Gifted programing in Nebraska has weathered budget cutbacks through increased teacher awareness of the needs of gifted students, strengthened parent advocacy, and the creativity of educators who learned from previously funded projects. (CL)

This article discusses the definition and set difficulties of policy analysis in education in its examination of alternatives open, and uses as a model an approach to planning and policy analysis in the borough of York. (JA)

This document records the oral and written testimony of participants in a hearing on training policy for the U.S. Navy. The principal witness was Admiral Stanley Arthur, Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Testimony concerned Navy flight training, especially in regard to training pilots for landing on carrier ships, and other aspects of Navy…

In this essay, the author describes the difficulty of publishing in the Third World as part of a larger relationship of dependence of developing countries on industrialized nations. (Editor)

Programs for the gifted in New Jersey, Nebraska, Illinois, and Texas are described briefly. (GC)

Attempts to define the number of children in need of special education services and the costs of special education. Discusses six types of state funding in searching for an adequate funding formula and some basic problems of special education. (RK)

Various types of human resource accounting systems are described and analyzed: asset models, expense models, the utility formula, cost/benefit analysis, and a comprehensive program design. Steps in this last design (e.g., review all jobs in the organization, analyze training needs for targeted jobs, determine training programs that have the…

A successful series of workshops was planned and implemented in a rural area of Michigan where travel distances and lack of financial support from health care agencies were barriers to continuing education. Data obtained from a survey of 150 nurses identified priority subject areas and resource persons. (MS)

This study was undertaken to show why area vocational education programs should be developed at both secondary and postsecondary levels and to develop a model for organizational and curricular patterns for vocational education at the local level. Empirical data were analyzed to show the need for vocational education in Michigan, and a…

PRESENTED ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF 18 TYPICAL PROJECTS IN VERMONT WHICH WERE DEVELOPED WITH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I FUNDS. ARRANGED BY CITY OR TOWN, EACH BRIEF PROJECT RESUME PRESENTS A STATEMENT ABOUT THE NEED AND SUBSTANTIATION (BASELINE DATA), TITLE, PROJECT DESCRIPTION, PROPOSED EVALUATION METHODS, AND COST. OVERALL, THE…

The Second National Conference on Industry and Day Care, sponsored by Urban Research Corporation in 1970, brought together representatives of industry, community agencies, and early childhood specialists to discuss mutual concerns and explore the role that industry might play in the development of child care services. The report lists 17 ways in…

The operations of the 50 Army National Guard (ARNG) schools were reviewed to determine if the ARNG could meet its officer needs more effectively and economically. The study examined the following: (1) the numbers of officers being produced by the various ARNG commissioning sources, particularly the state officer candidate schools (OCS); (2) the…

A study was conducted to determine the costs of vocational education programs in excess of, or in addition to, the costs of "regular" education for grades 7-12 in New Mexico. Data were gathered through a literature review, a study of vocational education funding formulas of other states; a review of the data from the New Mexico…

The recommendations of "Educating Americans for the 21st Century," a plan of action developed by the National Science Board Commission on Pre-College Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology, are discussed in this paper with special reference to their implications for two-year colleges. After outlining the main thesis of the…

Ways in which the Health Education Consortium has determined and is meeting the continuing education and inservice education needs of hospital personnel in Northwest Mississippi are described. (MS)