In this first phase, job descriptions and need for trained concrete technologists within the concrete-using industries were determined by survey. The project staff created curriculum materials which were reviewed by outside authorities and put into workable lesson plans by a group of educational consultants. The result was a six-volume set of…

This report describes the primary and secondary objectives of the nursery school project and the methods and procedures used in the program. Demographic information is supplied for the 30 3- and 4-year-olds who were enrolled. The schedule and tentative lesson plans emphasize free choice activities, group time, and outdoor play. Planning and…

Decisions involving formats, methods, standards and priorities employed in the development of the Iowa State plan for administering the details of the Higher Education Act of 1963 are described. Forms used for project funds requests, summary data for institution applications and comparative figures with other states are included. (HH)

The commission summarizes its activities in the five areas of construction grants, equipment grants, scholarships, guaranteed student loans, and a survey of physical facilities. The commission administers the federal construction and equipment grants awarded under the Higher Education Facilities Acts of 1963 and 1965. Summaries include grants…

Policies formulated for the seven state and nine private institutions of higher education in South Dakota are outlined in their separate phases of system development, data gathering, and data analysis. This scheme was developed to facilitate data reporting in federal grant applications. Areas of research include the functions, administration, and…

Presented are seven papers given at a 1973 conference on European braille by the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind. Arne Husveg sees braille as a continuing indispensable aid and recommends legislation giving the blind the right to free instruction and materials. The use of special braille systems of mathematical, physical, and chemical…

This working paper is the culmination of a number of meetings of the Task Force on the Community College with people in community colleges and their communities, as well as with people in noncollege communities, to obtain views regarding the nature of community colleges and the functions that they should perform in British Columbia. Special areas…

This report describes the proceedings and results of one part of a research project to determine the educational and public service needs of the service area of KOCE, a public UHF television station owned and operated by the Coast Community College District. Information resulting from meetings of 10 discussion panels--professional and white collar…

This document presents conference papers concerning college and career choice. Presentation topics cover: the right student to have opportunity at the right time to continue his education after high school in the right place, making the options for students more manageable, student decisionmaking, American education and an open society; home…

Four papers presented at an all-day workshop at Ohio State University focus on stimulating the physical development of mentally retarded children. Noted in the introduction is importance of cooperation between university training programs and facilities serving the mentally handicapped. Julian Stein discusses the physical and motor development of…

Reported are the proceedings of a 3-day institute on the management and supervision of programs for speech and hearing handicapped children operated by New York State Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES); included are four papers presented at the institute. Listed are institute participants, goals, and agenda. Noted in the overview…

As part of a statewide followup study of all students who entered a community college in the fall of 1970, a questionnaire was mailed in April 1974 to the 3,615 students who had entered Montgomery Community College in fall 1970. Twenty percent of the questionnaires were nondeliverable; thus, 2,890 students received the questionnaire, and of these,…

The Senior Citizen Questionnaire was mailed to 779 senior citizens who were members of the Cerritos College Golden Key Club. One hundred sixty-eight or 21.6 percent returned a completed questionnaire. Some of the findings presented were: (1) concerning subject matter areas of importance, "hobby and recreational subjects" was considered…

The Rural Manpower Service as administered by the Tennessee Department of Employment Security provides placement services to rural employers and workers and assures that they receive "equity of access" to manpower services. It is also concerned with assuring that the Rural Development Act is being implemented in a manner designed to give…

A questionnaire was sent to the 7 state agency directors, 61 college presidents, and 61 college board chairmen of public two-year colleges that had established statewide agencies since 1968, and had institutional boards in existence prior to the state agency, to determine their perceptions of the changes in the powers and duties of college boards…