The issues discussed and decisions reached by the Interstate Consortium on Metric Education (ICME) are presented. Points of controversy are discussed. (The formal proceedings of ICME are available in SE 018 947.) (SD)

The objectives in developing the interstate research effort were to cooperatively design and undertake a series of studies to find solutions to major vocational-technical education problems confronting a regional area of New York and Connecticut and to develop a framework for a regional approach to research effort. Six studies, completed under…

The long-term planning concerns of colleges and universities have been shifting in recent years. Emphasis is increasingly being placed on the exploitation of all higher education resources through regional or state coordination, and on the adjustment of services to the changing educational and vocational needs of society. The Ninth Annual…

The Academic Common Market is an interstate agreement among Southern states for sharing academic programs. Participating states include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Each state is able to make arrangements for its residents who qualify…

An interstate consortium sponsors emergency medical training programs, purchases equipment, and arranges reciprocal certification in a 31-county area of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. (Author/JC)

Author restates his reasons for changing programs of interstate student enrollment and suggests ways to eliminate the problem at minimal cost. (Author/RK)

Author states case for reciprocity Agreements which would, in effect, remove differential tuition charges for many nonresident students. (Editor)

A SYSTEM OF PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR THE CHILDREN OF MIGRANT WORKERS OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES WAS DESIGNED AND TESTED. THE OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO DEVELOP PROCEDURES TO PREDICT THE ARRIVAL OF SPECIFIC CHILDREN IN SPECIFIC AREAS AT SPECIFIC TIMES, (2) TO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN, AND…

THE PRIMARY PURPOSES ARE TO DIRECT ATTENTION TO COUNTY UNITS AS ONE APPROACH IN ANALYZING THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE POOR, AND TO PROVIDE A RESOURCE TOOL FOR VIEWING THE LOWEST FIFTH (QUINTILE) OF COUNTY UNITS IN THE CONTEXT OF STATE, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL MEASURES OF POVERTY AND DEPENDENCY. MUCH ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO THE URBAN SETTING WHERE 70…

A CONFERENCE WAS HELD (1) TO ENCOURAGE COOPERATIVE PLANNING BY KEY REPRESENTATIVES OF EDUCATION AND STATE GOVERNMENTS FOR THE BEST USE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN THE FOUR NORTHWEST STATES OF IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON, AND (2) TO HELP MAKE POSSIBLE THE INFORMED USE OF FEDERAL MATCHING GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EDUCATION TELEVISION…

The relationship between nonresident tuition and decreasing student mobility may be altered in light of the 1973 Supreme Court decision that declared unconstitutional Connecticut's maintenance of a permanent nonresident classification for tuition purposes. This report looks at the impact of the Supreme Court decision on student residency…

California's efforts to satisfy the educational needs of migrant children during the 1969 fiscal year are described in this evaluation report. Of an estimated 80,000 school-age children defined as migrants, 32,800 received services with 1969 funds. The major programs in the California Plan were (1) supplemental assistance to migrant impacted…

A documentation of the obstacles in law, policy and administrative procedure that interfere with effecting adoptions across State lines is presented. Major problems include: (1) Nonjudicial termination or relinquishment proceedings, although legal in many States, do not satisfy the courts in other states on the issue of the child's freedom for…

Establishing the Southwestern Library Interstate Cooperative Endeavor (SLICE) Office and developing the SLICE Project as an integral part of the Southwestern Library Association (SWLA) has been achieved this quarter. Identification of the Oklahoma MARC Services as the unique resource for sharing among the six states has been followed by…

THE FINDINGS OF THE FOLLOWING TWO EXTENSIVE AND DETAILED STUDIES ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN BRIEF FORM--(1) THE "STATES AUDIOVISUAL EDUCATION STUDY (SAVES)," CONCERNED WITH PRACTICES OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF AUDIOVISUAL AND NEW EDUCATIONAL MEDIA, AND (2) A STUDY OF STATE LAWS AFFECTING AUDIOVISUAL EDUCATION. THIS…