Concerned with clarifying some of the more complex issues in drug abuse, the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information has prepared this special report on the British narcotics system. Underlying the British approach is the belief that narcotic dependence is a medical problem to be treated by medical professionals rather than a criminal…

A card used by the Cambridge Junior High School (Minnesota) to advise parents of the pupil's progress is provided. The card is based on 100 total points which are divided into several categories to reveal a student's academic and social progress. The categories are: test results, lab work, daily work, discipline in class, attitude toward subject,…

Magnitude estimation was employed to find the numerical equivalents of 39 expressions of frequency ranging from never to always, and 44 expressions of amount ranging from none to all. The results were generalizable across three age-education-occupation levels and unaffected by whether ratings were an important or unimportant issue. Geometric means…

Policies for higher education are under active consideration in most countries. A major issue in such policies in the seventies will be the setting up of structures adapted to a stage of development that has either been or is at the point of being reached in most countries, that of transition to mass higher education. To discuss a number of major…

Six papers were presented at an invitational seminar for administrators of statewide boards and commissions of higher education concerning planning for state systems of post secondary education. The topics cover planning: a basic responsibility for a state system; development and implementation of a state higher education plan; near, short, and…

An overview based upon papers presented and discussions held at the seminar is presented. The major focus is upon the theme "Auto-Video", emphasizing the assumption by the public of responsibility for its own training, education and culture. The aims are to study the pedagogical and socio-cultural aspects of video technologies and to…

This seventh annual report on staffing patterns in California community colleges provides data on the characteristics of new full-time faculty in 99 of the 100 public and the entire 8 private community colleges in California as of the academic year 1973-1974. Results of the survey showed that during that year, 732 new full-time faculty were hired…

The concept paper prepared by the American Geological Institute (AGI) Committee on Geoscience Information is evaluated and areas which need more detailed plans if the geoscience community is to be persuaded of the need for a library network are discussed. For example: the concept plan does not display adequate awareness or concern for the role of…

Use and effectiveness of mobile units in family planning programs of several foreign countries are surveyed in this demographic report. Services and education provided by mobile unit programs in Tunisia, the United Arab Republic, Honduras, South Korea, Turkey, and Pakistan are examined. Assessed are the various roles mobile units play, their…

This progress report concerns an audio-tutorial approach used at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. Instructional techniques such as slide-tape presentations, compressed speech audio tapes, computer-assisted instruction (CAI), motion pictures, television, microfiche, and graphic and printed materials have been implemented,…

The selected proceedings of three regional private junior college workshops in the fall of 1970 focused on: enrollment of students, team administration, long-range planning, finances, and meeting student and community needs. (CA)

Contained in this report is the final evaluation for the Neighborhood Educational Cultural Centerette Project. Objectives of the research project were to: (1) investigate, experiment with, create, and evaluate methods of instruction curriculum, and materials; analyze pupil learning styles and teacher-teaching styles; and to provide staff growth…

This Schools Council Working Paper contains the report of a working party established to review the "form, function and finance for all school science, mathematics and technology centres in the United Kingdom and to make suggestions for a possible national framework." A description of the types of existing centers used by science…

The booklet is intended to provide for the administrator and special education supervisor a reference to many of the basic questions concerning the administration of special education in Mississippi. The questions and answers, which constitute the body of the document, were compiled from questions asked of the staff of the State Special Education…

The first part of this bulletin summarizes the 19th session of the Council for Cultural Co-operation at which delegates discussed satellite communication systems for European higher education, educational technology, educational leave, and standardization of initial tuning frequency for musical instruments. Other meetings summarized include those…