After Phnom Penh was liberated from the Khmer Rouge in 1979, health science education in Cambodia had to be completely rebuilt. In this article, the authors report the results of a teaching collaboration between the University of Melbourne (Australia), the International University (Cambodia), and the University of Health Sciences (Cambodia). The…

Data were gathered by circulating questionnaires to each state archive, making site visits to representative archives, and holding discussions with key state archives and preservation leaders. The 2-year study concludes that no state archive currently approaches the goal of providing total preservation care for its holdings. Comprehensive and…

The document presents suggested guidelines for planning and establishing vocational agriculture programs in South Dakota involving off-farm cooperative occupational experiences. Off-farm cooperative occupational experience programs are defined as utilizing actual on-the-job training in cooperation with an employer and supplementing the job…

Administrative guides useful in initiatory planning for public school programs of resident outdoor education were developed from practices employed by program administrators and from professional opinion, the literature, and the author's experience. Outdoor education programs were surveyed by questionnaire, and 9 outdoor schools in the Midwest…

The project sought to determine methods of delivering vocational rehabilitation services to people from industry and labor who were disabled and in need of that service. Disability questionnaires were distributed through local unions, largely by mailings, in order to determine potential recipients of vocational rehabilitation services. One hundred…

The Delaware Valley Child Care Council (DVCCC) developed this booklet to help Philadelphia school principals plan and develop privately run after-school centers in their schools. First, an executive summary documents the need for school-age day care nationwide and in the Philadelphia area. Section I offers guidance on planning a school-age child…

This paper reviews variations in formats and outcomes of mentoring programs for beginning teachers and then reports on a study of an urban mentor teacher program from the perspective of principals. The program's most distinctive feature was the collaborative process used in its development and implementation. The initial concept was formulated at…

The guidelines are intended to assist the inservice program coordinator with a staff development program for comprehensive career education. The contents of the document cover the following career education topics: (1) overview; (2) the need for staff development; (3) roles and functions of the career education inservice coordinator; (4) initial…

A study was made to define areas where Community Resource Development-Community Services program coordination between Cooperative Extension and Community Colleges may integrate at the local level. Objectives were to describe similarities and differences of both programs, to identify attitudes of personnel toward the program areas and possible…

This national study of school-university collaborations indicates that there is no single formula for collaboration, although specific common obstacles are likely to appear and specific common factors are likely to contribute to successful programs. Data were drawn from questionnaire responses from 68 school superintendents and 128 university…

This handbook explains the procedures and rationale for the study of articulation between high school and community college career programs. After citing a thumbnail history of articulation practices and laws, the goals and methodology of creating an articulation survey are explained. The survey target group, questionnaire format, questions to be…

This manual outlines the process for evaluating a series of instructional materials for college-based training of the Child Development Associate (CDA) in Texas. Chapter I offers a discussion of the need for child care worker training in Texas and provides background information on the development of both the national and the Texas CDA pilot…

The Handicapped Children Project (HCP) was established to ascertain the southern region's needs and resources in special education teacher training programs. It was intended to encourage inservice training, to assist in planning for cooperative use of training and research resources, to provide information to states, and to assist in planning…

A Texas study on prekindergarten and early childhood care that was developed for the Texas legislature in response to an amendment of the Texas Education Code is presented. Also presented are findings on: (1) the developmental appropriateness of prekindergarten programs, defined here as programs for eligible 4-year-olds; (2) the potential for…

This book covers the steps involved in developing a library-based family literacy program, as well as questions of support and funding. Chapter 1 defines family literacy, provides historical perspective, and explains the need for such programs. Several well-established, successful family literacy programs are described in Chapter 2. Chapter 3…