Alumni travel programs provide an ideal opportunity for both learning and nurturing a climate of support for a college. Yale University's (Connecticut) alumni association has found the inclusion of faculty on its educational tours to be highly successful, sometimes constructing entire trips around the faculty member's educational objective. (MSE)

Three alumni travel directors offer advice on taking control when tour crises arise. The cases cited involved irresponsible tour agents, problem travelers, and on-location disasters. Both precautions and creative solutions are emphasized. (MSE)

The paper proposes teaching travel skills to developmentally disabled persons based upon the principles used to teach orientation and mobility to blind people. The approach emphasizes success orientation, sequencing, fading, individualized instruction, and in vivo instruction. Content includes environmental concepts, recovery techniques,…

Overseas travel-study programs can be rewarding experiences for students and teachers, but consideration must be given to the sponsoring organizations' credibility and liability. Because of liability problems, the number and type of educational travel opportunities are increasing, while the number of schools sponsoring overseas programs is…

Describes the Hands across the Border Cultural Exchange Program between the communities of Palominas, Arizona, and Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. An Arizona fifth/sixth grader studies Mexico prior to hosting a visitor from Mexico and enjoying a reciprocal visit to the Arizpe student's home. Highlights the program's unique features and benefits. (DMM)

Describes a survey of research libraries regarding policies on monetary support for conference travel. Responses discussed include staff eligibility; levels of involvement supported; locus of allocation decisions; format and frequency of allocations; items affecting allocation size; limits on number of conferences and amount of allocations; and…

The study assessed the efficacy of a method of quantifying observations of blind clients made by orientation and mobility instructors. Client problems were observed for street crossings, bumps, stumbles, orientation, and drop-offs. (DB)

Crossroads to the World is an interdisciplinary, teacher-developed, technology-based project involving constructive learning that can be adapted to almost any social-studies curriculum. Beginning with literary models (like Whitman's "Song of the Open Road"), students use simulation software to generate ideas for their own simulated world…

Three experiments examined the ability of blind individuals and individuals simulating the visual acuity of 20/400 to monitor the behaviors of a cane traveler in various environments and at distances between 10 feet and 25 feet. Results suggested that at least some vision is needed for instructors monitoring visually impaired individuals learning…

Tighter budgets faced by many higher education institutions have a variety of results, including larger classes, loss of faculty expertise through early retirement and nonreplacement, severely limited supplies and services, reduced faculty professional travel and memberships, and unrepaired equipment. Some faculty have begun fund-raising efforts.…

Twelve legally blind men tested two night-vision devices: one wide-angle light and one with a high-intensity beam. The study concluded that no one night light is best for all individuals and in some cases a smaller angle, high-intensity light may be more useful than a wider angle one. (Author/JDD)

This article criticizes previously suggested (EC 222 753) objective "timing methods" to help the visually impaired pedestrian determine a safe time to cross an uncontrolled intersection. The assumption that timing the approach of several cars can result in a correct judgment is particularly questioned. (DB)

Offers, in a whimsical poem, reflections on what motivates students planning to study or travel abroad, the countries they choose to visit, the challenges they overcome, the initial culture shock, and the rewards of travel. Reflects on exchanges in unfamiliar languages, differences in culture, and varied traditions. (CH)

Describes AfricaQuest, an online interactive expedition to Africa that enables students to follow a team of experts as they travel in search of clues to ancient mysteries and an understanding of the environment. Provides suggestions for incorporating AfricaQuest into a variety of curriculum areas. (LRW)

This case study discusses how a teacher of three elementary students with congenital blindness motivated her students to increase their mobility. The children were asked to pull a child-sized suitcase with wheels behind them in the hand that was not holding a cane. The successes of the strategy are described. (Contains two references.) (CR)