A program using secondary English teachers as associates to teach college freshman rhetoric was introduced at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Associates had at least a master's degree and served during their sabbatical year, teaching three sections per semester while taking coursework. (DF)

Describes a weekend job workshop for humanities graduate students and recent PhD recipients in which they come into contact with individuals of similar backgrounds who have found nonacademic employment. Recent workshops are described, and recommendations for conducting workshops are included, such as enlisting consultants and using the placement…

Discusses the methodology and results of a national survey of practices in environmental education for preservice Canadian teachers. Among the conclusions presented are those regarding methods, content courses, college faculty, certification, exemplary programs, and major problems in teaching environmental education. (WB)

Land between the Lakes, the nation's only federal demonstration area in outdoor education, environmental education, and resource management, provides both recreational facilities for the public and outdoor educational training for college students. Article describes programs, facilities, and objectives of the 170,000 acre "university of the…

Engineering management programs at the master's degree level open the management level career areas to engineers. Discussed are various colleges' programs and their program titles, curricula, faculty, students, admission requirements, and relationships with business schools. (RE)

A survey was conducted of students and alumni of nine universities to obtain a profile of people who had selected graduate study in engineering management. Discussed are attitudes of employers, clues for recruiting, and program evaluation. (RE)

Career development in higher education has come of age. Learning effective time management through self-help reading and practice or workshop can improve development offices through a more focused and better-managed career development program. (Author)

Describes state level development of a television series for family day-care training and a two-year work/study paraprofessional program for day-care providers. (RH)

Analyzes the Comprehensive Assistance to Undergraduate Science Education (CAUSE) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAUSE awards by type of institution for the fiscal year 1979 and the period between 1976 and 1979 are presented. (HM)

Reviews the author's experiences with white students during courses taught by him in Afro-American history at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, between 1969 and 1972. Concludes that "such black studies as that at Cleveland State University have reached significant numbers of white, specifically ethnic, students." (Author/JM)

This article contains a letter which questions the value and ethics of the Program on Human Sexuality (University of Minnesota) and also contains the response to the letter by a member of the Theological-Ethical Task Force which sponsors the program. (Author)

A complex paraprofessional training program for university credit combining both theory and experiential content and involving student affairs staff in a formal teaching role in an academic department is described. (Author)

States that a successful partnership with private business requires attention to issues of benefit and value. Recounts the gradual process by which Carl Sandburg College (Illinois) made these connections in opening the Center for Manufacturing Excellence, which houses a business incubator and provides many creative ideas for workforce development…

A consortium of four Alabama universities was formed to prepare educational interpreters to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing students in inclusive rural settings and to work in multicultural environments. The proposed Specialty in Educational Interpreting program would offer some courses via the interactive intercampus television system. Contains 18…