Based on environmental assessment methodologies, a model was designed to categorize and evaluate student development services. When applying the model, four dimensions need to be specified: target populations, assessment periods, environmental components, and measurement procedures. Actual model implementation is described for a large university…

Presents the context in which the aid chain of adult education operates in Latin America and the Third World. Refers to the characteristics of promotional organizations and international assistance agencies and the way in which the aid chain operates. Suggests ways to overcome major limitations. (CH)

Suggests that third world countries should develop their own information base and their own technologies designed especially for their needs, instead of relying on the information and technologies developed for industrialized nations. Emphasizes scientific information and library development. (CH)

Describes a seventh-grade course on ethical inquiry to teach students to think critically, independently, logically, and ethically in dealing with social and historical issues. Indicates that discussion is the most powerful means for getting children to learn the basic prerequisites for reasoning to become alert and skillful thinkers. (TRS)

Consists of two articles delineating (1) the role of the monitor of a major personnel training project and (2) the impact of personnel training on entrepreneurial advancement. The author monitored a project at an industrial firm in Finland and draws on this experience. (CH)

Investigated the processes of developing services for the aged in rural communities, using grounded theory methodology. Examination revealed a grassroots model of advocacy which involved the emergence of local leadership and typical motivational, needs defining, goal-setting, and organizational processes. (Author/NRB)

Through the development and administration of the Academic Advising Inventory, University of Georgia students were given the opportunity to demonstrate a preference for either developmental advising or for traditional prescriptive advising. (MLW)

This article describes two group leadership development workshops. The pattern of group development which characterized the workshops is outlined. Major reactions of participants to the workshop experience are summarized. Several suggestions are made for the improvement of similar workshops in the future. (Author)

A pilot project was developed to examine how changing governmental policies designed to reduce or eliminate developmental education have been affecting the organization and delivery of developmental instruction, admissions practices, and other institutional decisions and processes in the New England states. The pilot project does not evaluate New…

This annotated bibliography provides an overview of selected recent publications related to issues that will impact developmental education in the future. The document is divided into six sections: (1) interviews by national leaders in the field; (2) changing values in higher education; (3) culture and demographics; (4) educational theory and its…

Community development programs in Fort Chipewyan, Wabasca-Desmarais, and Slave Lake were evaluated to determine their success in effecting social change in spite of, or in cooperation with, the existing bureaucratic machinery in Alberta. The history of governmental support and the Human Resources Development Authority jurisdiction are cited…

Excerpts from questionnaire sent in preparation for the World Conference on Adult Education to all member states of Unesco and to international nongovernmental organizations. (MB)

The authors propose a redesigned curriculum to fit the broadened definition of vocational education. (Editor)

Use of state funds for individual faculty and departmental improvement in the public junior colleges is discussed in terms of a planning philosophy, a plan description, and approaches to implementation. (JO)