The University of Albuquerque established a degree program for adults which includes (1) a time shortened concept, (2) a seminar format in the general education program which allows the adult students an opportunity to question, critique, discuss, and engage in scholarly dialogue with seminar preceptors, (3) a flexible schedule that allows adult…

Describes a comprehensive program utilizing pull-out programs, enrichment, and individualized mentorship contracts for gifted/talented students, grades 1-12, in Poland School District (Ohio). Participant selection factors include parent nominations, teacher recommendations, achievement test scores, peer identification, and self-evaluation.…

Pharmacy assistant training in Bulgaria involves going to a special institute for a two-year program with five components: general, biomedical, professional, practical experience, and electives. Evaluation is based on quizzes and examinations, followed by successful passing of state examination for practice. There are more assistants than…

A United Negro College Fund study found that affirmative action policy does not deny Whites access to higher education, but does increase minority access to more selective colleges. It also revealed that, of 1,808 4-year colleges, only 342 are likely to use affirmative action; of these, 120 account for the greatest gain in African American and…

Explores the problems of international teaching assistants (ITA) in graduate education programs, stemming mostly from cultural, language, and educational philosophy differences. A case study of one university's attempts to investigate problems connected with ITA training identifies objectives for selection, admission, training, and retention of…

A discussion of medical education in Germany, particularly since unification of East and West Germany, looks at the number of practicing physicians in Germany and their practice settings, number of medical students, medical school admission policies and curricula, and nature of postgraduate training. Proposed reforms are outlined, and the…

Temple University (Pennsylvania), an urban institution, is seeking to raise academic standards and is aggressively recruiting suburban students, finding that local high schools are not of high quality. Some critics feel the institution is abandoning the black population and is recruiting white students who are more likely to be better prepared…

Argues that Mississippi has used every effort to block the higher education aspirations of its black citizens and describes the state's latest effort that involves setting higher admissions standards at the state's predominantly black universities. The history of unequal funding of higher education in the state is highlighted, as well as political…

This paper proposes that a collaborative program between industry and institutions of higher education during a period of industry and business downsizing, streamlining, and restructuring could result in the recruitment and retraining of potential teachers from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Such a program would follow a traditional teacher…

Prepared in response to a survey designed to determine and differentiate the mission of New Jersey's Hudson County Community College (HCCC), this report describes the characteristics and operations of HCCC, presenting data in the form of responses to 10 survey questions. The 10 questions focus on the college's service area, admissions standards…

Information is provided on the status of community college transfer students applying to and enrolling in the University of California (UC). The report also focuses on a proposed UC transfer plan intended to improve procedures by which transfer students are advised of and prepared for UC enrollment. The first section of the report describes the…

This report on California's higher education system and its Master Plan for Higher Education focuses on making California a fully multicultural democracy in which all are empowered to participate as equal citizens. The report is organized in nine sections the first of which is an introductory essay reviewing the background of the state's higher…

The workshop report provides a philosophy and rationale for special education for the culturally and linguistically different exceptional child, outlines components of personnel preparation, reviews model admission criteria, and suggests strategies to create effective leadership. Chapter 1 contains a legislative review, definitions, and…

This program manual is for a four-school elementary bilingual education program in Tucson that aims at developing proficiency in the basic skills of the native language and transferring these skills to the second language. The following information is included in narrative and outline form: (1) goals; (2) program description; (3) overview of…

The extent to which Maryland postsecondary institutions are fulfilling major mission statements is reviewed, by campus, and 5-year program plans are presented. In addition, information is presented on enrollments, programs, finance, facilities, faculty, libraries, and computer services. The admission criteria implemented by the public four-year…