Describes the Sicangu Enterprise Center which provides training in business management and small loans to help Rosebud Sioux tribal members join with peers to start small businesses within their communities. Explains the center's innovative revolving loan fund. Highlights the businesses of an automechanic, a seamstress, and a sculptor. (DMM)

This book contains the following papers about the history and role of Australia's mechanics' institutes and schools of arts: "'The Light of Heaven Itself': The Contribution of the Institutes to Australia's Cultural History" (Candy); "Dispelling 'the Stagnant Waters of Ignorance': The Early Institutes in Context" (Webby); "The Melbourne Mechanics'…

Argues that not just composition teachers, but all faculty members have the responsibility to encourage good student writing by stressing the importance of effective writing in their own fields. (MM)

Describes some of the probable causes and certain consequences of the confusion about the ultimate goals of teaching writing and offers some possible cures. Discusses the consequences of being too practical, the role of writing in the humanities, and the role of writing in relation to public discourse and political power. (EL)

Explains a teaching method which uses students' sentences as examples of faulty writing, provides a clue system which guides students in error diagnosis, and requires the revision of example sentences. Explores the use of the method in developing students' understanding of the importance of revision. (AYC)

Compares the classroom to the theatre and the teacher to an actor who assumes a role. Offers suggestions to use in developing both comparisons. (AEA)

Reports on a study to: (1) design, implement, and evaluate an undergraduate peer-helping program curriculum with the major objective of facilitating cognitive/affective maturity and (2) test the effectiveness and practicality of using formative research in designing and evaluating the program. Discusses findings and implications. (AYC)

Identifies components of a comprehensive assessment of an educational institution's external environment; i.e., demographic trends, social indicators, economic trends, political change, technological advances, changes in the workplace, advances in information technologies, and value shifts. (DMM)

Creating separate student-aid programs for the proprietary and nonprofit sectors of higher education will be one of the most bitterly debated issues in the upcoming reauthorization of higher education law. A major point of contention is the matter of hugely disproportionate default rates among students in the different sectors. (MLW)

Studied Spanish-speaking students in Puerto Rico to determine the resulting interaction process when two second language (L2) students are involved in peer revision of written texts. Results reveal a complex interactive process and highlight the importance of activating cognitive processes through social interaction in the second-language writing…

Reviews and analyzes the survey of doctoral programs in rhetoric and composition published in the same issue. Questions whether the field's new status in the academy is secure. Asks whether a valuable diversity of agendas and perspectives will be lost if the field keeps trying to "discipline" itself. (HB)

A study was conducted to obtain information regarding students enrolled in a Medical Terminology correspondence course developed jointly by the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical and Adult Education System and the University of Wisconsin's Extension Division. Specifically, the study sought to gather information about student types and…

IN A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN VARIABLES ON THE OUTCOMES OF A COURSE IN INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY, PRETESTS AND POSTTESTS WERE ADMINISTERED TO 180 STUDENTS IN FOUR PSYCHOLOGY CLASSES AND TO 50 OTHERS. VARIABLES WERE CLASS SIZE, INSTRUCTOR, AND LECTURE VS. DISCUSSION METHOD, AND THE TESTS WERE MEASURES OF CHANGES IN STUDENTS' SELF-CONCEPT,…

Describes a study investigating the impact of the campus physical environment (access to classrooms, access and comfort levels within classrooms, and safety considerations) on older adult learners. Indicates that students attending programs off campus had better access to and greater comfort in classes than those attending the main campus. (12…

Explores Toni Morrison's "Beloved," Leslie Marmon Silko's "Ceremony," and Marta Traba's "Mothers and Shadows." Identifies the novels as resistance tales that articulate minority perspectives. Points out that all three are dialogic and contain fundamental moments of captivity and liberation. Observes that, in each story, empowerment springs from…