A program which allows an undergraduate, with some faculty supervision, to work out his own personalized plan of study abroad. (Editor/IR)

Anticipating possible future legislation that makes continuing education a requirement for relicensure, North Dakota Nurses Association committee studied ways to encourage continuous education. In fairness to rural nurses, recognition points" instead of course credits are to be accumulated, only half to be gained through formal study. (PD)

The Agricultural Education Department at Nebraska developed a graduate course to help beginning teachers cope with problems during the first year of teaching. (GB)

Discusses the development of a linear program for teaching basic principles of clothing construction to college students with varying degrees of clothing construction experience. (Editor)

Author states that resistance" may have to become a watchword for liberals and conservatives, in opposition to a program of educational radicalization. (IR)

Examines tuition tax credit programs in framework of Adam Smith's ideas on the economic impact of established churches. Finds that tuition tax credits would amount to state expenditures to relieve the financial burden of parochial school parents and would allow churches to invest commercially to maintain their charitable functions. (JW)

Nineteenth century Canadian business history reveals intricate connections and barriers among government and business institutions. The nineteenth century spheres of government, politics, and business were not separate; it was natural that businesspersons and politicians should have many connections. (Author/KC)

Examines issues underlying tuition tax credits and relates them to the role of education in a democracy. Discusses competing sources of authority and separate communities of interest that could benefit from a tax credit system. Concludes that education should be organized to serve as an instrument of social regeneration. (Author/WD)

Describes the method implemented at West Virginia University for evaluating and granting life experience credit to school administrators. (WD)

The rotating credit associations of Brooklyn, New York, are institutions which have been transplanted from the West Indies. The association is an alternative to the United States banking system and offers immigrants, illegal aliens, and permanent residents alike the opportunity to alternately save and borrow small sums of interest-free money. (JCD)

There is much hope that reduced public funds will be replaced by increased voluntary support from the private sector generally and by corporations in particular. Three provisions of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 expected to stimulate corporate contributions are identified and discussed. (MLW)

In 1979, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis launched the nation's first Learn and Shop College Credit Program in which college-credit courses are offered in training rooms of major department stores in suburban shopping centers. This program is described and student attitudes are discussed. (Author/MLW)

No meaningful conceptual framework for general education can be realized without changes in organizational structures, accounting procedures, and existing incentive systems. (JD)

Results are presented of a national survey gathering data on selected characteristics of master's degree in education programs at public and private colleges with under 10,000 students. (JD)