To establish a base for the development of new educational programs for older adults, a survey was conducted of personnel in 150 community colleges across the country to elicit information and perceptions concerning the following issues: (1) the content and scope of current educational programs for elders; (2) the nature of the developmental…

One of a series of volumes containing units on specific themes designed for use in college freshman English courses, this particular volume considers the issue of choice through literature (short stories, novels, and poems). A section describing chamber theatre technique, which is an integral part of many of the units in this sequence, is…

Described in the booklet are program guidelines for serving trainable mentally retarded students in California public schools. Considered are the effects of changing public attitudes and legislation on program development, and reviewed are legal provisions regarding financing, identification, assessment, and placement of trainable mentally…

This guide reconstructs the curricula taught in Vietnam at the elementary level. It includes the underlying educational principles and lists the subjects along with the number of hours they are taught. The curriculum for each of the first five compulsory grades is presented separately, and four charts give overall statistics. The intent of the…

In an attempt to develop college creditable competencies for inservice training in the human services, and relationships between service agencies and higher education institutions, a conference sponsored by the Center for Governmental Studies discussed: (1) nontraditional education and competency-based education; (2) competency-based education and…

In fall 1975, a project was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of the PBS television course "Classic Theatre: The Humanities in Drama" in terms of: (1) the attitude toward and utilization of course materials and prescribed format by participating institutions (153 two-year, and 122 four-year) nationwide; (2) the response to the…

A reappraisal of the educational mission of Western Michigan University is attempted by the All-University Committee on Graduate and Professional Education. The events leading to the creation of the committee, its charge, and its plan of action are described, followed by a history of graduate programs at the university. The purposes of graduate…

The activites of the Consulting Group on Instructional Design and some faculty members for whom it has made a difference are discussed. Through faculty seminars, consultation, and cooperative efforts with faculty to develop instructional programs utilizing new strategies and technologies, the Consulting Group tries to improve the effectiveness of…

Very little is known about how students learn from television, particularly when television is used in conjunction with a prescribed set of written materials. At the Open University of Great Britain, classes have proliferated to the extent that it is not longer possible to broadcast one lecture to accompany each unit of instruction. To reduce air…

Following a review of the history of the legal assistant profession and the present status of legal assistant education, this document reports a study of the need for a legal assistant program at Kellogg Community College (KCC). A survey questionnaire was distributed to 106 private attorneys, financial institutions, businesses and industries,…

The Planning-Implementing-Evaluating (PIE) approach to teaching seeks to involve students in three basic stages of instruction. Stage 1, planning, includes the identification of student learning objectives, facilities, and methods, and entails the preparation of curriculum, educational materials, and instructional activities. Stage 2,…

Social pressures on college administrators regarding disadvantaged students are discussed from the viewpoint of one community college president who emphasizes the vagueness of the term "disadvantaged." It is noted that for many students the campus is their first sustained immersion in a going, middle-class, American community, and that its impact…

This study examines the laws of Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, and New York in an attempt to determine who has what kind of authority to control the curriculum of public and private schools in each state. The five states studied were selected to represent different degrees of centralization in the control of school curriculum. The…

This article principally summarizes: (1) highlights of some of the "work in progress," or developments taking place, in English programs in community colleges, (2) some of the reasons why changes are likely to continue to take place in community college English programs, and (3) a proposal for a "mosaic pattern" that could provide a relatively…

This booklet is intended to stimulate sharing of ideas and successful kindergarten programs among Individually Guided Education (IGE) schools. Four selected schools which have integrated kindergarten into a nongraded approach to education are described in terms of organization, the different curricula followed, the kinds of assessment used, and…