The fields of health and higher education must bring a wide scope and diversity of approach to the development of a model for a regional health university. The objective of such a university would be that the training of health personnel, research work, health education, preventive medicine, and health care delivery can be adapted to the health…

The California State University and Colleges' (CSUC) Early Retirement Incentive (ERI) Program is described, and information is presented of those who retire during a three-month period with an incentive bonus of two additional years of (unearned) retirement service credit. During the eligibility period 1,047 CSUC employees retired, and it appears…

This guide is intended for continuing education tutors in England who are concerned with the design and implementation of curricula intended to promote the development of social and life skills (SLS) in 16-19 year olds as part of a Unified Vocational Preparation scheme. After a brief description of the background and the current usage of the term…

This is the third of a series of three reports geared to educator training and which encompass alternative approaches to collaboration and expert input, as well as a range of diverse topics related to adult learning. This particular document begins with a forecast of what might occur over the next twenty years in adult learning. The remaining five…

Educational indicators are a subset of social indicators. They are consistently measurable, conceptually based, policy relevant, and related to the educational process. They can be used to compare educational units, monitor change, test goals, and predict the effects of policy changes. Use of educational indicators requires identification of the…

This volume focuses on two principal aspects of German studies in the United States: (1) an assessment of the German-teaching profession from primary to graduate school, with attention to its "raison d'etre" in the present academic, social, and cultural situation, as well as its structures, aims, and personnel; and (2) strategies for survival and…

The introduction to the handbook relates Allport's assumptions about the nature of man to an American Indian (especially Sioux) view of the nature of man, as part of a career education model for American Indian children. The book begins with a discussion of values, describing Maslow's hierarchy of needs and examining a Sioux value system. The book…

This publication contains a model and 50 strategies for recruiting students into vocational education. The model provides a definition of the recruiting process and guidelines for recruiting male and female students into nontraditional areas, as well as for recruiting older adults, handicapped persons, and members of different ethnic cultures. The…

This articulation instructional objective guide for executive secretary/business education contains summary information on sixteen blocks (courses) of instruction. They are the following: introduction to business, business mathematics, personal development, typing--beginning, records management, business machine--calculating, business…

Problems with the Information Exchange Procedures (IEP) developed by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems are discussed. IEP procedures analyze student records, faculty effort, and annual expenditures. The particular approach taken in the analysis of the student faculty relationship has important theoretical problems, is too…

The title reflects the first and major article in an issue of this newsletter devoted heavily to video technology. The flexible capabilities of videotape used with microteaching are presented and illustrated with case studies of childhood education and rural health development programs in Nigeria, improvement of nurses' communication skills, and…

The model described in this manual is intended to assist national planners and others concerned with the allocation of resources in developing nations in arriving at informed decisions regarding national or regional educational activities. The focus of the model is on projecting yearly capital, recurrent, and total expenditures for national…

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS ABSTRACTS OF TECHNICAL NOTES. THE TECHNICAL NOTES ARE WORKING PAPERS OF THE DIVISION OF OPERATIONS ANALYSIS AND ARE BEING CIRCULATED BY MEANS OF DEPOSIT IN THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. (HW)

The role of college student personnel administration in serving adult learners is considered. Historical trends in the student personnel function and the philosophy that student personnel workers are educators who create programs that contribute to the student's overall educational growth are examined. Changes for the student development personnel…

A study was conducted to determine what is being done nationally in terms of inservice education for part-time vocational faculty and the most pressing inservice needs of part-time vocational faculty at Okaloosa-Walton Junior College. As a result of the study, an inservice education program for part-time faculty at the college that could serve as…