This report describes the proceedings of a regional conference held for educators and representatives of public and private agencies throughout the New England area. The sponsorship of the conference was shared by Sears Roebuck Foundation Project and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The primary concern of this meeting was teacher training…

In an effort to make the best use of limited federal funds available, Program IMPACT, Community Services and Continuing Education, authorized under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965, has attempted to narrow its focus to the priorities of three basic program areas: consumer Education--50 percent of program funds; Community Planning,…

The objective of this study was to identify specific characteristics of students who avail themselves of the counseling services offered by the college psychological counseling clinic. The study was designed to provide relevant data concerning two important questions. First, is a specific psychological counseling service needed as part of the…

Presentation topics of the 28th annual American Industrial Arts Association Convention include: (1) "Where We Are in Federal Legislation Programs," (2) "Frontiers in Industrial Arts Education," and (3) "Industry's Cooperation with Education." Eleven symposia were conducted on the topic of "Implementing Frontier Ideas in Industrial Arts Education…

The New York State Department of Civil Service, in recruiting and placing people in State jobs, is guided by the policy of equal opportunity for all. To determine the effectiveness of the efforts in carrying out this policy, the Governor requested that an ethnic survey of the New York State work force be taken, annually, for 10 years. As the…

Conference efforts were directed toward developing new insights into the trustee's role as it relates to major program areas of an institution. The following areas were discussed and the importance of trustees being informed about them stressed: continuing education, career programs, transfer programs, accreditation, and professional negotiations.…

The fourth annual report on problems of the deaf concentrates in the area of the mentally retarded deaf. Proposed legislation for 1971 is first presented for hearing aids, audiologists and speech pathologists, pre-nursery school education, and a permanent state commission for the deaf. A survey and proposal for the retarded deaf are described as…

Reported upon is an institute involving 87 participants representing leadership personnel in the field of learning disabilities, held December 3-6, 1969, in Tucson, Arizona. The institute's purpose was to upgrade the leadership personnel through exchange of information on issues in pre- and in-service training programs. Historical background,…

This collection of selected papers covers a variety of community college topics taken from a series of conferences sponsored by Northern Illinois University. The first describes a systems approach to individualized instruction in which appropriate learning experiences are assigned each student based on the results of a set of diagnostic…

More than 100 individuals attended a 2-day conference on developing dental auxiliary utilization (DAU) programs. Presentations included in this report are: (1) "How the Dean Implements the DAU Program," by James English, (2) "Some Objectives of a DAU Program" by Charles Barr, (3) "Role of the Supervisor in a Dental…

Presented are proceedings from a 3 day conference at which physical education and recreation personnel and teachers of emotionally disturbed children considered the educational and therapeutic possibilities of outdoor education for emotionally disturbed children. The introductory address explains that the outdoor educational process is especially…

Significant aspects of the economic relationships between the Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Area Community College and the local community were studied, and quantitative information regarding such relationships is presented. The impact on business was measured in terms of increased cash flows in the local economy. Both an inclusive and a conservative…

In planning this ninth annual clinic an attempt was made to include papers on a wide range of library applications of on-line computers, as well as to include libraries of various types and various sizes. Two papers deal with on-line circulation control (the Ohio State University system, described by Hugh C. Atkinson, and the Northwestern…

Any theory of language acquisition must take into account the actual speech heard by children during the acquisition period. When 8 well-educated mothers were tape-recorded talking to their daughters, ages 16 to 30 months, it was found that their speech differed significantly from that spoken to another adult. The mothers used a more restricted…

This report, the seventh in the Community Social Analysis Series conducted by the Institute of Community and Area Development and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Georgia, summarizes the findings of a study of DeKalb County, Georgia. The community reconnaissance method was used in selecting and interviewing 117…