Describes a remedial English program at the University of California, Berkeley. (RY)

A description of a remedialsummer school program which combined English, mathematics auto mechanics andbuilding trades into a program for students who had failed English and mathematics courses. (GR)

With pressure on all sides, City University of New York initiated an open admissions policy on its sixteen campuses which now must be made to work. (Editor/IR)

Overeducation is being recognized as college graduates find that a college degree is not a secure ticket to a job. A year spent serving the country is recommended with options including the armed forces, Peace Corps, VISTA, and Conservation Corps. The program could serve as a "sociological mixer." (MLW)

Dialogue from an interview with a child about division basic facts is presented. The facts are considered by groups, and specific errors are noted. Finally, remediation ideas are given. (MNS)

Considers "unpacking" or "deconstructing" sentences (the reverse of sentence combining) an effective teaching technique that helps students to develop clear predication and eliminate their tendency to use vague, confusing nominalized verbs. (RL)

Describes two national programs in developmental education: National Project II, a consortium of different institutions sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education; and Networks, a program developed at Bronx Community College to facilitate communication among developmental education professionals through newsletters,…

Presents a model designed to integrate curricula of a content course with a study skills course. Describes logistics and methods used to implement the model in the Department of Biology at Metropolitan State College, Colorado. Presents program results based on pre- and post-instruction tests. (DR)

The interview with G. N. Getman, a developmental optometrist specializing in learning problems and disabilities, focuses on vision's impact on learning, the role of the vision specialist in the remediation of learning problems and disabilities, early screening programs, and visual training programs. (DLS)

A systematic procedure is described that the teacher of a remedial English-language program at the university preparatory level can follow to identify what learning attitudes, habits, and skills need to be remedied and/or developed. A set of learning objectives are developed to correct these deficits. (SW)

Two remedial, basic skills programs at two predominately Black colleges-- Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, and Tougaloo College in Mississippi--are compared by Tougaloo composition teacher John Monro, formerly a dean at Harvard. He argues that such programs are justified by their successes. (JMF)