Six members of the faculty and administration participated in a federally funded consortium at Lee College in Baytown last week.
The three-day meeting of representatives from community colleges throughout Texas dealt primarily with problems of guidance and language arts curriculum in the two-year college, with emphasis on the disadvantaged student.
Those attending from TC included Dean Hughes, Night School director Dale Works, Ronald Bright of the Counseling Department, Dr. Bill Carlisle, Mrs. Mildred Parsons, and Mrs. Jane Bouterse, all of the Language Arts Division.
Specific purpose of the meeting was to exchange viewpoints and information to find ways that federal money can be used to provide continuing programs to help the disadvantaged and to learn effective classroom methods to teach these students.
“Participation of students from minority groups on Texas campuses in discussions and reports on the curriculum needs of the underprivileged was a highlight of the program,” according to Dr. Carlisle.
One point made at the convention and supported by federal agencies is that identification of culturally deprived students is necessary so that they can be given preferential treatment, particularly during freshman orientation, which must be planned to give special help, Carlisle said.