More significant public library measurements and standards, and better and prompter statistics on which to base them, are needed. Suggestions for developing new standards are given. (Author/JS)

The Third Annual Report of the Hawaii State Senior Center is presented. It depicts a story of continued expansion of diversified services to the senior citizens of Oahu. Each month, on the average, 209 persons visited the Center for an annual total of 62,034 visits. Regular membership is 1,040. Discussions have been held concerning the need for…

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I program in Arkansas for 1971 is described in this annual report. During this year the 385 eligible public school districts spent in excess of $24 million on programs to meet the needs of educationally deprived children. Major changes in the statewide program included a change from dual segregated…

THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS PROGRESS REPORT CONTAINS A STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION, AN APPEAL TO UNESCO MEMBER STATES BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATIVE LIAISON COMMITTEE FOR LITERACY, AND MESSAGES FROM 13 MEMBER STATES, MAURITIUS, THE VACICAN, AND OTHER SOURCES, ON THE…

QUESTIONNAIRES ON PERCEIVED NEEDS FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION WERE SENT IN FEBRUARY 1964 TO ALL YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL GRADUATES OF THE CLASSES OF 1943, 1948, 1953, AND 1958. ALMOST EVERY RESPONDENT HAD BEEN PURSUING SOME SORT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, LARGELY IN SEMINARY CREDIT COURSES, URBAN CHURCH INSTITUTES, MISSIONS OR OVERSEAS STUDY TOURS,…

THIS SURVEY, COVERING ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND WALES, AND EXCLUDING NORTHERN IRELAND, WAS MADE BY THE WORKING PARTY OF THE 1964 CONFERENCE OF THE WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION (WEA). THE DUTIES OF THE WORKING PARTY WERE TO EXAMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THE PRESENT STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION, FINANCING, AND STAFFING OF THE ASSOCIATION (ESPECIALLY AT THE…

This study analyzed relationships between successful adjustment to retirement, preretirement counseling, and the psychological, economic, and other background characteristics of individual employees. A preliminary study in the western states showed no small companies, and relatively few other, with preretirement counseling programs of any…

This study assessed the extent to which the stated commitment of State University of New York to provide community service programs in adult education has been met and the relationship between the number of programs and such factors as community size, the age of the college, the number of colleges offering programs within the community, and means…

A 1967 PILOT STUDY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, EXAMINED ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS, PROGRAM COMPONENTS, PARTICIPANT CHARACTERISTICS, RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, AND OTHER PERTINENT COMMUNITY GROUPS AND AGENCIES, AND THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM'S SELF-HELP PHILOSOPHY…