Operating for the 18th year, the Pennsylvania Governor's Committee on Migratory Labor, which is charged with coordinating and bringing into focus the activities of various governmental and nongovernmental agencies relating to Pennsylvania's migrant workers, submits the present document as an annual report. Some specific areas reported on by…

The Advisory Council on Vocational Education in 1968 issued a report on program implementation and goal achievement in vocational education. Six regional conferences and a summary conference were held in the fall of 1968 to evaluate that report and determine its implications for government action. A broad goal of these conferences was to increase…

To help equip persons in leadership positions with procedures and techniques needed for obtaining valid and reliable evaluative data, this institute involved 100 applicants, several alternates, and consultants in various planned activities. The institute focused on these major purposes or outcomes: (1) Participants would learn additional…

Findings and recommendations of almost 8,000 people who contributed to the Illinois Committee for the 1970 White House Conference on Children and Youth are summarized according to: (1) Delivery of Services, in the areas of planning and development, coordination, manpower, and objectives, priorities, evaluations, and funding, (2) Youth's Role in…

The document reports on comprehensive law enforcement assistance (LEA) programs which have motivated state and local governments toward signficant actions, strengthening the fabric of our criminal justice system. LEA activities include 27 grants which have financed state crime evaluation and planning commissions; 34 to police departments to…

After 4 years of operation, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) presents this 1969 annual report and evaluation of its activities as required by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. A brief overview is given of the history of the program, the Federal-state relationship, and strategies for regional development. Appalachia is then…

Included in the document are abstracts of the 19 presentations given by consultants to the working groups at Institute II. Contents of the abstracts are the salient ideas, goals, objectives, and models for planning annual and long-range programs of vocational education in rural areas. Presentations by the consultants were designed to enable the 5…

This volume contains the papers presented at the conference in edited versions along with certain reference materials. As they influenced the proceedings of the task groups, these papers are reflected in the contents of Volume I (SO 000 819). As a group they offer many useful ideas concerning the theory and methodology of family intervention and…

The third report of the Central Training Council, covering the first four years of its progress recounts expanded activities of the older Training Boards, including the publication of training recommendations, and the creation of eight new Boards; it also elaborates on areas which present continuing problems. The 26 Boards cover over 15 million…

The purposes of the National Conference on Manpower Programs for Indians were: (1) to inform tribal leaders of the total resources and programs available to American Indians; (2) to learn from tribal leaders more about their problems and needs as American citizens; and (3) to create among the participating agencies a keener awareness of the need…

Field testing, the last step in the developmental cycle for educational products, must ascertain whether the test product, placed in a natural environment, will actually elicit the behavioral changes it was designed to effect. A systems approach to field testing requires that certain basic areas of investigation first be established. Specific…

Program development and evaluation procedures involving faculty, students, and community in a continuous curriculum development project are given in this second-year report of the Fairfield, Indiana, community schools. The report is divided into 6 sections: (1) the process of developing conceptually designed curricula, (2) the processes of the…

These proceedings focus on psychological and other concepts relevant to community service; patterns, problems, and trends in community service by community and junior colleges; the effort to make such service relevant to the inner city; and the administration of cultural development and leisure activities, short courses and seminars, community…

The Conference on Ecological and Cultural Factors Related to Emotional Disturbance in Puerto Rican Children and Youth was the primary attempt to bring together a group of behavioral scientists, medical doctors, and educators, so that the scientific findings of the former--behavioral and medical scientists--may be used by the latter--educators--in…

The possibility of using the vocational/technical instructors of the California Community Colleges as a fire-prevention-education resource was explored. A questionnaire was sent to 99 California community colleges, of which 71 replied. The questionnaire addressed the following questions: (1) Is the topic of equipment or machine-caused fires…