Parental education and child development.___. Courses for administrators and instructors in higher education.... 17 19 SUMMER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES Novel Features of University and College Summer Sessions The summer campus of college and university is more and more becoming a center for activities that depart from the earlier concept of summer school work. No longer do a few courses which prepare for different grades of teachers' certificates and assist college students to make up back work constitute the essential parts of the programs of summer sessions. Courses are now offered in nearly all departments of the institutions and are designed for students representing all grades of academic achievement. Courses are available for undergraduate and graduate college students, for high-school students preparing for college entrance, for teachers, for superintendents and principals, for college professors and administrators, for college alumni, for mature men and women taking college work merely for its cultural value, and for persons adding to their training for special fields of industry. In addition, new curricula and experiments of various kinds that can not be undertaken during the regular school year are tried out in the summer school. Furthermore, institutions are constantly striving to make the sessions attractive to an increasing number and variety of students. In the following pages are described briefly some of the novel and attractive features that have been introduced into summer session programs. Selection of the material was made almost wholly from statements appearing in summer session catalogues and other university and college publications. The purpose of the pamphlet is to call attention to these features, with the idea that they may be of interest to other institutions seeking to enlarge their summer session offerings. For this purpose it was not thought necessary to mention every institution offering a particular feature.1 1 Institutions offering summer courses are listed in Part II-Institutions of Higher Education of Bulletin 1932. No. 1. Educational Directory for 1932, available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. See also Summer Schools at Home and Abroad. Walter J. Greenleaf. School Life, 16:161-163, May, 1931. 1 |