Results of a study of survey-level United States history courses at Texas colleges and universities. Reports responses in six general areas: nature of United States survey course offerings, academic preparation of faculty, pedagogical practices, materials utilized, course and instructional evaluations, and educational objectives. (Author/RT)

Divides the leading introductory American Government texts into three categories: behavioral, normative, and critique. Reviews potential textbooks in each category. (RT)

Discusses Dewey's war on the dualism between academic and vocational education. Calls the present system of labeling "academic" and "vocational" students a "caste system," and recommends integrating vocational instruction with liberal arts education, career exploration studies, and career group counseling. (RT)

A description of the Astronaut Memorial Hall and Planetarium at Brevard Community College. Its space museum contains space hardware from Mercury, Gemini, Apollo. A teaching observatory includes radio-telescope laboratory, 40 seat classroom, heliostat room. The planetarium features a computerized starfield projector, wrap-around dome, and ramped…

Community colleges must become community-based if they are to meet the needs of new students. They must emphasize life-long learning and competencies, rather than grades and degrees. Sample community-based programs are described. (DC)

A 1976 survey of state legislation relating to community colleges indicates that community college funding is a major issue with legislators. State legislators also acted on a wide range of other topics. Survey results are presented and discussed. (DC)

Reviews the advantages of utilizing part-time faculty. Also discusses the problems of calculating pro rata pay and the impossibility of granting tenure to part-time teachers and analyzes the role of unions in obtaining such benefits. (DC)

The teacher of non-traditional courses faces frustration, ostracism, and lack of colleague understanding. (DC)

Analyzes the advantages of skills centers, including subject mastery, cost-effectiveness use of facilities, per student cost savings, and improved student-teacher relationships. Discusses ways of overcoming obstacles to establishing a center, and cites current successful programs. (RT)

The Intergovernmental Personnel Act authorizes the temporary exchange of personnel between federal executive agencies and states, local governments, and institutions of higher education to do work of mutual benefit and concern. This article reviews the distribution of assignments since 1971 and methods of participation. Included are eligibility…

Describes the elements of a long-range planning process. (DC)

Presents a profile of humanities faculty in two-year colleges based on a national survey of 1,493 full- and part-time instructors in 156 colleges. (JDS)

Reports on the activities of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges in 1976, in such areas as governmental relations, special programs, research and publications, and linkages with national and international bodies. (JDS)

The lack of understanding of most white Americans about the true role of the American Indian and other minority groups in American history is an outgrowth of the failure of the media in general, and history texts in particular, to realistically address minority/majority relations throughout U.S. history. Several suggestions to aid in public…

Describes the difficulties inherent in studying behaviors of the "intelligence community" through a case study of illegal electronic surveillance and other intelligence gathering operations by Los Angeles Community College District "College Police Agents" in 1970. Documents the case through official records, focusing on the non-responsiveness of…