The purpose of the American Indian Policy Review Commission hearing on June 4, 1976, was to give the Commissioners an opportunity to hear each task force restate and clarify relevant issues and preliminary recommendations. Two points that emerged from the session were: the need for a specific process whereby the Federal Government recognizes…

Postsecondary education programs available to inmates, wards, and ex-offenders in the State of California are examined in this summary report. Data were collected from five areas: (1) correctional institutions and postsecondary institutions; (2) surveys of inmates, wards, ex-offenders, and employees of correctional institutions and faculty from…

From August 1975 to January 1976, a study was conducted to provide an assessment of the migrant and seasonal farmworker situation. Inquiry was along the topic divisions of demographics, employment and manpower, housing, education, health, supportive services, economic development, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) 303 and other…

Since the results of a survey indicated that for the 1971-72 school year, forty-nine vocational teachers in the Nevada secondary school system had less than a baccalaureate degree, and that a large percentage of them had very little assistance in developing and/or learning teaching skills (although they were well prepared in their speciality), an…

Contracted for 18 months and employing local people, the Alberta North Needs Assessment (ANNA) Task Force assessed the educational, social and cultural needs of North Albertans, and translated these needs into potential programs integrated, where desirable, with other government and local programs. The Task Force examined the community, client,…

Presented is the summary report of the Third Annual Conference of the Title VI-G Network which was designed to update learning disability (LD) professionals on pertinent program and education developments, to inform them of future trends and plans, and to offer concrete help in their present work. Introductory sections provide a schedule of the…

The fourth annual secretary of agriculture report on rural development progress (prepared in response to a directive from the Rural Development Act of 1972) presents the most recently available status data on employment, income, population, housing, and community services and facilities, discusses examples of federal efforts to improve or expand…

An attempt was made to understand the political, economic, and technical factors that shape the web of world telecommunication. In the text, sections are devoted to the following topics: (1) technical traits of the network, (2) news media dependence on the network, (3) corporate consumers of information services, (4) pricing of information…

Continuing professional education for teachers, doctors, lawyers, and engineers is examined in terms of its potential for large-scale electronic technology. For each profession, a profile is provided, and current continuing education programs and use of electronics in each field are described. These include satellite projects, in-house and closed…

Exploring a significant segment of rural education research and field experience in the developing nations, the communication of relevant knowledge to disadvantaged rural populations was examined in terms of: situational-structural variables (factors of physical location, environmental or ecosystem relationships, and community structures); client…

This first volume of a three-volume final report describes the activities of a 3-year project to design, develop, and implement a comprehensive delivery system to meet the career-related information, guidance, and referral needs of home-based adults, those 16 and older neither working nor attending school on a full-time basis. The volume begins…

The Washington Occupational Information System (WOIS) is a project of a consortium of State education and employment agencies to provide dissemination of occupational and educational information to both users and producers: schools, social service and manpower agencies, employees, and employers. The WOIS project organization and operation is…

This booklet summarizes results of a 1975 telephone survey of the 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to determine state priorities for young children, present problems and future predictions. Presented is a composite of responses from officials in state departments of education and human resources, governors' offices, and governors'…

During the past three decades, there has been an increase in knowledge about early childhood development. Early experiences can function as either risk factors or protective factors for a child's future health and development. This has led to concern about how current health systems contribute to the quality of the earliest experiences of life.…

France's employment policy has historically been governed by a strategy of interventions aimed at specific categories of individuals, including victims of industrial restructuring, entry workers, the long-term unemployed, and the disabled. Since the 1980s, France has had the following main lines of employment policy: (1) assistance to victims of…