This conference met to consider the political and financial problems in providing government-financed programs to improve upgrading in private and public jobs. The morning session was devoted to federal support of upgrading in industry. In the afternoon session, participants discussed new careers in the service sector, including civil service…

Proceedings are presented of the 10th and 11th annual Indian education conferences hosted by Arizona State University of Tempe. As reported, the conferences were conducted to facilitate activities relating to American Indians in their efforts for self-determined advancement in education and in other areas of life. Drawing upon leadership of…

The first of two volumes of proceedings for the 19th annual National Reading Conference contains 41 addresses generally concerned with the reading process. In most cases these are descriptions of research studies examining facets of the reading process. A few others are position papers describing models of reading. Among the topics considered are…

The conference was held to assess the nature and consequences of educational expansion in OECD countries during the last 10-15 years and to foresee the main policy problems arising from future continued educational growth. Conference discussion issues included educational policy goals, resources, and structure; educational planning and its…

This conference report on the language laboratory in adult education contains summaries of papers on the following topics: (1) the state of laboratory use in West Germany, (2) modern teaching methods in certification courses for English teachers, (3) possibilities for laboratory use in university-level foreign-language instruction, (4) exercise…

The 1971 Indian Education Training Institute culminated in a 4-day conference attended by American Indian scholars, tribal administrators, and students concerned with education of Indians in the Northwest. This document contains a verbatim record of the proceedings in addition to an evaluation of the program. Recommendations are made (1) to…

The report reviews the third year of a 4-year demonstration and research project, Programing Interpersonal Curricula for Adolescents (PICA). General purpose is to develop remedial procedures for adolescents with both scholastic and social or behavioral problems. In a half day educational program 12 such students study academic and interpersonal…

The addresses and discussions of the 1970 Maryland Reading Institute focused on the theme of "accountability"--defined as the responsibilities of teachers to their students, community, and society. In Part 1, highlights of the keynote address are followed by summaries of a five-member panel discussion, five reactors' statements, and a concluding…

Seventy-four participants attended the 4-day National Conference on Pre-Release Programs for a symposium on adult offender programs. Presentations heard included: (1) "Halfway House Programs--A National Overview" by O.J. Keller, Jr., (2) "The Evolving Program of a Privately Operated Halfway House" by Robert P. Taylor, (3) "The Employment Program…

This report describes and details the experiences of the Training and Research Institute for Residential Youth Centers (TRI-RYC) during its first year of operation. The TRI-RYC was established by the Department of Labor, Office of Special Manpower Programs, to provide a capability for initiating, training staff for, and evaluating the…

This document is a compilation of the presentations made at the 1970 National Exemplary Institute, a conference designed to serve as a guide for exemplary projects being undertaken across the country. Presentations included in the document are: (1) "The Characteristics of This Changing Age in Our Vocational Education" by Luis Morton, (2) "The Role…

A series of five interdisciplinary conferences held over a two-year period explored new teaching and training concepts and methodologies which offer powerful, symbiotic means of augmenting human cognition. The basic discussion points of the conferences are summarized. It was felt that the conferences were significant in that they brought together…

Schools have been paying too much attention to intellect alone, ignoring the total development of the student as a whole. Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in the cognitive domain categorizes knowledge into knowledge of specifics, knowledge of ways and means of dealing with specifics, and knowledge of the universals and abstractions in a…

In response to problems encountered by the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, this report makes major sources of statistics and information in the field of vocational education more readily available to scholars and researchers. Twelve major information sources within the current vocational education area are reviewed, including…

This paper discusses the public relations problem facing school boards and suggests board action to alleviate these problems. The author emphasizes that one of the most critical instruments of public relations is the board meeting. To improve board meetings as mediums of public relations, the author suggests (1) improving procedures for handling…