The principal purpose of the conference on employment problems of low income groups which is summarized in this report was to ascertain the views of the conferees about, first, the impact of manpower programs on their respective constituencies and, second, important changes in manpower policies and programs that the conferees would recommend to…

This report, the seventh in a series, presents national adult basic education (ABE) and secondary level education statistics compiled from the annual reports submitted by the States and other areas receiving federal funds for ABE programs. The statistics cover enrollments, student characteristics, completions, separations, teachers, classroom…

This report, the eighth in a series, presents national adult basic education (ABE) and secondary level education statistics compiled from the annual reports submitted by the States and other areas receiving federal funds for ABE programs. The statistics cover enrollments, student characteristics, completions, separations, teachers, classroom…

The material collected in this workshop report offers teaching techniques for technical writing instructors at universities and junior colleges. The variety of topics indicates both the broad impact of technical writing and the many specific needs of technical writers. The workshop's discussions and papers focused on a variety of needs and…

This document is a collection of papers presented at a conference in March, 1977. The authors address the issue of school desegregation within the socioeconomic context of large metropolitan areas in the United States. Societal trends and institutions are examined. The interrelatedness of poverty, lack of housing and job opportunities, and poor…

The three-part final report documents recommendations and resolutions and summarizes the work of more than 700 delegates to the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals, May 23-27, 1977, in Washington, D.C. It is emphasized that the primary purpose of the conference was to give persons with mental and/or physical disabilities an…

This annual report includes information on enrollment, instructional programs, and finance of the 17 Maryland community colleges from 1 July 1976 through 30 June 1977. College enrollment continued to grow during the year, increasing 4.9% over the previous year. Each college improved in scope and coverage of its appropriate programs and in the…

This final report of a workship on equity in postsecondary education (PSE) is divided into two sections. Part I discusses the current status of equity in PSE by describing the evolution of an equity definition, specific issues regarding student access and treatment, current employment patterns in PSE, the relationship of equity to other PSE goals…

The report presents information on Indian and northern affairs in the areas of education, economics, Native claims, social and cultural development, conservation, and community development. Discussed are the Parks Canada Program which preserves Canada's natural and human heritage by means of national and historic parks and sites, and conservation…

The major activities of the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs during 1977 are recorded in this report. The National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs was developed as part of the 1974 Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA). The Council is mandated to advise the Assistant Secretary for Education on the…

The use of the behavioral science principle of contingency in several approaches to teaching beginning reading is discussed in this paper. The failure to provide a contingent relationship between the given reading skill and student success in demonstrating the skill can lead to repeated apparent successes without the student actually manifesting…

Two conflicting hypotheses exist regarding how oral reading behavior patterns follow from encounter with the text. One hypothesis views them as following decoding (decoding hypothesis), and the other sees them as occurring after comprehension processes have constructed a semantic representation of the message. These hypotheses are further…

Evaluative comments from one participant in the June 1976 Pittsburgh conference on the theory and practice of beginning reading are presented in this paper. Discussion centers on curriculum analyses, testing practices, teaching practices, units of analysis that are required for reading research, learning characteristics, stages of reading…

The bulk of this report is a digest of "Coming to Our Senses: The Significance of the Arts in American Education," the 1976 product of the blue ribbon Arts, Education, and Americans Panel chaired by David Rockefeller, Jr. The chapters reproduced here concentrate on what is being done in art education in public elementary and secondary…

Resolutions presented at the NAACP 67th Annual Convention concerned armed services and veterans affairs; civil rights (particularly basic civil rights); federal government compliance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; affirmative action legislation; consolidated procedural rules for civil rights enforcement; the Hatch Act; violence…