The Thirteen-College Curriculum Program (TCCP) is a massive, joint effort by a group of black colleges and the Institute for Services to Education (ISE) to develop active, relevant, and workable educational programs for students enrolled in predominantly black colleges. The TCCP was initiated the summer of 1967 by the Thirteen-College Consortium…

As the first part of the report of the Programme Commission II, a summary of discussions on plans for natural sciences and their applications is presented in this document. The two agenda items are: (1) detailed consideration of the 1973-74 draft program and budget and of the 1973-78 draft medium-term outline, and (2) desirability of adopting an…

As the second part of the report of the Programme Commission II, a summary of recommendations on plans for natural sciences and their applications is presented in this document. Resolutions and budgetary appropriations are two major concerns in the document. The topics are related to the 1973-74 draft program and budget, the 1973-78 draft…

The report describes in general terms the background to the question of paid educational leaves for wage earners and salaried employees and discusses the purposes of such leave. It provides examples of the national law and practice in this field in various countries, examines some particular aspects of the question, and considers possible forms of…

The report is a compilation of replies by 61 member States of the International Labour Office to a questionnaire concerning paid educational leave prepared in anticipation of the 58th Session of the International Labour Conference. A brief section on general observations precedes the responses to specific items on the questionnaire, the relevant…

The theme of the 1970 Invitational Conference on Testing Problems was "The Promise and Perils of Educational Information Systems." The following papers were presented: (1) "Longer Education: Thinner, Broader, or Higher" by Fritz Machlup; (2) "Testing: Americans' Comfortable Panacea" by Theodore R. Sizer; (3) "Social and Cultural Change and the…

The 1965 meeting of the Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems dealt with change in education. The following speeches were presented: (1) "The Winds of Change in Mathematics Education with a Discussion of Some of the Stronger Gusts" by Sheldon S. Myers; (2) "Articulation Problems in California Foreign Language Instruction" by Kai-yu Hsu;…

Sixty subjects participated in an experiment involving estimation of difficulty of items in a test of reasoning ability. The estimates were to be given both according to conventional conditions of magnitude estimations with a preassigned comparison standard and according to a modified procedure of magnitude estimation where the comparison standard…

Involvement Ratings In Settings (IRIS), a multi-dimensional non-verbal scale of involvement adaptable to a time-sampling method of data collection, was constructed with the aid of the videotapes of second-grade Follow Through classrooms made by CCEP. Scales were defined through observations of involved and alienated behavior, and the IRIS was…

The growth of spatial awareness and representation was studied in children between ages five and nine. A group of thirteen tasks was administered to subjects three times with periods of approximately six months among sessions. The tasks were selected to measure understanding of projective spatial properties (straight line trajectories,…

This report summarizes the proceedings, conclusions, and recommendations of the New York Vocational Advisory Council for the 1972 fiscal year. Concerned with the role and function of guidance, counseling, placement, and followup programs within the State, the Council authorized three studies: (1) The Arthur D. Little Study of six localities, (2)…

The items contained in this volume are summaries and critiques of 43 research papers grouped within a framework of nine general topics which represents an attempt to delineate the basic concepts and structure of environmental design research. The papers are grouped under the following headings: (1) Theoretical issues in man-environment relations,…

The 1968 Educational Commission, appointed by the Swedish Minister of Education, was charged with the tasks of working out an overall plan for the future postsecondary education of Sweden, covering in particular its capacity, location, and organization. This document summarizes the report of the Commission. Emphasis is placed on the definition of…

Growth of the Army Pre-discharge Education Program (PREP) has been a slow and cumbersome process since Public Law 91-219 was passed in 1970. The Academy for Educational Development visited 12 major Army installations in the United States and made 22 recommendations for improving the PREP in six major areas: i.e., technology, evaluation and…

Changes in the self-perception of participants in two different types of training groups were investigated. A self-descriptive semantic differential for 'actual' and 'preferred' behavior was administered to participants in sensitivity training groups (T-groups) and management training workshops at the beginning and end of their training. Results…