Examines in detail the objectives, design principles, and accomplishments of projects which have used the computer for tutoring and simulation and explains the educational use of programming languages. Outlines some of the difficulties and achievements in incorporating these developments within academic institutions. (GS)

Defines the competency-based approach to teacher education and describes the development of an early childhood program at the University of Houston. (ED)

A year-long program of dental health education involving parents as well as pupils is described. (JD)

Describes a pilot project for providing information support in phases that are coordinated with the academic administrator's increasing sophistication as a manager of resources. (Author/IRT)

A participative health care program is described in which sixth-grade students and teachers, a school nurse, and a team from the community health center jointly determined program content and direction in order to motivate students to receive physical examinations. (MJB)

Focuses on guidelines to be used by high school speech communication teachers when designing a new program that diffuses the teaching of communication skills from the classroom into the entire curriculum. (MH)

An integrated program for training program and staff development specialists should be of high priority in higher education. (MM)

The East Lansing Public Schools, Michigan, have improved faculty morale, improved instruction, and helped establish positive contacts with community members through a professional reading and discussion program for teachers. (Author/MT)

The kinds and uses of computers are briefly outlined, and the principal methods and program design of Bulgaria's undergraduate computer science instruction for specialists and nonspecialists are described. (MSE)

Presents a comprehensive strategic planning model, implemented at a large Southwestern housing and dining services operation. Steps in the model include developing the purpose of conducting strategic planning, determining the organizational structure for implementing the planning process, establishing a conceptual framework as a rationale for goal…

Teacher education in Czechoslovakia is part of a unified national provision of education that covers both preservice and inservice training. The institutional provision for training, conditions for enrollment and process of obtaining a post, inservice education, and teacher position in society are explored. (DF)

Described back-end synthesis as the creation and integration of the secondary intervention required for efficient and cost-effective implementation of performance improvement programs. Involving analysis, design, evaluation, revision, and implementation, this process is related to front-end analysis, and a sample application in a performance…

Presents evidence from a national demonstration program, Project Redirection, and the Salem, Oregon YWCA Program, which demonstrates that by including vocational and employent-rated services in comprehensive programs for pregnant teens and teenage parents, service providers can help equip young parents with skills needed to compete for jobs paying…

Successful park and recreation organizations rely on citizen boards and commissions whose membership includes effective and efficient leaders. To develop leadership skills, a training program for these boards is described; steps to establish and organize such a program are given. (JL)

A discussion of merit pay programs for college faculty looks at the advantages and disadvantages of such systems, the design of some operational programs, key issues in making merit pay awards, and components of effective systems. Alternative ways to recognize differences in performance are also considered. (MSE)