iowa school districts, describes a program for encouraging women and other minorities to become school administrators. Chapter 1 discusses promoting the awareness that discrimination is a significant problem. Methods described are use of a sponsorship program for informal contact…

IN 1960, THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA SET UP AN INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE PROGRAM FOR ADULT EDUCATORS, AND A PROGRAM FOR EVALUATING THE NEW CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND FOR COORDINATING RESEARCH RELATIVE TO THE GREAT PLAINS REGION. THE PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY THE KELLOGG FOUNDATION. DIRECTED BY DR. ALAN KNOX, WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE…

This project's goal is to identify and develop management strategies which would allow for the implementation of a number of approaches for providing preservice teachers, beginning teachers, medical students, administrative interns, and graduate students with a year-long field experience. This report discusses the results of field tests,…

This paper presents a discussion of the training of pediatric psychology interns at the University of Virginia Medical Center. The role of the intern as a member of an interdisciplinary team is emphasized. It is suggested that an understanding of organizational theory and group dynamics can facilitate the functioning of the intern as a team…

Progress in the 10 years since the doctoral program in higher education was begun at the University of Georgia and events during the academic year 1978-1979 are reported. Differences between expectations and realities of the program are discussed and the future of higher education is seen as uncertain and challenging. Staff assignments are…

IN THE SPRING OF 1967, EIGHTEEN ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN WHO WERE AWAITING APPOINTMENTS AS PRINCIPALS OF NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS WITH A PREPONDERANCE OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS WERE ASSIGNED TO A TEN-WEEK INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CLOSE OBSERVATION OF SCHOOL OPERATIONS,…

A report based upon data collected through the administration of the Intern Program at Fort Schuyler describes a pilot project in intern instructorships established in 1960 at Maritime College, Fort Schuyler. The program provides one year and an optional second year of practical teacher training for graduate students working toward the Ph.D. in a…

Cooperative educational arrangements are utilized extensively by vocational educators as a practical approach to learning. Some of these arrangements are work-study, extended campus, clinical experience, internship, Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE), and entrepreneurship. The work-study arrangement provides economically needy students with…

This study was designed to assess the current state of the art in master's level counseling practica, and to compare this with ACES Standards (1973) for recommended improvements in counselor training. A checklist instrument was used to secure information on theoretical approaches, practica models and focus, pre-practicum preparation, types of…

Seven graduate students were awarded Office of Education Professional Development Act (EPDA) fellowships to participate in the occupational education leadership program developed by Southern Illinois University during the 1974-75 academic year. All were enrolled as full-time students, three at the master's degree level and four at the doctoral…