Proceedings are presented of a three-day national conference for providing members of the Indian community with information concerning opportunities for Indians under the new vocational education legislation. Brief summaries of addresses delivered during the general sessions are provided in part 1 and include such subjects as developing vocational…

The proceedings of the conference "Women: Their Future in the University and in the Community" are provided. Speakers discussed a variety of concerns that affect all women. In education, the following topics were addressed: the status of affirmative action plans, the establishment of women's studies programs, and the impact of Title IX…

This report presents an evaluation of the Federal Interagency Day Care Requirements (FIDCR) conducted by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The evaluation focuses on the appropriateness of the requirements for federally supported day care programs authorized by Title XX of the Social Security Act. The first chapter of the report…

This index of vocational educational resources, intended for researchers, curriculum specialists, teachers, administrators, and students, contains abstracts of research, instructional and other materials, and funded proposals in vocational and technical education. The content is divided into three sections. First, document resumes, ordered…

This index of vocational educational resources, intended for researchers, curriculum specialists, teachers, administrators, and students, contains abstracts of research, instructional and other materials, and funded proposals in vocational and technical education. The content is divided into three sections. First, document resumes, ordered…

This index of vocational educational resources, intended for researchers, curriculum specialists, teachers, administrators, and students, contains abstracts of research, instructional and other materials, and funded proposals in vocational and technical education. The content is divided into three sections. First, document resumes, ordered…

Information about the current status of graduate human services programs in institutions of higher education in the U.S. is provided. This monograph is divided into four parts. Part I presents background information that has appeared in the professional literature. Part II summarizes the deliberations of the task teams participating at a…

Faced with a legal mandate to equalize educational resources available to its public elementary schools, can the Board of Education of the District of Columbia respond effectively to the public pressure for decentralization of its decision-making systems? The answer may be determined through the responses to two further questions: to what extent…

Extending the charitable deduction to all taxpayers, not just those who itemize, would help protect the deduction from the unintended, indirect, and adverse effects of other changes in tax laws, such as increases in the standard deduction. Recent trends to simplify the tax law and to induce more taxpayers to utilize the standard deduction have…

Reviewed in the document are the implications of Public Law 94-142, the Education For All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, and related implementation strategies regarding educational programing. Focused on are aspects of individual educational plans; and specifically considered are diagnostic procedures, the role of behavioral objectives and…

Presenting suggestions for conceptualizing Rural Development Act Title V program evaluations, this paper focuses upon a five-level program outcomes model which encompasses a causal sequence of anticipated shortrun, intermediate, and longrun outcomes. Examples of possible Title V measurement foci are presented for each of five outcome levels as…

This report examines the first year of operation of the 21 Regional Educational Attendance Areas (REAAs) that were established in rural Alaska by the passage of Alaska Senate Bill 35 in 1975. The report is divided into four sections. Section 1 presents background information and an overview of the study and of the events that led up to the passage…

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112), as amended (P.L. 93- 516), mandates equal opportunity for qualified handicapped persons in education programs, and activities of all recipients of federal financial assistance. Section 504 is a civil rights statute that prohibits descrimination on the basis of handicap, obligates…

Designed for use in the evaluation of Title IV Indian Education Projects (Parts A, B, and C), this handbook presents a methodology for evaluation which has been devised specifically to address the structural and substantive variations among Title IV projects in a manner which is flexible, adaptable, and practical. This handbook is designed to…

A reading supplement to provide background material for "A Handbook on Evaluation for Title IV Indian Education Projects", this document describes and defines the following: (1) needs assessment (definition and purpose; relation of needs to Indian Education Act; approaches; surveying--population sampling, kinds of questions, etc.; group…