This study documents the second of three phases of the Indiana Higher Education Facilities Comprehensive Planning Study. Papers comprising this second phase of the study are devoted to long-run forecasts of needs and resources and related significant considerations. This portion of the study focuses on regional demand for higher education and…

Under the sponsorship of the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foundation, a study was instituted to examine research and development in the educational materials industry. Using the open-ended interview method, data was collected from executives of major book publishers and their subsidiaries, and producers of materials other than books.…

This collection of papers by various authors focuses on the following topics: (1) educational change and implications for the principal, (2) resource acquisition and allocation, (3) evaluation and the principal, (4) goal-oriented evaluation, (5) teacher preparation, and (6) current and future problems of Alberta school principals. (LLR)

Some 45 public and private schools were involved in planning for coordinated data processing services. Considerable emphasis was placed on inclusion of in-service activities for school personnel in connection with the planning. The personnel, through questionnaires, indicated the anticipated value of the benefits of the plan. The questionnaire…

A report is made to the Secretariat of the Council of Europe of a case study on the introduction of the concept of permanent education in Denmark. The supplies of education, which have been limited to clients in childhhod, adolescence, and yound adulthood, should now be distributed over a lifetime. Economic growth was formerly explained by input…

Under the sponsorship of the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foundation, a study was instituted to examine research and development in the educational materials industry. Using the open-ended interview method, data was collected from executives of major book publishers and their subsidiaries, and producers of materials other than books.…

The utilization of supportive services to improve vocational education programs is reported from the community and school resources perspectives in the 2 speeches which make up this document. The first speech, delivered from the standpoint of community resources, mentions 2 variables which must be considered: the population to be served and the…

The "Instructional Materials Center" project was designed to set up a process by which children with learning disabilities would be aided in both affective and cognitive domains. The project has been successful despite the fact that some of the exploratory objectives in the process domain have not been met. It has greatly aided the…

This extensive bibliography (over 475 citations) provides references to programs and persons responsible for shaping ideas and practices relating to infant stimulation, education, and assessment of such efforts. The references are divided into six sections: (1) Curricula for Infant Education Programs, (2) Materials for the Education and Training…

Details are provided about the Audiographic Learning Facility, a pilot system for remote conversational instruction and learning developed by the School of Information and Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology. The report describes how learning materials, stored and reproduced in the form of a graphically supported…

Almost 400 resources are listed with bibliographic information, price, recommended grade level, review sources, and an annotation provided for each entry. Books, films, filmstrips, records and guidance kits are included. Entries are listed in three categories: Part I, Personal Development, including the groupings of Identity--Know and Accept One's…

The objectives of the Publisher's Alert Service (PAS) is to announce the availability of educational programs and products to all potential publishers. This report provides the Office of Education with recommendations for improvements to the PAS. It includes: 1) information on the status of current announcements that would normally appear in a…

This working paper presents guidelines for implementation of a school reorganization model designed to facilitate the individualization of instruction. The POISE model (Pupil Oriented and Individualized System of Education) is presented as it was developed for use by the Southwestern New York Association for the Improvement of Instruction and the…

The standards represent the combined five-year effort of the Washington State Association (WSASL) and the Washington Department of Audiovisual Instruction (WDAVI). The national school library and educational media standards were considered in preparation of these quantitative standards which are presented in phases for minimum, good and excellent…

Phase III, Volume I is a progress report of Project NECESSITIES to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The report lists curriculum materials prepared as of June 1970. No provisions were made for distribution of materials at the end of Phase III. Phase IV, which was originally envisioned as having materials distribution and corollary training programs in…