This module is one of a set of seven prepared in conjunction with the Title I "Project to Train Volunteer Leaders to Conduct Consumer Education Courses." It is designed to be a basic text for use in making a one-hour presentation on legal aspects of the marketplace. Through use of the attached bibliography, a more in-depth knowledge can…

The influx of an unprecedented number of reentry women into educational programs and paid work requires more research on the transferability of women's competencies and life experiences to specific occupations. A questionnaire was developed to survey the life experiences of adult women (N=131) who were participating in various programs of career…

In an effort to determine current salary levels and other practices related to personnel teaching continuing education, a survey of 23 institutions in the Rocky Mountain West was conducted by the Office of Institutional Research at Idaho State University. It was found that most of these institutions provide compensation or remuneration to faculty…

Tables and graphs are presented to compare student enrollment at the Maricopa County Community College District to the number of credit hours generated by that enrollment. Specifically, the report presents data on the number of students enrolled in the district and compares the data to the number of student credit hours generated for the entire…

The continuing education unit (CEU) is a means of establishing some quantification of the myriad of offerings labeled "continuing education,""adult education,""lifelong learning," etc., supplied by a variety of institutions and agencies and participated in by an ever-increasing number and variety of persons. On its most fundamental level, the CEU…

The need for experts in technical communication is growing significantly while the number of college graduates in the field accounts for less than one percent of the need. Three major types of problems should be considered in trying to establish a technical communication program: those involving society's need for better technical communicators,…

The historical enrollment data for spring 1973 to spring 1976 at Macomb County Community College were used to project enrollment for summer 1976 to spring 1979. The most consistent enrollment projections were obtained using the following ratios: (1) spring ratios--spring values against preceding fall values; (2) fall ratios--fall values against…

A study was conducted at the University of Missouri-Columbia (UM-C) to ascertain the performance of 465 Missouri community/junior college students who transferred to UM-C during the Fall 1976 semester. The students were assigned to one of five groups based upon the number of semester hours they transferred to UM-C. Their community college grade…

At the request of the Faculty Council on Academic Standards, a survey of university-wide admissions and graduation standards of 14 public and 6 private American institutions was undertaken. This report summarizes the university-wide admissions standards for freshmen and transfer students. Five specific requirements are dealt with and presented in…

This book is based on a national invitational colloquium that took place in March, 1979, at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. The colloquium was sponsored by the College Board in cooperation with the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) of the Big Ten Universities and the University of Chicago. It afforded an opportunity for…

The ways that Wisconsin colleges, technical institutes and high schools award credit for learning acquired through work experience are described. This guide was written after a statewide study of the policies and procedures of both postsecondary and secondary schools. Data were gathered in interviews with nearly every postsecondary school in…

With the increase in mature, highly (although informally) educated students returning to or beginning high school or college, the need for a system of crediting prior experiential learning has also increased. Prior experiential learning refers to knowledge for which no course corresponding to a student's learning exists in a curriculum, but that…

Transcripts of the hearings held on April 28 and May 12, 1977 include the statements of the Assistant Secretary for Education (Mary Berry), congressional representatives, representatives of national student and higher education associations, and additional information and statements submitted for the record by federal officials, college…

Program requirements for a master's degree in education at both publicly and privately supported institutions are compared. Requirements are revealed as similar in both types of institution with some slight differences in emphasis. Publicly supported institutions appear to have more stringent requirements in the areas of full-time residency…

Tax credit bills of various sorts were passed by the U.S. Senate in 1967, 1969, 1971, and 1976, with recent votes favoring the idea by about a two-to-one margin. Longstanding opposition in the Ways and Means Committee has heretofore prevented a postsecondary education expense tax allowance bill from reaching the floor of the House of…