The article defines sandwich courses and discusses them in terms of values of the course, future development, training provisions, program administrations, and finance. (BP)

Designed for community groups and organizations, groups of older adults, senior clubs, and agencies, this manual documents the process of developing community education programs for older adults. The first section introduces the concept of a community learning center, while the second section considers whether a learning center should be…

Beginning with an overview of problems springing from lack of coordination of federal, state, and local educational programs, this paper examines the current and proposed coordination of such programs across the nation and in New York State and New York City. It defines and makes a case for comprehensive school planning as a planning process…

The basic principles of market analysis are examined in this paper especially as they relate to institutional planning. Introductory material presents background information, including: (1) a description of two projects undertaken to implement modern management techniques at small colleges; (2) an examination of three marketing philosophies; and…

This report provides readers with three primary products: significant data on statewide planning for cooperative computing, a process model to evaluate the development of cooperative computing in any state, and a structural model to evaluate the products of implementation in states that have implemented plans for cooperative computing. Such…

Designed as a resource for project directors and others who must implement career education products, this handbook is divided into two sections: a procedural guide and a set of thirty illustrated techniques. A glossary of terms and an introduction explaining basic assumptions, purposes, uses, and philosophy of the handbook precede the procedural…

A committee was appointed in March 1978 to investigate feasible alternatives to the existing card catalog at Northwestern University Library; this interim report reviews the committee's activities and recommendations, identifies tasks still to be completed, and describes the status of a proposed online successor to the card catalog. Ten concerns…

This document explains the West Virginia system of continuing education, describes the role of West Virginia in the Four State Project for staff development, and provides a list of resource documents available in the West Virginia Department of Education. In the first section an abstract of the program is presented along with a discussion of the…

This report describes a one-year project to develop a comprehensive dissemination plan that would (1) provide a network within the state of Washington for two-way communication, (2) utilize the linkage potential of the 12 educational service districts, (3) incorporate existing instructional and informational resources, (4) develop training…

This monograph presents specific guidelines for use by school administrators in developing educational consensus in a school and with a community. The authors describe their success in identifying priorities and achieving objectives by using an "annual school plan," which focuses on specific, short-range objectives that can be realized…

Described is a vocational education model designed to increase cooperative effort for the improvement of vocational personnel. The introductory section discusses the need for a systematic approach to vocational personnel development in Florida, presents the goals of the system, and briefly summarizes the salient features of each component of the…

Fiscal year 1978 activities of the Bureau of Health Planning are presented in this annual report. The report is organized into areawide planning (e.g., health planning was established in 213 geographic regions, including 205 health service areas served by Health Systems Agencies and eight states, territories, and the District of Columbia);…

IN 1967, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE APPOINTED A SELECT COUNCIL ON POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE STATE'S OFFERINGS AT THIS LEVEL. FORMER CONSULTANTS WHO HAD STUDIED THE FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM PARTICIPATED IN A JANUARY 1968 CONFERENCE. REPORTS OF THE DISCUSSION GROUPS WERE SUMMARIZED--(1) HUMAN RESOURCES, (2)…

Educational programs, regarded as inputs, may be developed within a procedural framework to achieve outputs of desired change and improvement. Eight criteria for assessing plans and strategies are relevance, legality, congruence, legitimacy, compatibility, balance, practicability, and cost/effectiveness. (JK)

This monograph is an outgrowth of an in-service workshop for vocational educators, special educators and administrators. The workshop staff developed it with the intent of providing guidelines for educators in the design of vocational education programs for special education students. Specific suggestions concerning program development,…