This Well Baby Clinic was designed to augment residency teaching program in evaluation of physical and emotional growth, in family counseling, and to gain data on response to varying immunizations. (IR)

A voluntary senior year elective program that provides flexibility in medical curriculum, indentifies weak teaching areas, allows more effective student-faculty communication, and influences career choice. (Editor/IR)

Suggests break with restrictive college offerings by substituting lectures with television and other instructional aids, replacing the standard four-year curriculum with one that permits advancement according to individual learning capabilities, and encouraging the development of faculty potential to meet students' personal and educational needs.…

Describes an improved method for solving typical timetabling problems which was developed for the American University in Cairo. The article outlines the 26-step algorithm, indicates computer storage requirements, shows how the algorithm copes with conflicts, and explains how to obtain the final output in convenient format. (EAO)

The custodial staffing allocation form contains 40 basic custodial tasks grouped into 23 main tasks that can be used to measure all custodial work load requirements. Savings derived from objective standards for cleaning jobs are estimated to be in excess of 30 percent. (MLF)

Discusses counselor feelings of loss due to client departure from therapy. Describes components of loss within a five-stage model including denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Outlines strategies for coping with counselor loss. Suggests feelings of loss are natural. (RC)

Boston University's Case Physical Education Center generates more than $250,000 a year in rentals and concession income. Guidelines are offered for using school resources to produce additional revenues. (Author/MLF)

Describes two innovative college-level geography programs in which classes are taught off campus at locations and times convenient for nontraditional students. The authors conclude that this format has attracted highly motivated, older students (particularly non-Whites and women) who would not otherwise have been able to continue their education.…

A teacher recounts her problems in trying to implement in a real classroom the individualized instruction theory she learned in college. (SJL)

Investigated the relationship between shift schedules and mental health, job satisfaction, social participation, organizational commitment, anticipated turnover, absenteeism and tardiness among nurses (N=440). Results indicated that workers on fixed work schedules would be better off than workers on rotating work schedules. (Author)

Continuous overlapping of design, bid, and construction activities, as well as changing the construction sequence of an inner city Baltimore (Maryland) school resulted in financial savings. (Author/MLF)

The second installment in a series of articles discusses the organization, scheduling, authority, and responsibility of an effective school maintenance program. (Author/MLF)