Twenty-seven papers related to the themes of making engineering education more responsive to societal needs and integrating social implications into curriculum which were read and/or submitted at the workshop appear in the text. In addition, the results of five workshops sessions are reported. Summaries and recommendations are made in the areas…

This publication is a report of an Environmental Education Conference sponsored by the Alliance for Environmental Education and Western Regional Environmental Education Council at Snowmass, Colorado. The purpose of the conference was to study the progress of environmental education throughout the nation, to report the major concerns, and to make…

This publication is a report of an Environmental Education Conference sponsored by the Alliance for Environmental Education and Western Regional Environmental Education Council at Snowmass, Colorado. The purpose of the conference was to study the progress of environmental education throughout the nation, to report the major concerns, and to make…

Aspects of how a board of trustees is designed to function, how its membership is selected, how it is educated, and how business is conducted are discussed. General characteristics of boards of both public or private institutions are identified, with emphasis on the role and responsibility of the chairman. Suggestions are offered regarding the…

Faculty, administrators, ID staff, and graduate students involved in instructional development within higher education generated and ranked factors instrumental in the successful operation of Instructional Development Centers (IDC). Twenty factors were selected, then rated in order of perceived importance and ability to be manipulated by the…

This book contains a record of papers and edited transcripts presented at a program sponsored by the Institute for Environmental Studies. The program was part of an International Exposition on the Environment, EXPO 74 held in Spokane, Washington. The program incorporated three areas of interest: designing and finding methods for improving…

This publication contains the proceedings of a workshop held in Ann Arbor, Michigan to identify the priority Great Lakes environmental research initiatives. The five major objectives of the workshop include the determination of research initiatives, opportunities for university research communities to discuss and recommend future research…

Various program conducted by the National Humanities Faculty (NHF) during 1973-74 are described. During the year, 126 different NHF members worked with teachers in 60 schools or school systems across the nation. The report is divided into 12 sections which focus mainly on project descriptions and publications. Sections one and two provide…

The proceedings of this conference reflect the theme of criteria for excellence in school reading programs. Contents of the volume include an introduction concerning excellence in education by Harry W. Sartain and a concluding statement presenting guidelines for development and assessment of an effective reading program by Rita M. Bean. Major…

This document presents papers dealing with various aspects of Marxist literary influence, and more specifically socialist realism, in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Included are articles that deal with such subjects as the All-India Progressive Writers' Association, creative writers in Urdu, Bengali poets today, Indian poetry in English and…

This document is the second of two volumes of papers dealing with various aspects of Marxist literary influence, and more specifically socialist realism, in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Included in this volume are articles that deal with such subjects as socialist realism and the progressive movement in Malayalam, realism in Marathi creative…

This publication is a report of a conference on environmental education at the post secondary level in Rungsted, Denmark, as organized by the Center for Educational Research and Innovation. It includes a review of experience in the field and plans for future action. A number of speeches and committee reports are included. There are three major…

To summarize recent government efforts in scientific and technical information management, this report presents highlights of more than 60 federal programs in 15 executive departments and independent agencies, the Smithsonian Institute, the Government Printing Office, and the Library of Congress. It begins with a summary of trends and…

Materials in this resource document were compiled for use in a Washington seminar directed to the interests of state and local government to develop strategies for privacy protection. Included are the texts of issue papers and supporting documents in the following subject areas: (1) criminal justice information; (2) public employee records; (3)…

The first annual meeting of the Southwest Reading Conference for Colleges and Universities was held in April 1952 as a result of interest expressed in college reading programs--either the improvement of existing programs or the initiation of new programs. The theme of the conference was "Developing a Reading Program for College…