Identifies the need for animal technicians and describes a program designed to meet the manpower needs. (SB)

Following six years of across-the-board internal budget reallocations, Penn State initiated a rolling five-year planning and budget process. It provides for more selective budgetary decisions based on careful analysis of university priorities. (Author/MLW)

Recommendations are given for colleges wishing to develop adult education programs, including information sources and program ideas. A nontraditional weekend program developed at Saint Xavier College as a time-intensive baccalaureate curriculum is described. (MSE)

Proposes a framework for assessing the needs of the older learner/consumer. Includes recognition of the physiological and psychological characteristics of the elderly. Explores the impact of components of the technological and social-psychological systems. Emphasizes the adragogical approach to the actual teaching process. (Author/JAC)

Describes how school counselors can contribute to the development of individualized education programs (IEP). Discusses counselors' participation in and preparation for IEP conferences, including defining the counselor role, gathering and analyzing pertinent information, and developing goals and objectives. (RC)

The characteristics of needs assessment, in terms of social and health programs, are discussed, as well as misunderstandings, criticisms, and suggested changes in needs assessment activities. (MH)

The University of Toledo's Adult Liberal Studies program is described. Some steps to consider before implementing a new program include clearly establishing a need for the program, determining where power lies, formulating objectives, and making students aware of the experimental nature of the program. (MLW)

Career opportunities for educators are growing in human resource development departments of business and industry. These careers call on the competencies of teachers in their roles as human service specialists and instructional systems designers. A program created to prepare students for such careers at Northeastern Illinois University is…

A tribal adult education role by colleges in the vicinity of tribal areas in India is needed to organize continuing education programs for tribal peoples with their different cultures. Tribal cultures, past and present tribal development efforts, educational needs, and elements of program planning are described. (MF)

The Higher Education Management Institute's (HEMI) management development and training program, designed to improve college and university performance by helping managers understand and carry out their responsibilities, is discussed. Management teams, program organization, identifying needs, action planning, management training, and program…

Several aspects of national competency tests are discussed: two conceptualizations; arguments pro and con; the federal perspective; a distillation of support and opposition to arguments judged unique to national competency tests; and a hypothetical procedure for implementation. (MH)

Describes how the use of an effective, representative advisory committee in a suburban setting in the State of Washington helped a vocational-technical school purchase a 200-line telephone system. Emphasis is on how advisory committees can point vocational educators to new and exciting areas of vocational skill needs. (SH)

Career development needs of Illinois secondary school youth, and plans being made in the State to meet those needs, are described. Two Illinois agencies have been awarded planning grants for NIE's Experience-Based Career Education demonstration projects: the Illinois State Board of Education and Champaign Community Unit School District No. 4. (AJ)

Examines the social context of early childhood education and raises important questions and issues which must be addressed in educating teachers who can meet the challenge of preparing young children to live in a rapidly-changing world. (Editor)