The Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs, in its annual report for 1970-71, lists the tribes and their populations, the commission's membership, and legislative advisory committees and consultants. As noted, projects completed in 1970-71 included the printing and distribution of the 1971 tribal directory and other materials published by the…

The program, Man in the Marine Environment, conducted by the Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University, between July, 1970 and June, 1971, consisted of two major components: (1) research, and (2) direct educational outputs in the form of a series of credit seminars and a public speaker's program. Research, as described in the procedures…

These collected papers and reports, many taken from the Professional Education Seminar at the University of Northern Iowa, concentrate on the failure of inner-city education. A number of essays attempt to analyze the role of teachers, administrators, and communities in the failure of inner-city education. Also, there are several field reports on…

Technological change places increased responsibility on the educational system of a democratic society to prepare citizens for intelligent participation in government. This conference was held to analyze the nature of the technological society and the role of education in preparing the individual for membership in that society. The papers…

The Four Corners Regional Commission is a state-Federal partnership, the purpose of which is to initiate long-range planning, provide data for specific plans, promote private investment, promote legislation, establish plans and program priorities, and initiate and coordinate economic developmental districts in 92 counties in Arizona, Colorado, New…

The main report describes the procedures followed, difficulties encountered, and results obtained by a faculty and student summer task force attempting to design and produce course materials for an introductory college course in man-environment relations, and plan an undergraduate curriculum in environmental studies. Data on changes in…

This report describes the objectives of the Boston College Mathematics Institute and its activities to date. The contents include summaries of the programs of all the campus institutes held between 1957 and 1968; outlines of the instructional materials produced during this period; information on the Computer Research Center; and plans for future…

Reports and recommendations prepared by working groups on "The Structure of Chemistry,""Graduate Education in Chemistry and Beyond,""Preparing Chemists to Meet Society's Future Needs,""Chemistry for Citizens,""International Aspects of Chemical Education" and the text of two plenary addresses, "Education for Change" and "New Problems Need New…

This report contains the three position papers presented at a conference on interdisciplinary science education as well as edited transcripts of some of the discussion. The position papers state the necessity for such courses, describe a particular college level course for non-science majors, and present a theoretical account of an attempt to…

A former member of Her Majesty's Inspectorate spent nearly a year in analyzing the work of the National Extension College and in subjecting it to the most rigorous tests he could devise; as far as known, this was the first such inspection to take place in England. He found it to be a serious educational institution with well qualified tutors. The…

The Talent Corps/College for Human Services is an action oriented training institute and college established in 1964 to train persons from the low income areas of New York City for paraprofessional careers in community agencies such as schools, hospitals, social service organizations, and related service agencies. Aside from training, its mandate…

This document is a bibliography of research related to vocational education on the national, state and local levels. The references represented are the materials assembled for the comprehensive "Report of the Analysis Group, HEW Vocational Education Review Task Force," (available as VT 013 228 and VT 013 229 in this issue) and was prepared during…

The author quotes the statement that the primary goal of the Research and Development Program on Reading is to "produce functional reading competence on the part of all persons reading age 10." In evaluating this goal, he considers it to be questionable for several reasons. First, there is no high correlation between reading ability at the age of…

The 16 papers which make up this volume of conference proceedings are related to the general theme of providing classroom instruction which will meet the needs of all individuals in the classroom. Four major areas with which the conference was concerned are (1) the nature and extent of differences, (2) diagnosis as a blueprint for action, (3)…

The sixth annual status report describes the overall North Carolina Program for Gifted and Talented (GT) Children as carried out by local school units during the 1970-71 school year. Following a definition of the GT program and of the GT child, total numbers of GT allotment teachers, other teachers, and students in the program for 1969-70 and…