This paper deals with school system size from the standpoint of costs and community involvement. The first section describes findings of recent studies in Oregon, British Columbia, and Manitoba, regarding the relationship between administrative component size and that of the school system, and the relationship between school system size and unit…

This volume, one of a series of area studies, compiles basic facts about the social, economic, and military institutions and practices of Nicaragua. The emphasis is on objective description of the nations' present society and the kinds of possible or probable changes that might be expected in the future. Twenty- six chapters are developed in four…

This document is an English language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of the reform provisions of the Bulgarian education system as formulated by the Bulgarian Communist Party in 1969. These reforms include the following items: access to compulsory secondary education for all; enrollment of all six-year olds; teachers to be specialized from…

This report reviews the plans of three of the experimental school sites -- Berkeley Unified School District, California; Franklin Pierce School District, Washington; and Minneapolis Public Schools. The Experimental Schools Program, an evolving program, is designed to encompass the newest educational ideas as well as to avoid administrative…

This handbook suggests for students the greatest amount of freedom allowable under law that is commensurate with adult responsibility for student health, safety, and welfare. The text presents a broad spectrum of student rights and responsibilities as well as questions that are often raised by student groups. An essential aspect of these…

Individually Guided Education (IGE) is an elementary school program that replaces the self-contained classroom with an instructional unit composed of a unit leader, three to five teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical aides, and 100 to 150 children. Its program includes innovations such as nongraded instruction, team teaching, continuous…

A workshop held on teacher education is discussed. This workshop represented the second phase of a program which sought to encourage and assist institutions of higher education in the western and midwestern States to establish or expand programs in teacher preparation for adult education. Workshop participants met for three days to increase their…

A wide range of articles concerned with the major work and interests of college unions are organized into six topical areas; (1) philosophical considerations about the purposes and directions of college unions; (2) management and operation of the college union; (3) food service; (4) programming; (5) contemporary society and the college union; and…

Three areas are the focus of this report: (1) a description of the International Farm Youth Exchange (IFYE) program including its goals, function, organizational structure, operations, and financial arrangements; (2) the concept of cross-cultural communication and its implications for international understanding and world peace; and (3) an…

This paper is based on the premises that comprehensive career development programs for kindergarten through post-secondary and adult education must be developed in order to meet individual and societal needs, and that for many youth, career development experiences represent a core around which other school experiences might be organized and made…

This book provides information on scholarships, travel, grants, assistance with fees, internships, international courses, and special courses for foreign students. The programs described are for students of all ages from undergraduate level upwards, for their tutors, advisors, parents, libraries, and reference services. More than 250,000…

Additional perspective on the program proposals developed by members of the Committee for National Program Priorities in Teacher Education was provided by a group of external reviewers representing community groups, school administrators and teachers, critics of teacher education, associations for professional groups in education, and university…

THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER WAS EVALUATED. INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARE DETAILED DISCUSSIONS OF (1) THE PHYSICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN OF THE RESOURCE CENTER, (2) A TIMETABLE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTER, (3) PLANS FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, (4) PLANS FOR DEMONSTRATION OF SYSTEMS TO BE DEVELOPED…

One important reason for investigating methods of integrated military and civilian workforce analysis and planning processing in the Navy is to be able to manage the entire workforce. Fundamental differences between the Navy's military and civilian workforce analysis and planning systems are analyzed, discussion centering around the characteristic…

The Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway (TTW), connecting the Port of Mobile, Alabama with Appalachia and mid-America, is the largest public works project now under construction in the U.S. Investigating the potential TTW impact on poor, rural, and black populations in the impact area, the Federation of Southern Cooperatives initiated a study in 1970…