The awesome task of teaching the English novel in one semester at a small college is illustrated and made more feasible in this concise article. A selected group of novels is commented upon specifically, comprising a total volume of more than 4,100 pages of assigned reading. Using the incentive of higher grades, the author provides two other lists…

The possibility of using the vocational/technical instructors of the California Community Colleges as a fire-prevention-education resource was explored. A questionnaire was sent to 99 California community colleges, of which 71 replied. The questionnaire addressed the following questions: (1) Is the topic of equipment or machine-caused fires…

This Model Book contains information for developing a Cooperative Education Program at Santa Fe Community College (Florida). The sections of the book are as follows: Foreword; Background Information; Introduction; Administrative Structure; What Is the Cooperative Education Program; Standards Governing Program Approval; How to Apply for the…

Discussions and studies carried out by students enrolled in a year-long economics curriculum seminar are reported. The seminar was organized to study and make recommendations to an economics department about changing the content and teaching of principles of economics courses at a State university. Thirteen students, masters candidates-teaching…

The essays in this collection have been compiled in an effort to answer some of the complex questions posed by Black Studies. Nathan Hare, Roger Rischer, June Jordan, Michelle Russell, and DeVere E. Pentony explain the rationale for Black Studies. They contend that such programs would help the Negro to form a clearer sense of his own worth and…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the total industrial arts teacher education curriculum at Peru State College which consists of industrial arts education, professional education, and general education. Questionnaires were sent to the 103 graduates of the industrial arts teacher education curriculum and to the supervisors of the graduates…

In the spring of 1969, the Urban Center Curriculum Project undertook a comprehensive survey of minority-related curricul at 185 colleges and universities throughout the country. Information regarding compensatory education programs was one essential element in this inquiry. The institutions contacted were similar to Columbia in that they were…

Sixty-six students were enrolled in a combined Social Science-English experimental section which permitted them their choice of learning method. Options available were lecture, small group, programmed instruction, directed study and community involvement, and students were encouraged to try a variety of approaches. Six questions relating to…

This special issue of "Council-Grams," the newsletter of the National Council of Teachers of English, reports responses to a September, 1972, questionnaire about the teaching of English sent to teachers and administrators of English and education in secondary schools, colleges, and universities. The questions included the following: What…

No program, regardless of its scope, is going to be a panacea in assessing and dealing with the needs of disadvantaged students. What has been done and what is being done in the field of compensatory higher education programs are only the beginning, but they are efforts in the right direction. Until American society recognizes the challenge to…

This paper describes the personalized instruction program for economic education at Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, New York. Personalized instruction is defined as relating subject content to the personal background, interests, needs, and abilities of the student. Students proceed at their own pace, use materials suitable to their…

Affirmative action in higher education must provide an employment approach that addresses the use of human resources through the development of mechanisms designed to fairly assess skills, talents, and experiences of employees or applicants for employment. (MLW)

Recent changes in college attendance patterns, curriculum preferences, and academic employment for women in Poland are tabulated and discussed, and comparisons are made with other socialist countries and industrialized capitalist countries. (MSE)

The characteristics, structure, and content of American English business negotiations are described. A course taught in the Harvard University Summer Program for Foreign Students, developed to eliminate the linguistic and cultural component of potential misunderstandings in cross-cultural negotiations, is outlined and illustrated with an example…

An institution devoted to education must do its best to study the learning process and to assess the effects of its programs. Without such critical self-examination, no endeavor can make sustained progress. An excerpt from the book "Higher Learning" by Derek Bok is presented. (MLW)