Responding to the demands of the Clean Air Act of 1970, the Manpower Development Staff of the Office of Air Programs has acted to provide more and better-trained practitioners in the field of air pollution control. Numerous courses are conducted through the Institute for Air Pollution Training, while university training programs are administered…

The directory provides information on training and development programs, which are being offered in institutions of higher education. The directory is arranged alphabetically by State and provides the name of the institution, contact, and a brief program description. (Author/EC)

This document reports the executive summary of findings and recommendations of a study of the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) Training Programs for higher education personnel. Findings indicate (1) the need for substantial training in American higher education, (2) the training demand is pervasive, (3) the demand for training is…

The United States will be able to grapple with health and economic issues more clearly and directly if it can benefit from the highest quality professional efforts to uncover, assemble, and synthesize relevant information and to develop the best measures to deal with the problems. Thus a high level of professional performance in public health is a…

This monograph describes a training course for human services personnel which covers a major function of comprehensive manpower development programs. The course provides experience with the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for contact work with employers and educators. Job development is a process which includes the creation, selling and…

As in most developing countries, education in Kenya is reported to have developed through three broad, overlapping phases: traditional, missionary, and governmental as influenced by the country's geography, climate, population growth, economy, and striving for independence. In the process, long-range educational goals have evolved: 1) to provide…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A REPORT ON A GROUP INQUIRY INTO THE SUBSTANCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF UNIVERSAL HIGHER EDUCATION. ELEVEN CHAPTERS ARE PAPERS PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, IN PUERTO RICO, NOVEMBER 15-21, 1964, FORECASTING THE FORM AND MISSION OF AMERICAN…

The annotated bibliography describes in detailed outline form 75 books, articles, papers, and reports dealing with the following areas of continuing adult education: history and philosophy; setting, needs, and purposes; program development and methods; institutions and organizations; community colleges; cooperative extension; higher education…

THIS PUBLICATION IS THE PRODUCT OF A FIVE-WEEK SEMINAR HELD IN 1964. THIS SEMINAR, WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER OUTSTANDING SCHOLARS AS WELL AS KEY FIGURES OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES, CONSIDERED EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING EDUCATION AND OF LINKING EDUCATION MORE EFFECTIVELY TO OVER-ALL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL…

Focusing on education and training needs for law enforcement and criminal justice personnel, this document is one in a series of six volumes reporting the results of the National Manpower Survey (NMS) of the Criminal Justice System. Chapter 1 of ten chapters provides an overview of nine types of educational and/or training programs, including the…

As mandated in the 1973 Amendments to the Safe Streets Act, the National Manpower Survey of the Criminal Justice System was conducted to assess current and projected manpower needs, personnel quality, and training and education programs. Data were collected from the following sources: surveys of 8,000 executives of state and local criminal justice…