This module on staff development is intended to help guidance personnel in a variety of educational and agency settings to assess staff members' needs and competencies related to program development and provide appropriate learning activities for them. The module is one of a series of competency-based guidance program training packages focusing…

In the past decade the demand for highly qualified and especially trained teachers of students with special needs has exceeded the supply. To meet this deficit, alternative programs have sprouted up across the country. One such program, at CSU Fullerton, is successfully trying to fill that gap. Some 280 students have completed the requirements of…

A study was conducted to identify important background, schooling, and labor force participation determinants of socioeconomic achievement (occupational position, earnings, work satisfaction). Two questions underlaid the analyses: Does social background directly affect material and psychological success in the labor market? And, if so, what are…

In an exploratory study conducted for the Women's Action Program of HEW, the aims were to identify and explore the barriers to success that women face as MODVOPPP (Medicine, Osteopathic medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary medicine, Optometry, Podiatry, Pharmacy, and Public health) school applicants and students, and to describe the discrimination…

This review of the literature on the topic of counselling and information services for adult learners was commissioned by UNESCO in autumn 1974. Topics addressed include (1) social context of adult education in the 1970's, (2) need for services, (3) trends in counselling, (4) trends in information services, (5) services to women and the…

Because men hold most of the high status, decision-making positions in American society, they have greater access to and control of property, power, and prestige. Women, conversely, are accorded low status because they fulfill the lower prestige roles of childbearing and childrearing. Although some city and county government positions are filled…

The status of institutional efforts to overcome physical barriers for the handicapped is reviewed in this bulletin, based on SREB-sponsored questionnaire responses of representatives from southern colleges and universities. Recommondations for planning new construction or modifying existing facilities are offered, with some emphasis on using…

As part of a study of selected developing colleges and universities funded in the Advanced Program of Title III of the Higher Education Act, a case study of Doane College is reported. Doane is a small liberal arts college that has experienced changes in demography and in mission. Doane's state-of-development is reviewed. Its historical development…

The paper examines ethnicity in American society and the role of ethnic studies in education in the context of a critical response to a paper presented at the National Council for the Social Studies in November, 1977. The original study, "Ethnicity and the Schools," by Daniel Selakovich, claimed that ethnic studies should play no role in education…

Objectives of a Kentucky project were to analyze existing needs and barriers and potential needs and barriers regarding (1) new and emerging occupations, (2) elimination of discrimination, (3) vocational staff development, and (4) funding vocational education. A statewide planning committee assisted in development of the method and instruments. A…

Drawing from extensive resources in the area of retirement and gerontology, this information analysis paper, which discusses preparation for retirement and advanced age, has three primary objectives: (1) to assess the psychological effects of retirement on the individual, (2) to assess preretirement conditions and attitudes that affect the…

Intended to provide an overview of available resources, the annotated bibliography contains 88 references to major resources on women and education. Most entries were published during the 1970s. The bibliography is designed for school personnel, researchers, parents, citizens, and members of women's organizations who want to know what programs,…

The bulletin examines the role and process of social studies curriculum improvement in a constantly changing society. Intended for use by classroom teachers engaged in curriculum work and also by principals, supervisors, curriculum directors, and superintendents, the bulletin offers ideas, examples, and resources related to curriculum improvement…

Both time and circumstance have convinced many a school district that it must find a better way to educate its students. For many districts the way has been alternative schools and programs that offer students a choice of goals, structures, and approaches to curriculum. One report estimated that as many as 5,000 alternative schools would be in…

The first half of this monograph provides an overview of the theoretical concerns of evaluators. Definitions are provided of accountability, measurement, assessment, evaluation research, formative and summative evaluation, goal-free evaluation, goal-based evaluation, and evaluation. Several models of evaluation are described and discussed,…