The North Texas State University's Women's Center was designed to define and identify the needs of women in the NTSU Community and to encourage and facilitate institutional and community response to those perceived needs. David T. Borland, consultant, advised the organizing group about the clientele who were to be served, the available resources…

This analysis of the Follow Through program as attempted in Wilmington suggests that the implementation of the experimental treatment is problematic at best, that quantitative analysis of the national results of this quasi-experimental program may provide us with information that is of limited validity and utility, and that the call to treat…

Evaluation is often both conceptually and functionally separate from program planning and operations management. There are a number of potentially beneficial side effects to be realized from close collaboration between program administrators and evaluators: when the evaluation task is broadly defined and when both administrators recognize their…

Arguments are presented for curriculum materials development to be treated as a separate entity from departments of agricultural teacher education. Reasons given for a separate curriculum laboratory include priority given to materials development, economy and efficiency of production, and improved cooperation between teacher educators, state…

A look at correspondence education as an alternative to regular in-school instruction. Briefly describes the efforts of the Correspondence Education Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Education. (Editor/RK)

Presents critical reactions to the Kodaly method of of classroom music teaching. Describes a radio panel discussion in Hungary, where the Kodaly teaching method originated and is used exclusively in the schools; while panel members were opposed to the rigid application of the method in Hungary, there is much to be learned from it and its meaning…

Resources already available within a school system can support and maintain an effective AGE program. Discusses these resources and strategies for delivering them to students and teachers. (Author/RK)

The number of children in residential care has doubled in the last ten years. Argues that there is still little understanding among teachers and social workers of the needs of such children. (Editor/RK)

The National Education Association Government Relations Board offers some highlights of the definitions used in the PL 94-142 regulations and some of the general criteria for state and local administration of the program. (JD)

Provides annotations for developmental, freshman, and advanced writing texts, as well as professional texts. Materials cited include readers, workbooks, composition and literature texts, and business and technical writing texts. Publishers' information is included. (HTH)

Two student-initiated volunteer projects that became independent community-based organizations are examined with attention to building appropriate partnerships at each stage of program development, and the characteristics of these partnerships: clear communication, shared goals, mutual respect and trust, complimentary roles/skills,…

In almost half of the Department of Education's biennial audits of colleges receiving federal financial aid, institutions are found to have made mistakes in aid distribution, and each year the department asks colleges to return $25-million in aid money. Better oversight methods are urged. (MSE)

Argues that, although a split between literature and composition may create major problems and involve major risks, it can and must be done for the future of the profession. (JK)

To manage enrollments, today's colleges and universities must incorporate marketing strategies and organizational changes that until now have generally been used only by business and other private sector professionals. (MSE)

Results of a survey of the Western Association of Financial Aid Administrators concerning the prevalence and stringency of validation procedures used in 1985-86 are presented, and the impact and effectiveness of federal verification procedures in offices in that region are discussed. (MSE)