As a result of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and the Amendments of 1968, occupational educators are faced with the task of developing project proposals. Many considerations when writing a proposal are pointed out in this document. It is noted that a proposal is not likely to be accepted unless it indicates that the applicant agency is…

The document, which assesses the educational and career exploration system of the Genesee (Michigan) Intermediate School District, consists of two parts. The first contains project information for the 1971-72 fiscal year, including project overview, description, procedures, and budget allocation. The second part consists of an overview for…

This booklet is intended to be a package that individual teachers and local associations can use in writing successful proposals. It begins with 10 steps that can serve as a guide for formulating a proposal. These steps can be used as agenda topics for working through the proposal process. The next section of this booklet details how to write the…

In this summary of research projects funded by the Office of Research and Development (ORD) of the Employment and Training Administration, only projects completed between July, 1975 and September, 1978 are listed. Projects and publications presented for program planning and administration, programs and techniques, the labor market, and economic…

The curriculum for this 2-week workshop on educational research development and evaluation is designed to increase participants' skills in project development and proposal writing and increase their knowledge of research and evaluation methods. Geared toward adult professionals who are skilled and motivated, the curriculum helps participants to…

Presented to the American Education Research Association, this speech points out eleven ways examination of a National Institute of Education study plan could have implications for vocational education: (1) defining key terms, (2) identifying or surfacing issues, (3) describing recent or impending changes, (4) summarizing findings, (5) integrating…

The Institutional Research Office at Delgado College (Louisiana) developed a campus-based mini-grant program awarding funds to individual faculty members proposing projects to improve instruction. Inservice workshops assisted the faculty in grant-writing and research development skills before grant proposals were solicited. Criteria for acceptance…

Four groups of people were requested to review the Rand Corporation's design for a longitudinal study of school desegregation. These groups can be labeled as Desegregation and Minority Student Education Experts, Distinguished Social Scientists, Federal Officals Responsible for Desegregation Research, and U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR)…

Four groups of people were requested to review the Rand Corporation's design for a longitudinal study of school desegregation. When the study design documents were sent to the reviewers, an evaluation questionnaire was attached. The reviewers were asked to add any needed clarifying comments in the spaces provided after each question, and to write…

The combined efforts of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor and the Office of Education in addition to those of agricultural educators and leaders were utilized to develop a long-range project for education in agriculture through determining employment opportunities and training needs in farming and off-farm agricultural business…

The Title III program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act called PACE (Projects to Advance Creativity in Education), is designed to encourage school districts to develop imaginative solutions to educational problems; to utilize research findings more effectively; and to create, design and make intelligent use of supplementary centers and…