Community development in India is not able to recruit enough home scientists. This exploratory study was done to provide a basis for developing a recruitment program. Through a questionnaire, usable data were received from 84% of eligible students and 59% of the staff of three Indian colleges. Chi-square was used to test the significance of the…

The relationship between job satisfaction and the participation of full-time teaching faculty of the North Carolina Community College System in decision making was investigated. It was anticipated that the results of the study would indicate that the level of job satisfaction would be higher as the full-time teaching faculty perceived that they…

This study sought to define competencies hospital executives need to perform their role effectively as perceived by hospital leaders, and to analyze the implications of these competency requirements for the professional education of hospital administrators. A semi-projective questionnaire was devised with the help of a panel of 10 administrators…

Among the functions of the Commission on Professional Rights and Responsibilities of the NEA is the investigation of cases of alleged unethical conduct by members of the teaching profession. The rules of procedure for investigations presented in this document are intended to assure all parties in a conflict of their individual rights of procedural…

Hearings of the Special Subcommittee on Indian Education--held on Dec. 14-15, 1967, in Washington, D.C., and on Jan. 4, 1968, in San Francisco, Calif.--are recorded in this document. As noted, U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy and 5 other senators served as members of the subcommittee, which was designed to conduct the hearings and the field…

Hearings of the U.S. Senate's Special Subcommittee on Indian Education--held at Twin Oaks, Okla., on Feb. 19, 1968--are recorded in this document, which is Part 2 of the hearings proceedings (Part 1 is RC 003 556; Part 3 is RC 003 558). Part 2 contains Indian testimony (mainly Cherokee) about changes and improvements that must be made if Indian…

In the course of investigating disorders on college campuses, the Committee conducted preliminary inquiries and later took sworn testimony from witnesses concerning the following institutions: Harvard University, Columbia University, City College of New York, Brooklyn College, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Voorhees…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain reasons for non-participation in a public family planning program following a commitment to participate. A sample of 650 women who had made appointments at a public family planning clinic were divided into four groups: Post-Partum Kept (PPK), Post-Partum Missed (PPM), Supply Kept (SK), and Supply Missed…

This book is devoted to investigative reporting. Chapters tell how to decide on a subject, how to find and evaluate sources, how to approach and interview the sources and the subject of the investigation, how to write the investigative story, how to insure that it gets published, and how to advance the aims of an investigation, even after the…

This book reports and discusses the findings of a study of suburban newspapers as a third force in the press, different from the other two forces--metropolitan daily newspapers and small-town and weekly newspapers. Chapters explore various aspects of suburban newspapers, including a history of suburbia, publisher attitudes toward the suburban…

Describes a curriculum planning approach that employs a systematic process for identifying alleged training needs, investigating the case in a preproject study, setting priorities, and adopting a project list and budget. Discusses the makeup and roles of the curriculum planning council and professional planning staff. Provides a problem…

Concludes that the 1955-1956 Senate Subcommittee investigation into allegations of Communist infiltration of the newspaper industry proved largely ineffectual, that the subcommittee hearings had no legislative purpose and created nonjudicial punishment for noncriminal persons, and that publishers were slow to recognize the threat to constitutional…

Summarizes the work of the Parliamentary committee that both investigated broadcasting in Great Britain and concluded that the present system ensures freedom for broadcasters and programing variety for the public. (JMF)

Discusses current inquiries being made into possible misuse of federal grant and contract funds. (SL)

Tells how the adviser of the student newspaper at West Valley College (Saratoga, California) was dismissed after the newspaper published stories based on investigations into alleged wrongdoings by administration members. (GW)