Two possible types of loans for undergraduate study are outlined (loans to cover fees only and loans for living costs), and suggested repayment schemes and need analyses are given. Some notes are given on the administration of such a program. (MSE)

Describes a program, developed by the home economics department and the elementary education department at Middle Tennessee State University, which emphasizes early childhood development and family life in relation to community and school environments. Examines curriculum organization, practical student experience, the development of a degree…

Describes a career development pilot program as a segment of the church school class for secondary students at the Second Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee. The program focused on values clarification, tentative career choices, and limited reality testing by means of panels of church adults involved in those occupations. (MF)

Describes the Future Farmers of America chapter as an integral part of the agriculture teacher education program. Lists the purposes and activities of the chapter. College credit is given to students participating in the chapter through enrollment in the class entitled FFA Leadership. (LRA)

Student health professionals, working as assistants to communities with serious health care problems, helped develop the Shuqualak health center in an area with the highest infant mortality rate in the United States. Describes the Community Technical Assistance Program and the history of the Shuqualak project. (SB)

Describing the development, organization, and activities of a living history program designed around principles of experiential learning to stimulate student interest in American history, this article discusses the interdisciplinary approach and includes a schedule of a day-long field trip simulating garrison life 200 years ago. (SB)

Describes a precollegiate English-as-a-Second-Language summer program for Southeast Asian high school students, held at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. Discusses the use of cultural story telling to build a bridge between the self and the new academic setting, and the use of Southeast Asian college students as peer counselors…

Presents a model for a course on information literacy that was developed by librarians at California State University at San Marcos. Topics include the role of the library in higher education reform; active learning activities; convincing faculty and administrators of the need for information literacy courses; and future implementation. (LRW)

A policy study (1992-94) investigated how three exemplary states have implemented transition services for youth with disabilities. Document evaluation and interviews (N=74) with key policymakers and implementors resulted in identifying seven themes that contributed to the successful initiation and continuation of transition policies, practices,…

Evaluates a community college leadership development program provided by the Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA). A total of 129 participants answered questionnaires regarding the effectiveness of the program. Responses were then coded and analyzed in terms of apparent patterns or themes. Outlines some benefits of…

Reports on the development of a comprehensive education program "Step by Step: A Program for Children and Families" in Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. Designed for young children from birth to age eight and their families, this program attempts to share U.S. teaching methods that promote democratic principles…

A four-year intervention targeted students' fruit and vegetable consumption in 12 Archdiocese of New Orleans (Louisiana) high schools. Focus groups shaped program development. Intervention included schoolwide media marketing, food identification, workshops and activities, and parental involvement. Process, outcome, and impact measurements…

William P. Hytche opened a successful campus diner at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore while a faculty member. Later, as chancellor, he expanded the historically black university substantially to keep it from merging, becoming a community college, or closing, and garnered support in surrounding communities. The retiring administrator has…

Argues that in higher education, values and priorities of the enterprise's "producers" have little in common with those of the "consumers," and identifies areas in which this is apparent, including tuition, college choice, selection of a president, program development, faculty rewards, state subsidies, institutional budgeting, and school…

Addresses decision-making skills as one approach to increasing adolescents' ability to manage interpersonal violence. Data from Healthy Transitions, a pilot violence prevention study in Baltimore (Maryland), illustrate ways adolescents think about situations of social conflict and highlight the need to understand adolescents' viewpoints when…