Discussions at this 1968 annual conference focused on the proposed official draft of standards of fair conduct and voluntary cooperation in continuing legal education (CLE); CLE goals and the means for attaining them; and a proposed program of general courses, possibly compulsory, designed to bridge the gap between study and practice among newly…

Concerning the education of exceptional children in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the paper outlines the seven-step educational planning process utilized by the Special Education Division of the Trust Territory Department of Education. In initial planning phases the process is product oriented, not process oriented. Particular…

Descriptive characteristics of participants in the 1978 Teacher Corps Conference are first presented in this report. This data includes information on role in the teacher corps project, age, race, and geographic location. The report discusses participants' overall assessments of the sessions they attended daily. The major events of the conference…

This paper was the Presidential Address given at the NAEA Convention in Philadelphia, April 4, 1977. (Editor)

Discusses the contribution Dutch universities can make to development cooperation through collaboration in the fields of higher education and research with partners from Third World countries. (Author/RK)

This report, developed over a 17 calendar-day period, was prepared to quantitatively present the status of vocational education for use in identifying major issues and problems, and in indicating implications for the future. Findings and recommendations are to be used as a background for considering alternative policy decisions regarding…

Having examined the preliminary study of the legal and technical aspects of International regulations in education for international understanding, cooperation, and peace, the Executive Board of Unesco decided to include this question in the Provisional Agenda of the seventeenth session of the General Conference, Paris, 1972. The text of that…

This publication contains four papers presented at three 1-day conferences. "Career Education: An Overview" by Gary R. Bice discusses the aims of career education, points to consider in developing career education programs, and areas of emphasis for the primary grades (K-4), middle grades (5-8), and high school grades (9-12). "Facilities for…

This is a paper that presents a positive case for the adoption of accountability programs. A brief history of accountability is given. Some important terms relative to accountability are defined. They are: accountability, independent educational accomplishment audit, performance contracting, and educational engineering. Ways in which the…

The conference provided a forum where educators, members of public service organizations, and legislators could explore the need for and commitment to citizen education, set citizen education objectives, and generate ideas for creating a citizen education effort. Conference participants explored two major aspects of citizenship…

With the increasing emphasis on the concept of career education, there is a need to integrate World of Work activities and existing vocational education programs. To achieve this, 279 teachers, teacher educators, state personnel, and industry representatives met to formulate objectives and to suggest specific action steps in each of nine areas.…

The Center for Occupational Education helped to initiate and assisted in implementing a planning, programing, and budgeting (PPB) system for State agencies administering occupational education in North Carolina. The conference was a means of disseminating the results and those of similar efforts by the various State departments represented. The…

Papers are on the topics of: perspectives on the place of institutional research in policy, programs, and politics (William H. Faricy, Virginia P. Mitchell, Paul L. Kenepp, Dwight C. Smith, Jr., Wendell G. Lorang, Jr., Ronald H. Stein); assessment and management in higher education (Jerry W. Brown, J. Barton Luedeke, Adolph Katz, James J.…

Proceedings are reported of a conference for Illinois occupational teacher educators designed to share with them information and materials developed in selected projects and to involve them in long-range planning for program improvement. Following a brief introductory section, the report presents summaries of the conference presentations given by…

The conference provided a forum where educators, education officers from the state of Delaware, citizen education groups, representatives of public service organizations, and members of the citizen education component of Research for Better Schools (RBS) could exchange ideas related to the conference theme, "Developing Competent Citizens in a…