Presents guidance to advisers of school newspapers regarding the qualities to look for in interviewing and selecting editors. Offers tips on establishing and maintaining good working relations with editors. (DMM)

Describes how specific parallels and applications of older literature to contemporary times can enliven the standard British literature survey course. (RS)

Maintains that educational background, work experience, and demonstrated proficiency as a writer are important, but the overriding qualification is first-hand familiarity with on-the-job writing. (RS)

Discusses the problem of practicum variability in professional nanny education. Offers an example of practicum standardization through learning modules. Describes the development, format, and implementation of the modules at the Community College of Allegheny. Offers suggestions for developing modules for practicum courses. (DMM)

Offers a historical perspective on the community college foundation, reviews 1987 research findings concerning foundation assets, lists 10 steps to establishing a foundation, and identifies key factors in organizational success. Describes the revitalization of the Citrus College Foundation. (DMM)

Highlights two models of contract education, using Triton College's (IL) programs as examples. Describes Triton's Employee Development Institute, which contracts to provide specific training to local businesses, and Triton's Continuing Education Center for Health Professionals (CECHP), which co-sponsors programs for the continuing education of…

Describes training partnerships that have evolved between businesses and community colleges. Looks at the advantages to both businesses (getting staff trained without having to develop costly programs) and schools (increased visibility, new equipment) and describes some specific programs. (JOW)

Describes the concept of internships and an internship program between the California Medical Center and the Los Angeles Trade Technical Community College. (JOW)

Survey responses from 83 of 100 public technical college employees found that support workers had significantly greater levels of content and structural plateauing in their careers. Professional/technical employees had greater structural plateauing than did teachers and administrators. (SK)

Describes a case presentation method of group supervision as practiced at a community college. Presents developmental principles underlying this approach. Sees regular group supervision as a critical professional development activity for community college counselors that can reduce counselor isolation and burnout. (Author/NB)

Notes that one answer to the human effects of downsizing is to retrain the labor force to work different jobs. Contends that the federal government is pointing to the community colleges to spearhead this retraining effort. Discusses three job-training proposals and emphasizes the important business-college link. (Author/NB)

Offers a personal account of a fellowship project undertaken in Argentina by a community college librarian from the United States. Provides an overview of Argentine libraries, and reviews highlights of a seminar held in Argentina on the community college concept. (DMM)

Notes that, although institutions of higher education support egalitarianism and meritocracy, few have developed operational practices to reconcile them. Focuses on development of noncognitive predictors of college success and the ascendancy of the urban university as two developments that may be useful in accommodating values of equity of…

Discusses the need for reading anthologies that not only contain the works of female writers but also works that do not specifically deal with women's issues. Outlines the problem as it exists in magazines, newspapers, and other media. Discusses modal versus thematic organization in writing and areas of traditional female concern. (PRA)

Sets forth a proposal for a new organization, the Two-Year College Association (under the aegis of the National Council of Teachers of English), intended to give a more precise identity and greater visibility to two-year college teachers than is possible within the present national Two-Year College Council. (SR)