TO STUDY THE ENGLISH PROGRAMS AT FIVE MICHIGAN JUNIOR COLLEGES, THE RESEARCHER SPENT A WEEK AT EACH COLLEGE, INTERVIEWING, VISITING CLASSES, AND STUDYING WRITTEN MATERIALS. FIVE CONCLUSIONS RESULTED--(1) REMEDIAL COURSES ARE OF DOUBTFUL SUCCESS. THERE IS WIDESPREAD DISSATISFACTION WITH PLACEMENT TESTS, TEACHING METHODS, AND THE COURSE SEQUENCE.…

A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO BETTER MOTIVATE AVERAGE STUDENTS IN READING AND WRITING WAS ADDED TO THE CURRICULUM OF A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. BASED ON SATURATION AND DIFFUSION OF MATERIALS, THE PROGRAM UTILIZED SUCH MATERIALS AS JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, AND THEME WRITING IN ACADEMIC CLASSROOMS OTHER THAN ENGLISH. THE OUTCOME WAS GREATER MOTIVATION ON…

THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH COLLECTED INFORMATION FROM DIRECTORS OF FRESHMAN ENGLISH FOR A REPORT ON COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE REPORT, A DISCUSSION OF TRENDS IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION, INDICATES THAT LINGUISTICS AND THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE HAVE NOT BECOME A PART OF THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH CURRICULUM.…

A brief description of the English program for students of engineering, architecture, and industrial management at Lawrence Institute of Technology includes fairly detailed information on the unique features of the 3-term freshman English course. Less extensive reference to the details of the sophomore, junior, and senior courses precedes a short…

THE TRENTON, MICHIGAN, PHASE-ELECTIVE ENGLISH CURRICULUM, APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENGLISH (APEX), WAS DESIGNED FOR A SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 2000. STUDENTS ARE PLACED ACCORDING TO ABILITY IN AN UNGRADED CURRICULUM INCORPORATING FIVE ABILITY LEVELS (PHASES) AND ARE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE FROM AMONG…