In 1964, the Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, and United Press International formed a consortium called the News Election Service (NES) that was designed to collect one set of election returns for the entire United States. A study was made of NES operations during the presidential election year of 1980 to determine (1) the nature of…

Presented are summaries of various activities within a seminar organized by Unesco at Cali, Colombie, to examine scientific aspects of the mangrove ecosystem and the human impact upon it. Specifically, the aims of the seminar were: (1) to review studies on mangroves being carried out in Latin America and the Caribbean; (2) to foster contacts…

This report provides readers with three primary products: significant data on statewide planning for cooperative computing, a process model to evaluate the development of cooperative computing in any state, and a structural model to evaluate the products of implementation in states that have implemented plans for cooperative computing. Such…

This master's level program in educational administration was cooperatively undertaken by Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago State University, and Governors State University in 1973. Approved by the institutions in 1975, the program received its first student applications in 1977. The program was planned cooperatively and courses are…

The first year of work has been completed by a consortium composed of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) and seven interested states to support the cooperative development, field testing, and implementation of competency based modules for the preparation of local administrators of vocational education. An outgrowth of…

THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CALIFORNIA HAS LONG BEEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SENIOR INSTITUTIONS. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A HIGH REGARD FOR THE WORK OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE, THEY FEAR THAT COURSE CONTENT MAY DIMINISH BECAUSE OF THE GREAT DEMANDS ON THE JUNIOR INSTITUTIONS. THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY-WIDE…

A GRANT TOTALING $58,400 FROM THE FUND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ENABLED STEPHENS COLLEGE TO INITIATE AN EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM BY WHICH AMPLIFIED TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION BROUGHT HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION TO GROUPS OF SMALL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES. A "MASTER TEACHER" ORGANIZED AND PRESENTED THE BASIC MATERIALS OF THE…

STEPHENS COLLEGE USED SEVERAL NEW INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICES IN INTRODUCING TWO INTERINSTITUTIONAL COURSES. THE UNDERGRADUATE COURSE, "AMERICAN LIFE AS SEEN BY CONTEMPORARY WRITERS," SUPPLEMENTED DISCUSSION SESSIONS WITH POETRY READINGS ON AUDIO TAPES AND LECTURES VIA AMPLIFIED, LIVE TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION. THE LATTER DEVICE ALSO MADE…

The paper discusses the results of a survey of 17 Handicapped Children's Early Education (HCEEP) demonstration programs in Illinois, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and all states west of the Mississippi River to discover how each program obtained funding to continue the programs after the 3 year grant period expired. Results of the survey revealed that…

This collection of notes for novice conference planners provides information explaining the process of planning and implementing a statewide conference on families. Topics such as building preparation, exhibits and displays, finances, interpreters, keynote speaker, lunch and coffee breaks, funding and personnel as well as program scheduling and…

ITFS IS A PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN WHICH PRESELECTED RECEIVING POINTS, LOCATED WITHIN 20 MILES FROM THE TRANSMITTER, ARE CONNECTED BY RADIO SIGNALS RATHER THAN BY CABLES. PLANNING FOR ITS USE REQUIRES CONSIDERATION OF ITS POSSIBILITIES AND ITS LIMITATIONS, ITS EFFECT UPON THE CURRICULUM AND LEARNING, DEFINITIONS OF…

This document reports a feasibility study of state efforts in training teachers for the disadvantaged, a four-state project designed to (1) identify ways that training funds and other resources could be used more effectively in the improvement of preservice and inservice teacher education, (2) create a state structure or pattern of relationships…

The way a student studies is a projection of his total personality. Through the content of his approach to studying, some basic personal traits may be dealt with and altered. The relationship between the reading and study skills specialist and the educational counselor is a cooperative one with the reading specialist providing knowledge,…

Attended by representatives from the New York State Education Department, the Library Extension Division, library systems in New York State, and other relevant agencies, this conference was held to gain better understanding of the various antipoverty programs and to encourage cooperative planning and better use of available resources, with…

An appraisal of Washington's modern legislation indicates that the county as an educational intermediate unit needs to be reevaluated. It is suggested in this document that the service functions of the unit are of first importance in such a reevaluation. Fourteen service functions are suggested in pointing out that the function of the intermediate…