The pre-college training program is a successful, creative marketing technique in attracting a larger percentage of graduating high school seniors. Inherent in budgeting for these programs is the appropriation of funds to promote outreach efforts that maintain a self-supporting program. Budgeting at the University of Iowa is described. (MLW)

A library orientation program for newly arrived international students at North Texas State University is described. The program has evolved through the efforts of language teachers and librarians working with students taking non-credit English classes prior to being admitted for a degree in the university. (MLW)

The goals to which educators should aspire are developing individual capacities, strengthening the vitality of individual citizens, and strengthening society so that the quality of life for all is enhanced. These goals can be accomplished through the ideals of equity and excellence. (CT)

Discusses several statements about education and schooling concerning children's learning ability, the need for lifetime learning, influence of the home experience, the importance of good teachers, and the importance of program improvement at the local level. Six goals for improving future education are stated. (CT)

Comments on what lessons from yesterday we should keep in mind as we plan and work for tomorrow. These lessons include continuing to teach the basic subjects to our students as well as possible and ensuring that the oncoming body of students has a sense that this is one world. (CT)

Results of survey involving 54 U.S. colleges and universities reveal that while 98% of international education offices offered orientation programs for newly enrolled foreign students, only 56% of libraries provided special instruction for this group. Need for programs and suggestions for establishing them are discussed. Questionnaire is appended.…

Research indicates that principals who have clear goals for their schools, provide active, visible leadership, and closely monitor the school's progress in accomplishing the expected improvement, are consistently assessed as more effective, regardless of the criteria for judging. The article stresses the need to distinguish between principal style…

Rainier Beach High School, Seattle, Washington, uses a three-day freshman orientation program to prepare ninth graders for the high school experience and to help the high school to better know and provide for them. (DCS)

Bowling Green's four-week summer preregistration program providing students with opportunities for individualized academic counseling and computerized preregistration is described, along with a fall follow-up for additional advising and suggestions for handling computerized registration. (MSE)

Presents the findings of a national survey of coordinators of counseling services in public middle schools (N=552) concerning American children who change residence. Concluded that children generally have some difficulty associated with relocation and that many of these problems can be anticipated and addressed by the new school. (LLL)

Privacy is conceptualized as a dynamic, interpersonal boundary control process which regulates access to the self. Coupled with desired and achieved privacy levels, a series of social interaction cases are described involving satisfactory and unsatisfactory input-output relationships with others. Mechanisms used to implement desired levels of…

A well-planned, well-executed orientation program can make an enormous difference to a new trustee or regent's future commitment and contribution to the institution. Orientation events not only carry enormous symbolic value, they also have the potential to convey a strong first impression of just how much the chief executive and board leaders…

Like most high schools, St. Mary's District High, Tasmania, Australia, has a regular annual orientation day for students in transition from Grade 6 to Grade 7. In 2000, an online element was introduced (by the author) to supplement this process for students moving to Grade 7 in 2001. Elementary classrooms are traditionally child-centered…

This brochure is written out of concern for the impact anti-gay prejudice and discrimination have on children--gay and straight. Although people have different views about homosexuality, most Americans believe that everyone should be treated fairly and with respect. American society has many kinds of families, and many people have neighbors,…

This booklet synthesizes principles of motivation that have emerged from research examining the effect of motivational practices on school learning. It addresses achievement motivation, intrinsic motivation, goal orientation, and the effect of teacher practices on the promotion of motivational beliefs, motivation strategies, and willpower. It also…