The University Affiliated Facility (UAF) Programs throughout the United States provide a unique combination of university and community college affiliations for multidiscipline training, multidiscipline services to clients as an adjunct to this training and the conduct of research, all for the benefit of the developmentally disabled client. The…

This preliminary report describes an ongoing investigation begun in September 1970 of how Anglophone children with language-learning disabilities fare in French immersion programs. Their progress has been followed from Kindergarten to Grade 3, with positive preliminary results. The children have learned to read in both English and French; their…

This yearbook contains 19 articles discussing current knowledge and concerns about youth from the ages of 15 through 25. Section I, dealing with youth as a stage of life, discusses the major themes and the implications of youth; sex differences in the opportunities, demands, and developments of youth; the physical and emotional health of youth;…

This report builds a case for survey feedback as a useful method of assisting schools to respond actively, rather than passively, to uncertainty and complexity in the school environment. The main argument is that passive responses, such as defensiveness and buffering, reduce educational effectiveness. Planning, an active response, creates…

This publication is a compilation of the papers presented at the 1974 Washington Language Testing Sumposium. The volume also includes much of the discussion that followed each paper. The participants were an international group of language testing specialists from academic institutions, research centers, and government agencies. The primary focus…

The aim of this book is to provide information about international learning and international scholarship which can contribute to improved instruction about the global dimensions of human affairs. The underlying assumption and concern of the book is that if international education is to improve, educators need to be more self-conscious of their…

This report describes a developmental project in occupational education aimed at the unemployed, underemployed, and economically disadvantaged adults living in the 7-county northeastern North Carolina area served by The College of The Albemarle, one of 13 state community colleges. Partially funded by a foundation grant, this project included a…

In the first of four sections of this publication, James H. Stone reviews recent writings on the humanities, citing 299 books, essays, and articles. In the second section, Maxwell H. Goldberg provides definitions of several of the central terms related to technological change and human values (e.g.,…

El Paso Community College (Texas), a task force school in the Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning project, is experimenting with a sponsored experiential learning system. An important requisite for a valid sponsored experiential learning program is an articulation agreement between El Paso Community based agencies and the college. The…

This Yearbook is an expression of the National Council for the Social Studies' conviction that social studies teachers need to recognize their responsibility for introducing controversial issues into the classroom. Examination of social problems serve as a means to teach students how to think, rather than what to think, so that students will be…

The third-year report of the regional staff development system of the Adult Competency Training Project (Project ACT) examines and evaluates the events, activities, and accomplishments of Individualized Training Programs (ITP), regional policy board meetings, staff and participant travel, and planning during FY 1974. Present and anticipated…

The project examines shortages of police manpower and analyzes the economic content of police hiring standards. A monopsony explanation of shortages is rejected in favor of a dynamic shortage model and a more rigorous model stressing the interaction of wages, hiring standards, authorized employment levels, and vacancy rates. Through mulitple…

The Ohio allied health manpower invitational conference was the initial step of a Federally sponsored project to develop and utilize allied health manpower in Ohio, especially the delivery of health care services. Conference participants included college/university educators, administrators of State health agencies, State/Federal governmental…

The conclusions of the UNESCO-FIPLV symposium on the education of the children of migrant workers are reported here. It is felt that the scope and nature of migration creates many different and complex interrelated problems that call for interdisciplinary approaches, both on a national and an international level. The objectives of the education of…

This document is a review of current literature on the administration of elementary schools and on the roles elementary school principals play in relating to the issues and problems of their schools. It is part of a larger study on problems confronting elementary school principals (EA 002 923). The literature is classified into six problem areas…