A virtually unlimited array of teaching-learning methods, materials, and media is available to the typewriting teacher and should be utilized in typewriting speed and control building. (Author)

Nine components of a system for teaching shorthand transcription are described and examples of how each component was integrated into courses at Los Angeles City College are presented. (BM)

The author discusses the three major areas in which a proprietary school must function properly in order to be successful: (1) Recruiting, with appropriate entrance tests before student admission; (2) educational program, with courses to train students in skills needed by business; and (3) job placement, the school's best form of advertising. (MF)

Personnel directors of 38 business firms responded to a questionnaire rating 24 employee traits related to competencies, attitudes, skills, and personality which needed improvement. Five traits were common among the rank order one to five to both retailer and commercial and service organization respondents: oral communication, initiative,…

Games can be used to stimulate interest and to make learning shorthand fun. Suggested games include these: geographic shorthand rummy, shorthand concentration, shorthand baseball geography, shorthand geography spelldown, shorthand password, and shorthand hangman's bluff. (SC)

Summarizes the results of a community survey and discusses the contributions such surveys can make to education. (JS)

Describes a teamwork approach in which business communications students handwrite letters to be prepared by typewriting students; the letters are then revised and graded by the respective teachers. Both sets of students benefit from this simulated office experience. (SK)

Describes a research study to determine how teachers actually deal with the whole problem of getting students to proofread their typing and shorthand exercises and projects. (HD)