The Currie Report, or the Report of the Commission on Education in New Zealand, which appeared in 1962, has been generating changes on a broad front within the New Zealand educational system throughout the last ten years. Eight areas of concern were identified by that Commission. The "most clamant" was the recruitment and training of…

This document was designed to consider the respective roles of students, institutions, foundations, business and industry, the states, and the nation in support of graduate education to assure an adequate supply of trained manpower to meet foreseeable state and national needs. Following introductory material, emphasis is placed on the current…

The potential development of information and referral (I&R) services in branch libraries was explored by examining five cases where such services have been initiated. The extent to which the public library system is appropriate for information and referral services was carefully examined in the light of its ability to carry on seven functions: (1)…

The development of a diversity of optional public schools, each geared to be responsive to students with different learning needs and styles, provides one strategy for establishing a new organizational structure for public education. This book presents a brief picture of the development of optional alternative public schools, their status and…

This article has two main theses: (1) Qualitative improvements in education will not come about as a result of rhetoric or superficial proposals for solutions made by the social-activist breed of educator, but rather as a result of a deeper understanding of the teaching-learning process, and the development and use of new and better principles of…

Traditional educational methods can no longer effectively meet the various needs and demands of the many diverse groups and individuals found in large metropolitan multicampus districts. Existing urban community colleges do not provide alternative services because they are limited in flexibility by state statutes and by the traditions of academia.…

This report is a comprehensive state plan for the development of technical community college education and training in Nebraska. Part I describes the process by which this plan was developed, identifies the ten educational goals of the Technical Community College System, and indicates the present status of goal achievement and the priorities for…

The purpose of this study was to develop appropriate models for pupil services in elementary schools in districts of varying size, pupil population, and wealth. The models presented are derived primarily from an indepth study of exemplary projects in 20 school districts, and are currently operational. The report includes models for the team…

In 1968, the Southeastern Education Laboratory began a project to provide technical assistance to rural isolated school systems with problems in education. From the project came 7 illustrative Title III proposals, 5 of which have been funded by the U. S. Office of Education. This guide, then, provides ideas for local school planners and proposal…

In language instruction, a dependable informational base of fact, experience, or judgment is essential if students are to develop a functional literacy. Yet the language information base in use today--the set of concepts about what language is, how it works, and how individual languages are maintained--has proven inadequate and unreliable. Reform,…

This state handbook details guidelines and regulations for teachers of foreign language in the elementary schools. Principal factors to be considered in the establishment of a FLES program are examined; they include: (1) community and professional support, (2) choice of a foreign language, (3) teachers, (4) students, (5) programs, (6) syllabuses…

This study reports on the effects on Navy image resulting from the interaction between personnelmen (PNs) and their client enlisted men. A series of interviews and responses to a sort questionnaire provided data on the agreements and disagreements between the groups. A major disagreement was investigated between the young enlisted man who…

This study was undertaken as a quantitative description of graduate degree holders within the Air Force line officer force; specifically, those on active duty between 1961 and 1968. Basic data sources were the Uniform Officer Record (UOR) and the UOR reformat, a historical research file maintained by the Personnel Research Division. Records of…

This report of a one-year study of the state of liberal education in four private schools culminates in specific recommendations to these schools and less specific proposals to other institutions. The study's basic hypothesis is that young people of 16 to 20 years of age form a meaningful age group that traditional institutions might no longer…

The objectives of this study were to obtain responses from students and counselors (in Michigan Community Colleges) to the following questions: (1) which functions do counselors feel receive enough or too much emphasis? (2) which functions do students feel receive enough or too much emphasis? (3) which functions do counselors feel need more…