As part of an effort to design and implement staff development and instructional improvement opportunities for personnel at the College of Alameda (California), questionnaires were distributed to all 250 staff members (105 responded--24 classified and 81 faculty). Additionally, the concerns of the college president and the staff development…

This paper argues that researchers should not investigate child development simply through studies of the child alone or mother-infant interactions, but rather through studies of the family as a system. Data is reported which seem to support this view. A review of recent literature indicates that an adequate account of child development requires…

Case studies of local development projects in Scotland, Norway, Australia, and the United States (Minnesota) indicate that federal education programs of a "generative" nature (those linking educational improvement to other improvement efforts, emphasizing process, and stimulating grass-roots participation) are most likely to promote…

Passage of the Higher Education Technical Amendments of 1979 (H.R. 4476) is recommended in this report submitted to the House of Representatives by the Committee on Education and Labor. This legislation would make technical and conforming changes in the student financial assistance programs and provide a one year extension of those programs that…

An evaluation program designed to assess the impact of the Office of Staff and Institutional Development (OSID) at Leeward Community College of the University of Hawaii is described. The OSID organizes and conducts a program that focuses on organizational development, professional/personal development, and learning skills development. OSID program…

Community education students enrolled in extension programs at Kishwaukee College were surveyed in Spring 1979 to collect information on program awareness and information sources, registration and scheduling preferences, administrative and counseling needs, career plans, and satisfaction with instructor performance. Student records were also…

A three-phase research project was conducted at Ventura College to design, implement, and evaluate a faculty development program. In the first phase, an eight-member program committee was established to define goals and set objectives for a curriculum for personal, organizational, and instructional development. The committee conducted a faculty…

This state of the art report examines the postsecondary educational opportunities of Canadian police officers, specifically within the context of Canadian community colleges. The purpose of the project was to provide police executives with adequate information about the advantages and outcomes of higher education in general and about law…

To help high school students understand the role of consumers in the everyday world, the teaching guide presents objectives and activities related to seven consumer topics. Topics are rights and responsibilities of all consumers, common transportation concerns of consumers with special problems, and problems which particularly affect consumers who…

The technical feasibility of voice and television communication within and between tribes, between tribes and federal agencies, and between educational institutions and tribes was demonstrated by broadcasts which took place April 10, 12, and 14, 1978, with equipment located at four sites: Crow Agency, Montana; All- Indian Culture Center, New…

It appears that those who develop tests are not meeting the needs of classroom teachers. The types of tests which have traditionally been used in the classroom are inconsistent with, and in many cases, irrelevant to, the realities of teaching. When tests are designed to be relatively immune to the variations in experience and response that…

Proceedings are presented of hearings before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means in the House of Representatives. The purpose of the hearings was to review the Social Security student benefit program to determine whether the program is still necessary. Testimony was received from the General Accounting Office, which…

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DESCRIBE THE PRESENT ROLE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN MADISON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES, TO DETERMINE LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS IN THESE METROPOLITAN COMMUNITIES, AND TO ASSESS THEIR LIBRARY FACILITIES IN RELATION TO LIBRARY STANDARDS. DATA FOR THIS STUDY WAS COLLECTED FROM CENSUS REPORTS, UNIVERSITY FACULTY, ANNUAL LIBRARY…

WORK WITH LOW INCOME FAMILIES HAS BEEN PART OF THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF THE AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION (AHEA) SINCE ITS INCEPTION. A NATIONAL WORKSHOP WAS ATTENDED BY STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL, TEACHER-EDUCATORS, EXTENSION WORKERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PERSONS WITH RELATED INTERESTS. TEXTS OF THE…

A LONG-RANGE STATEWIDE MASTER PLAN FOR THE COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION WAS DEVELOPED BY A CONSULTANT FIRM FROM DATA DERIVED FROM AUTHORITATIVE LITERATURE, COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS, KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, NATIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION CONSULTANTS, AND STATE…