A new approach to educational improvement: a school with a successful program adapts the program for another school, and the Office of Education becomes central repository for data on programs validated as successful. (Author)

Address delivered at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Seminar at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, June 22-26, 1970. (DS)

Plan developed by University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine to teach students the relationship between pre clinical sciences and the practice of medicine. (IR)

A discussion of the proliferation of division, department and program units and their impact on the student's education as seen within the context of present student demands for meaningful education. (IR)

Special Issue

Studies the response of 15 academic departments at Ohio State University to reorganization. Implications of the study deal with methods of introducing change, the importance of group norms, and the link between informal norms and existing formal structure. (MK)

Discusses how chemistry departments at three campuses of the University of California (Berkeley, Davis, and Irvine) and at the University of Michigan have fared during the years of lean budgets. Indicates that these universities are helped by healthy research funding, academic strengths, service roles, and selective budget cuts. (JN)

To keep the state educational system attuned to technological activities and to be relevant to basic skills learning, a Technology for Children Program (T4C) was created by the New Jersey Department of Education. T4C provides K-6 students with experience in problem solving and inventiveness. (CM)

Describes the efforts of three college English departments to train their undergraduate and graduate students to teach writing. (HOD)

Explains the structure of Australian Departments of Further Education and describes the recruitment, employment, and training of lecturers in the technical and further education colleges. (SK)

Describes one school's plan for mixed-ability teaching that utilizes the knowledge, skills, and experiences of all English department members by providing an integrated and coherent curriculum pattern.

The New Jersey State Board of Education General Educational Development Test requirements are outlined; stricter regulations are to ensure that school districts meet student needs. The state board resolution to study high school student dropout causes is discussed, as recommended by the New Jersey Education Association. (CM)

Absenteeism is seen as perhaps the most pervasive problem in work environments today. Because of expanded and more liberal benefit plans, as well as changing societal values, employees work fewer hours than ever before in history. A decentralized attendance control program developed by the University of Michigan is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Offers suggestions for use in establishing undergraduate career guidance programs in English departments. (AEA)