A survey of student personnel services reports patterns of administrator characteristics, program organization and the range of services offered. (MN)

The information retrieval, analysis, and dissemination functions of ERIC's Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges have become more comprehensive to meet expanding needs of the educational community. Available services and directions of future involvement are discussed. (JO)

City University of New York has extended the concept of ?open door" to ?open curriculum" by allowing any student to enroll in any program, transfer or terminal, regardless of his high school grade point average. To maximize the opportunities for success, large-scale counseling, tutorial, remedial and developmental programs have been…

The mathematics curriculum at Barton County Community College (Kansas) has been divided into 15 mini-courses to enable students to pinpoint their learning needs more specifically. (NF)

A report on how various sections of the Mathematical Association of America are responding to the needs of the two-year colleges. (MM)

The reactions of freshman composition classes and instructors to a set of posters with lesson texts were favorable. (MS)

A study of Negro and white junior college students supported the conclusion that special programs and teaching strategies should be geared to the particular needs of disadvantaged students. (MS)

Recent difficulties in the area of student and faculty involvement in institutional decisions suggest an experimental approach to the administration of junior colleges. (MS)

Reports on a conference involving members from the Illinois Section of the Mathematical Association of America (ISMAA) and the Illinois Junior Colleges. The purpose of the conference was to develop articulation procedures to provide maximum freedom of transfer among junior colleges and degree-granting institutions. Several resolutions are…

Three community colleges and a television station cooperated in the development of a program for broadcasting college courses for credit. (CA)

Lee College (Texas), in cooperation with the Texas Department of Corrections, has brought its junior college program to eight different units in the correctional system. Developed to encourage attitudinal changes among the inmates, the program offers courses leading to a junior college degree. (JO)

A series of human relations laboratories was held for the administrators, faculty, and staff of the Dallas County Junior College District (Texas). Formed into T groups, the participants concentrated on developing relationships with people in authority and with those regarded as different." (JO)

Hillsborough Junior College's use of individualized instructional systems suggests that the likelihood of student achievement at predetermined levels of mastery has been increased. Systems for mathematics, English, American history, and sociology have been implemented, and other systems are currently being tested. (JO)

Incorporating typewriters and music into an already non-traditional composition course has resulted in more individual reading, increased acuteness in observation, and improved vocabulary. (JO)