The research reported contrasted the preregistration characteristics of graduates and non-graduates from the Special Educational Opportunities Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 62 graduates and 433 non-graduates were included in the study sample. (Author/JM)

Education is a basic mission of the Nation's 20 "Applied Science" museums, and visiting young people are invited to get into the act. (Editor)

Described a program designed to improve each student's ability to discriminate sounds, increase listening skills, improve the use of oral English and indirectly to improve reading abilities (vocabulary and comprehension). (Author/RK)

Article investigated the obstacles presented by poor educational preparation and what circumstances must be arranged by education in improving educational opportunities for rural youth as a means of enabling them greater occupational and geographical mobility. (RK)

Article discussed how changes in federal policy will affect community colleges and their occupational programs. (Editor/RK)

In this paper, a theory of the academic achievement process of learning is proposed. Learning is seen as the outcome of the utilization of learning opportunities created in the teaching process by students themselves. These students are characterized by a certain level of ability and effort. The theory is first formulated in a single equation…

This document describes the steps to be followed in the development of a prescription manual for training of water treatment plant operators. Suggestions on how to prepare both flow and narrative prescriptions are provided for a variety of water treatment systems, including: raw water, flocculation, rapid sand filter, caustic soda feed, alum feed,…

A national study of vocational education in corrections was conducted to describe the current status of vocational education programs available to inmates in all types of correctional facilities. The study produced the following technical reports: a review and synthesis of the literature on correctional vocational education; a set of thirty-four…

This paper, based on a doctoral dissertation, focuses on spending inequalities within a single large city school district. The allocation/expenditure patterns of the 32 New York City "decentralized" units are compared for fiscal year 1976. Significant resource disparities were found among the community districts. These appeared to be…

Article focused on the need for universities to turn their attention to those citizens who are older or retired and in need of opportunities to learn and contribute to society. A number of mature student programs were described. (RK)

Deficiencies in adult education for women are so large that any improvement will have to be directed to socially determined concepts and goals in a systematic manner. Adult educators will have to discard the idea of education as a toy to fill leisure time and provide real education. (Author/BP)

Review findings about aspirations and socio-economic status in Canada, explores the possibility of identifying disadvantaged groups and bringing about greater equality of educational opportunity, and suggests that egalitarians must look beyond the educational system to help remove some of the factors which educationally disadvantage the socially…

Article presented the impressions of the author who toured Russia in October 1973 with a group of American journalists and visited Soviet schools. (Editor/RK)

A listing of summer workshops.