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Stanley, Julian C.; Benbow, Camilla P. – College Board Review, 1981
The Johns Hopkins University program to identify prodigies in mathematics is reviewed. The Advanced Placement Program of the College Board is seen as a means for intellectually highly able youths to move ahead fast in a greatly enriched fashion and earn college credit. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement
Peer reviewedLutkus, Anthony D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1985
New Jersey's statewide testing program demonstrates that systematic data collection and reporting can have a major impact on both understanding the gap between college expectations and high school preparation and on the college and pre-college efforts to close that gap. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Preparation, College School Cooperation, Competency Based Education
Download full textHassard, Jack; And Others – 1977
The authors describe a one-quarter, undergraduate teacher education experience that involved a high level of personal freedom and synergy in an attempt to develop humanistic teachers. Twenty-three juniors and seniors were involved in the program, which took the form of an unstructured block of courses in mathematics, science, and social studies.…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Experiments, Educational Innovation, Humanistic Education
Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM), Boston, MA. – 1972
The EIN (Educational Information Network) is a non-profit operation which coordinates the sharing of educational computing resources. It is administered by EDUCOM and funded jointly by the U. S. Office of Education and the National Science Foundation. EIN maintains a group of contact personnel at member institutions to serve as a liaison between…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Biological Sciences, Catalogs, Computer Oriented Programs
Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM), Boston, MA. – 1972
The EIN (Educational Information Network) is a non-profit operation which coordinates the sharing of educational computing resources. It is administered by EDUCOM and funded jointly by the U. S. Office of Education and the National Science Foundation. EIN maintains a group of contact personnel at member institutions to serve as a liaison between…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Biological Sciences, Catalogs, Computer Oriented Programs
Buckley, H. – 1992
This report covers progress in a Comprehensive Teacher Training Project (CTTP) from its inception in 1987 to 1992 including background, current status, problems and solutions, upcoming internal evaluation, future events, and feedback on the project. CTTP, a project of the Organization for Cooperation in Overseas Development, a Canadian-based…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, English
Freedman, Albert I. – 1979
A field-responsive academic development program, the Hartford Higher Education Hispanic Project, was implemented to facilitate access to and continuation in three Hartford colleges by Hispanic students. It finances a Learning Skills/Resource Center housed at the University of Hartford and educational/guidance supportive services and activities at…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Planning, College Students, Educational Counseling
