Supports the hypothesis that intensive field experience with children in a school setting contributes to competence in teaching reading. (RB)

An innovative principal preparation program was created at the University of Tennessee--Knoxville. The program was built around 19 parameters and based upon three theoretical domains in administration: organization (defines managerial role), human dimension (defines human relations role), and individual relationship with other two dimensions…

A current trend in counselor education programs is cross-cultural counseling courses designed to develop culturally competent counselors. This study sought to determine the level of importance placed on cross-cultural content in the rehabilitation counselor education curricula. A national sample representing 50% of the National Council on…

Since many senior academic administrators of colleges and universities first trained for academic careers in research and teaching, they have had minimal management training. Both academic and nonacademic officers with administrative experience find they must quickly develop the different knowledge and skills needed to manage an institution when…

Many foreign language professionals do not realize that global and international education are hollow shells if they are designed and implemented using sources presented in only one language and with reliance on only one perspective from which to address world accomplishments and problems. Foreign language professionals should insist on a…

Cites the teacher certification requirements of states for aviation teachers as a way of assisting high school administrators and teachers in determining proper qualifications for teaching aviation courses. Special attention is directed to Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Oregon, New Mexico and Texas for their reasonable but different approaches to…

IN THIS REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS (CUPM) ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON THE TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS NEEDED IN OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN ORDER TO EFFECT THE REQUIRED CHANGES IN THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM NECESSITATED BY THE CURRICULUM REFORMS IN MATHEMATICS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY…

The status of foreign students is shown to have both legal and social aspects that make definitions of the subset difficult. Their legal status is that of holding a special position in immigrant law which restricts their activities, especially in economic areas. That they are viewed socially as "outsiders" is reflected in the nature of their…

This report presents information on the employment status of women at the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois. Discussed are: (1) the representation, rank, and pay of females on the faculty; (2) representation of women in administrative positions; (3) representation of women on the faculty versus representation in the labor…

College Teaching today is in many ways a primitive profession, for there are no standards to insure that only qualified practitioners enter the "guild." The prevailing stereotypes give the impression that only those with certain formal credentials are qualified as teachers. Teachers should be selected on the basis of natural…

This document reports demographic information about mentors, the faculty of Empire State College (ESC), a new, nontraditional college without a campus of the State University of New York. Results show ESC mentors statistically like any faculty, though perhaps more oriented to private education than most state college faculties and more varied in…

As of July 15, 1966, 7.2% of all faculty positions in the California State College system were not filled (a total of 582.3 positions). A year later, on July 15, 1967, the number of unfilled positions reached 661 or 7.7% of all authorized positions in the system. To make matters worse, a freeze on all jobs was in effect for employees of the State,…

This descriptive study of college-level journalism teachers in the United States shows that the teachers are primarily male, young to middle aged, and distributed fairly evenly within the various academic ranks. There is a heavy midwestern emphasis in their current employment and in their academic training. The doctorate is now the modal degree in…

Outlines reasons why community college students who hope to work in mass communications should be encouraged to continue their education in a school of journalism rather than in a liberal arts program. (GW)

Designing a security system to meet the specific needs of an institution is a matter of professionalism. (Author)