The extensive body of research and knowledge on adult learners, has rarely been applied to teachers, themselves. Teachers, like adult learners everywhere, bring an assortment of experiences, needs, wishes, and fears to the learning process. Drawing on Kolb's learning styles and Blanchard's situational leadership model, the growth of instructors…

Information concerning job characteristics and employment skills for the physically handicapped were provided for 227 occupations contained within the Washington Occupational Information Service (WOIS) career information system. For each occupation, an adjunct description was written, including alternative or feasible occupations in each…

This report of a one-year study of the state of liberal education in four private schools culminates in specific recommendations to these schools and less specific proposals to other institutions. The study's basic hypothesis is that young people of 16 to 20 years of age form a meaningful age group that traditional institutions might no longer…

Curriculum alignment is the conscious congruence of three educational elements: curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Alignment is rooted in the belief that instructional plans are established through outcomes-based content goals and the goal of assuring that delivery and assessment are congruent. Platform unity, based on the Principles of…

Asks how religious faith and spirituality function in the creative lives of people as makers and searchers. Describes a week-long summer workshop called "Women's Space: Exploring Our Creative and Spiritual Selves." Considers the historical achievements of women as writers and thinkers, and the recent recovery of such work. (HB)

Fifty instructors, from nine school districts and five 4-year institutions, are taking part in the SET program--Students Evaluate Teaching. Research shows that (1) students can and do make fairly sound ratings of their teachers; (2) they tend to agree with each other; (3) teachers rated best by students tend to obtain highest student gains; (4)…

Assigned 29 test-anxious students aged 50-67 to stress inoculation training, placebo, or control conditions. Results suggested that while stress inoculation training was not singularly effective, variations only were correlated with improvements in performance on a measure of fluid ability. No such interactions occurred in the placebo or control…

In order to determine the qualifications and responsibilities of nursing laboratory instructors (NLI's) nationwide, a questionnaire was sent to the 137 Associate Degree nursing programs accredited by the National League for Nurses. Replies were received from 103 schools (75%). Results are presented in two tables. Data indicate that: 64% of the…

Forty bilingual Ss were tested in four experiments to see if decoding of linguistically mixed texts with one-word substitutions in the other language would take more time than decoding of unilingual material. The overall aim was to further explore the nature of the language switch mechanism as it functions in input. In the first experiment,…

Defines short-cycle higher education (postcompulsory, subbaccalaureate education). Identifies characteristics shared by short-cycle systems worldwide and the ways in which individual systems differ. Discusses issues of low esteem, community education, articulation and transfer, business/industry relations, financial support. Offers recommendations…

Based on a committee study of articulation practices and problems in Illinois, this report presents guidelines for the transferability of credit from 2-year to 4-year institutions for: (1) students who have completed their associate degree in a baccalaureate-oriented program; (2) students who have not completed their associate degree, but are in a…

Reviews recent research on the characteristics of reverse transfer students. Reverse transfer students are defined, their reasons for reverse transfer are discussed, and their academic activities and achievements are noted. Suggestions for additional research in this area are presented. (Author/JDS)

The Illinois Master Plan-Phase III, which stresses the urgent need for the state to achieve a completely integrated system of higher education through consortia or regional Collegiate Common Markets (CCM), is actually not a new idea, but is in many ways a revitalization of the philosophies espoused by William Rainey Harper at the beginning of the…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVIEW ARTICLE AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON LIBRARY TECHNICIANS IS TO (1) SUMMARIZE CURRENT ACTIVITIES IN THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING FIELD, (2) PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE ISSUES, PROBLEMS, AND OPINIONS ON THE SUBJECT, (3) IDENTIFY THE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH LIBRARY TECHNICIANS, AND (4) LIST, IN A SELECTIVE…

An outline for a course in developing speed and accuracy in transcribing dictation from machine to typewriter is presented. The instructional objectives are: (1) to improve language arts skills and proofreading competencies; (2) to acquire occupational abilities; and (3) to develop an awareness of word processing career opportunities and an…