Important events and information about the PLATO system featured in this document include a short history of the development of the PLATO system, a list of the PLATO project's financial supporters, a chronological rundown of highlights in PLATO's history, and an extensive bibliography of resources about PLATO published between 1961 and 1981. A map…

Important events and information about the PLATO system featured in this document include a short history of the development of the PLATO system, a list of the PLATO project's financial supporters, a chronological rundown of highlights in PLATO's history, and an extensive bibliography of resources about PLATO published between 1961 and 1979. A map…

Reviews the status of student affairs programs in light of recent budget cuts. Presents an accountability model for student affairs based on four elements: (1) identification of goals; (2) development of alternative strategies; (3) periodic evaluation of personnel and program performance; and (4) inclusion of nonpractitioners in decision making.…

The American penal system of placing criminal offenders in institutions has evolved from two major goals: (1) to punish offenders as an example to the rest of the community, and (2) to rehabilitate offenders into the community. Since the mid-1960's there has been a trend toward placing offenders in the community and away from isolating them in…

Provides citations and abstracts to seven ERIC documents dealing with issues affecting the management of community education/community service programs, including program development, funding, contract education, human services, and educational marketing. (DMM)

This document, one in a series developed to provide technical assistance to 22 Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers, initially discusses several definitions and models of geriatric day care and its relationship to institutional care. The second section focuses on the development of adult daycare, including admission and program policies, funding…

This information package explores a "housing/support services" approach to residential services for individuals with severe disabilities. It provides an introduction to housing strategies and resources that can be used to promote home ownership by parents and people with disabilities, to make all housing more accessible, and to increase the…

In June, 1989, The National Council of Jewish Women and Yale's Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy convened the Family Day Care Round Table as part of the National Family Day Care Project. Goals of the round table were to: (1) explore hard questions about family day care; (2) identify promising programs and practices for enhancing…

Over 340 books, articles, manuals, newsletters, and other publications concerning the development and operation of historic sites are listed. Most cited materials were published since 1972 and are arranged under four major categories: site development and planning, documentation and preservation of structures and objects, interpretation of…

The materials listed in this bibliography are intended to be of help to volunteer staffs in developing school programs and materials. The entries are cataloged under general subject listings, alphabetical by author under the subject, and an author index is included. Items are listed only once, though many are relevant to several areas. An attempt…

This information packet is intended to help providers within the developmental disability service system, individuals with severe disabilities, and families of these individuals in the effort to tap general housing resources. The importance of separating housing and support services is stressed, to prevent dependence on one agency's funding…

This bibliography contains 77 items relative to the problems of self-, community, and program development within community colleges and includes books, journal articles, dissertations, and ERIC materials from 1970 to the present as well as a few fundamental sources dated before 1970. The bibliography is divided into five sections: general…

A one- to two-page summary of each of the 1974 annual reports of 52 State and territory vocational education advisory councils constitute the major contents of this booklet. Focus is on issues, concerns, program needs, and recommendations for the respective State or territory. Also included is a 12-page overview designed to present a broad picture…

This issue contains a regional review, discussion of technical and vocational education in countries of Asia and Oceania, articles dealing with various aspects of technical and vocational education, and a bibliographical supplement. The brief statistical review in section 1 concerns second-level technical and vocational education in the developing…

This report summarizes the major literature dealing with the following major issues in adult basic education (ABE): target and demand populations (size, characteristics, and subgroups of the ABE population and the decline in participation); services provided (the purpose of the Adult Education Act, objectives and goals of ABE, problems of…