Florida State University sponsored a "Faculty-to-Faculty Meeting on Articulation Issues" in which Florida community and junior college faculty members representing various academic areas met their Florida State counterparts to discuss issues pertaining to community and junior college students' successful entry and performance at the four-year…

The difficulties encountered by handicapped student teachers can be somewhat alleviated by examining others' personal beliefs and attitudes concerning the ability of the handicapped individual to teach and cope effectively within the educational environment. Possible adaptations to facilities, assistance, and requirements are discussed. (JN)

Florida State University researchers asked 185 student teachers to identify their "most significant other" and to describe that person using a semantic differential of 27 bipolar adjective pairs. Seventy percent of the students ranked cooperating teachers first. The study points to the importance of emotional support and guidance by cooperating…