An inventory of academic programs offered for credit and leading to an academic award offered by Alabama's public technical colleges as of June 1, 1985, is presented. For each college and program, charts indicate program titles, levels of degrees offered, and accreditation status. Included are summary charts of degrees offered by program, i.e.,…

A survey on bibliographic instruction was sent to all 63 academic libraries in Connecticut in the winter of 1985-86. Librarians were asked if they offered library research as a separate course, a required unit in a broader course, or integrated with instruction at the invitation of the professor. Questions were included on faculty workshops,…

Two papers consider the capital recovery difficulties of telephone companies in the current deregulatory environment. The first, "Capital Recovery in the Transition Period" (Gail Garfield Schwartz, New York State Public Service Commission) describes the process determining depreciation in both regulated and deregulated environments, and…

Continuing education professionals have long been interested in telecommunications media because of their potential value in extending instruction to distant students. The first mass medium to offer a timely means of distance instruction was open-broadcast radio. During the 1920s and 1930s, 13 United States colleges offered credit courses over the…

In 1986, the Instructional Telecommunications Consortium was funded to collect data over a 3-year period on the utilization of telecourses as a way to offer college credit instruction to off-campus learners. First-year findings, based on course data submitted by 172 institutions, included the following: (1) 183 different telecourses were offered;…

A study investigated the ways in which vocational education is related to high school graduation requirements in Minnesota and several other states (Ohio, Virginia, and Washington). A review of literature showed the historic development of high school graduation requirements, the role of vocational education in secondary schools today, and…

An outline is presented of the objectives and content of courses offered for credit in high schools in South Carolina. Courses in the following subjects are described: (1) art; (2) drama; (3) driver education; (4) environmental education; (5) foreign language: French, German, Russian, Spanish; (6) health; (7) language arts; (8) mathematics; (9)…

This document is intended to provide suggestions to the decision makers in Hawaii's public education system who are trying to find strategies for better integrating vocational and academic education and who are considering granting equivalent credit for basic academic skills taught in vocational and academic courses. The following topics are…

A task force was created by the Minnesota state legislature to study two primary questions: who should oversee the private proprietary school sector and what standards should be used to regulate it. The task force met to review information, hear testimony, discuss issues and concerns, and vote on recommended courses of action. Two primary issues…

In 1981, Congress enacted major legislative changes that affect the availability of child care for low-income families. In the name of economic recovery, tax cuts were enacted, social service programs were merged into a block grant, and government benefits for poor families were substantially reduced. This article reviews these statutory changes…

Provisions of Title 5 of the California Administrative Code require that each new program offered by a California community college and each new course which is not part of an established program be submitted to the Chancellor for prior approval. The Chancellor is required to report approval actions to the Board of Governors. Highlights of…

In this interview, anchorwoman Jorie Lueloff of WMAQ-TV, the NBC Television affiliate in Chicago, discusses the role of women and opportunities open to them in the broadcast industry. Discrimination against women, in particular that of credit discrimination is also discussed. (Author/RM)

Information was solicited on trends in physical education programs in four-year colleges and universities, and the results were compared with the results of three similar earlier studies. It was found that: (1) physical education offerings for the general college student continue to be almost universal; (2) the requirement of physical education…

As part of a continuing student flow study in the Hawaii community colleges, this report focuses on the 695 extreme persisters who entered college in fall 1974 and were continuing their studies into the seventh semester, and specifically on such persisters at the Honolulu, Kapiolani, and Leeward campuses. Overall data indicated that high…

This module, one of six on teaching consumer matters to low-income groups, focuses on the appropriate uses of credit. It provides basic information about credit, particularly as it applies to low-income people, and offers some techniques which help the instructor present the information to these clients. Topics include a definition of credit, why…