The proceedings of the 23rd annual meeting of the Far Western Philosophy of Education Society in 1974 are presented. The proceedings consist of 16 addresses. Titles include (1) Leonard Abraham Fels, 1911-1974: A Memoriale; (2) Trying to Make Sense out of "Existential Thought and Education"; (3) Making Sense out of "Existential Thought and…

The report is designed primarily for internal use by administrators and staff members of the Guided Occupational Orientation Project in Syracuse, New York, and contains a summary evaluation for the 1972-73 school year activities associated with the project. One section of the report discusses and displays specific outcomes compared with goals…

Methods by which campuses with similar information needs for similar decisions can set up a common data base are identified and discussed. Advantages and disadvantages of achieving the common data base by bulk paperwork, functional objectives, and piecemeal empiricism are considered. Practical suggestions for instituting each method are given. Use…

Proceedings of a 1971 conference held to evaluate the use of the Simulation Option Model (SOM) in educational planning are presented. Following a general discussion of simulation models and educational planning processes, specific attributes and applications of SOM are considered. A case study of SOM's use in France--including examples of the…

Resolutions of the Standing Conferences of the European Ministers of Education for the years 1959 through 1973 are presented. Each of the eight conferences passed between two and eight resolutions. Among the topics of the resolutions passed at the conferences were the following: primary, secondary, and technical education; educational problems…

These forty conference papers deal with a wide variety of new approaches to the application of developmental theory. The papers represent a cross-section of current research methodology and techniques used to evaluate such traditional Piagetian topics as concrete and formal operations, conservation, classification skills, language development,…

The workshop for Alcohol Safety Action Project administrators was held to help prepare project directors in the management of their projects and to identify their responsibilities and job tasks. It was also attended by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) representatives to help in the orientation of the ASAP program. The full…

In March of 1974, a conference was held to advise the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) on the nature of future global problems (energy use, population growth, economic and technological expansion). Participants were asked to examine conflicting interpretations of these problems and the assumptions on which the viewpoints are…

This booklet is a compilation of presentations made by participants in a March 1974 symposium on implications of the United States Supreme Court's 1954 school desegregation decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The first day of the conference consisted of several presentations by individuals who played important roles in the Supreme Court's…

Abstracts of research papers presented at the annual conventions of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology during the years 1970-74 are collected with an introductory statement and listing for each year. The name of each presenter is given along with title and mailing address. Papers are collected in the order in which they…

The primary purpose of the study reported was to provide information related to high school students choosing or not choosing to pursue science careers. The survey included high school students in public and private secondary schools throughout the nation. Information was obtained relating to educational levels, school subjects, self-concepts,…

The complexity of problems facing university administrators is examined, along with the confusion existing as to the role of research management within universities. Based on literature reviews, and discussions with administrators and researchers at various institutions, it is found that as university faculty move further away from pure or basic…

This report presents preliminary data from the National Science Foundation's Survey of Scientific Activities of Institutions of Higher Education - Current and Capital Expenditures for Research, Development, and Instruction in the Sciences and Engineering, Fiscal Year 1974. Mail questionnaires were sent to 621 universities and colleges, including…

This packet of eleven microfiche contains resource materials concerning the 1975-76 National High School Debate issue, world resources. A substantial portion of these materials consist of publications from the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and discuss the world food situation, the world agricultural situation, and…

Presented are proceedings from the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped sponsored 1975 conference on research needs related to career education of the handicapped. It is explained that the conference was organized in modular fashion with participants in small and large groups exploring research needs in four basic areas: preparation of the…