Approximately 125 persons from 15 states of the Southern region attended the Institute, which sought to examine the need for correctional manpower in the region, to assess the present resources for training personnel to meet these needs, and to explore ways in which these needs might be met more effectively. The institute considered the background…

One of two volumes of the report of a seminar attended by 232 vocational-technical leaders from 37 states and the District of Columbia, this document covers the general sessions and the sub-seminar on teaching disadvantaged youth. General session presentations on teacher education by Martin W. Essex, Virgil S. Lagomarcino, and William G. Loomis…

During this reporting period, the Drill-and-Practice Mathematics Program implemented a pilot version of the fixed strands curriculum. Data is presented illustrating the use of the program at the various participating schools. Adjustments were made to the Drill-and-Practice Reading Program Curriculum. Extensive recoding of the curriculum of the…

This booklet is a collection of the papers presented at a joint session of the Mathematical Association of America and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics during the fiftieth annual meeting of the MAA. These papers were presented under the headings of "Geometry and School Mathematics,""High School Geometry," and…

The participants at the conference were asked to define and list their functions in Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI), to state what preparation they had to equip them for these functions, to tell what preparation is needed by teachers and administrators to be involved in IPI, and to discuss problems of interaction between teacher-student,…

The primary function of Hawaii's Advisory Council on Vocational and Technical Education is to evaluate the State's total vocational education effort and to publish and distribute the results in the form of an evaluation report. After a summary of 22 recommendations, the first section of the report gives the highlights of vocational education for…

This symposium report presents the text of papers delivered at the symposium and outlines of discussions. The contents are as follows: a) "Knowledge in Education" by Sheldon H. White, Joan S. Bissell, and John Golenski; c) Comments on White-Bissell-Golenski Paper by David K. Cohen; c) General Discussion of White-Bissell-Golenski Paper and Cohen…

This document is the fourth annual report to the Governor and the Legislature by the Utah State Board of Higher Education for the 1972-73 year. Following the commissioner's report, emphasis is placed on events of the year, academic affairs, budgets and finance, planning and capital facilities, and profiles of member institutions. The section on…

The report describes the principal orientations of the International Hydrological Programme, as well as the procedures suggested for its execution. The origin and justification of the programme are presented. The objectives of the 1975 programme are stated and the contents, which include the activities, themes, application of new techniques in…

BOYPOWER '76 is an eight-year, long-range plan with emphasis on members and units, trained unit leaders, and national standard units. In the annual report to Congress of the Boy Scouts of America, charts are provided as an analysis tool for studying the progress of the Boy Scouts as it relates to BOYPOWER '76 and its monthly and final objectives.…

This document presents the president's report of the progress of the University of Arizona, 1963-1973. Following the president's message, emphasis is placed on a description of the university; a historical description of each of the colleges within the university; the significance and review of university research activities; and the special…

Public discussion has never witnessed such a welter of proposals for dealing with problems of higher educational finance--proposals for shifting the burden of financing from the present to the future, from the taxpayer to the student, from aiding the institutions to aiding the students, from aid based on need to vouchers for everyone. At its 1974…

The report is directed to participants of the State Directors/Coordinators of Career Education Conference, an activity of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Career Education Project. It offers a brief resume of program activities and topics discussed in each session. (MW)

This document reports the proceedings of a Conference on Technical-Professional Preparation of Psychologists at the Masters Level, held in San Diego, California, on April 30-May 1, 1971. Following the keynote address, a paper on accreditation and a paper on certification and licensing are presented. Group discussions concerning issues involved in…

The product and process goals for the schools of Kentucky are outlined in this brochure. The product goals relate to learning skills, an appropriate knowledge base, economic productivity and recreational satisfaction, functioning effectively as a citizen, human relations, and physical and mental health. The schools seek to attain process goals…