Describes various courses and programs designed to better prepare graduates to enter the chemical industry, including courses which stress the chemistry of industrial processes, and the economics of the chemical industry. (MLH)

A pilot study of skills and resources in 46 Tanzanian villages is described and presented as an example of participatory research. The educational and motivational benefits derived by the villagers, the organization of the study, background information regarding Tanzania, and basic requirements for participatory research are discussed. (LH)

The New Communities Project is an attempt to involve the majority socioeconomic groups of British society in adult education. (AG)

Credit course, general cultural, and continuing professional education program descriptions provide a basic structure for an examination of the future of continuing education. A large population of the participants have already been educated, and suggestions for improved university organization regarding their continuing educational needs are…

This discussion proposed to describe components of training and roles parents can assume in a language development program and to describe a model program in which parents assumed a major role in their language-handicapped child's rehabilitation. (Author/RK)

Describes a reading program instituted in an orphanage, including the teaching methods and instructional materials used. (RB)

Describes an inexpensive program that has demonstrated success in increasing social skills. A student project in a school of social work brought about changes both in attitude and behavior in widely diverse groups. (Author)

Blind and partially sighted high school students were trained to serve as paid assistants to a residential school speech therapist during a 3-year pilot program designed to provide extra-class practice for younger visually impaired children with speech and hearing problems. (LH)

This journal section contains 25 articles dealing with the field of sexual counseling. Each approach to sexual problems is deeply involved in refining its own theoretical statements, developing its clinical techniques, and implementing a research program. This issue should be helpful to persons wanting a broad look at the field of sexual…

Fifty-nine resident advisor trainees participated in an experiential training program aimed at increasing personal awareness and developing counseling, communication, and leadership skills. Pre/post personality and relationship testing indicated that the training program was effective in the relationship areas, with differential results for males…

A variety of experiences, both in school and in the community (e.g. TV program), were planned to raise awareness of the metric system and the sizes of metric units. The activities are described, and several worksheets are provided in this article. (SD)

Describes the first diploma in a nursing course that will prepare registered nurses who will also have a nationally accredited diploma. The three-year program is outlined and addmission criteria stated. (BR)

Explains the components of an open learning system and describes such systems in the United States, Poland, Britain, and France. Enumerates developments in the United States and Canada that may lead to open learning in continuing engineering studies. (GS)

Describes a program designed to answer the emotionalism and sensationalism propounded by the broad spectrum ecologist. Courses include the areas of government, agriculture, economics, engineering, and natural resources. (GS)