THE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO STIMULATE AND COORDINATE EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AND EXPERIMENTATION WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS REPORTED. DESCRIBED ARE (1) CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, (2) INDIVIDUAL EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS IN SPECIFIC CURRICULUMS, (3) MODEL DEMONSTRATION SUBSYSTEM PROGRAMS (EXPERIMENTAL…

In the past, the associate degree was awarded upon completion of two-year engineering technology programs. Industrial needs have influenced the curricula for these programs, which now involve four years leading to baccalaureate degrees that bolster status and career opportunities for engineering technicians. (WM)

Without well-defined criteria for success, all radical innovations are doomed to failure. To facilitate successful experimentation the following are necessary: an outside agency to conduct evaluation; criteria of success acceptable to innovators and critics; and, in control and comparison groups, assessment and accounting of the initial versus…