The paper describes the educational system of Malta which is regulated by the 1964 constitution, a 1974 Education Act, and a Malta Development Plan for the period 1973-80. These documents state that education in Malta will be free to all students, compulsory from ages six to 16, administered by a Minister of Education and a Commission for the…

Reporting the development of multi-session inservice meetings directed at program modification and prescriptive teaching of handicapped students enrolled in vocational, technical, or adult education (VTAE) programs, this document is divided into three major sections. The first section contains a summary of the project activities. Included is…

The South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education was one of four state agencies for two-year colleges to participate in a pilot self-study project. This document contains the results of the South Carolina Board's self-study. Using a manual developed by the National Council of State Directors for Community and Junior…

Highlighting an on-going need to create programs that meet the multiple needs of minority aged, the Conference aimed to: identify the needs of the Hispanic Elderly in the Western Region, and develop program models which can be implemented in response to the needs. Workshop topics included: the need to coordinate the efforts and activities of the…

This report briefly describes several dimensions of the youth unemployment problem and discusses 13 council recommendations for legislative consideration: (1) Consider the problem in a broad context which includes counseling, education, and skill training; (2) mesh programs and utilize existing resources at all governmental levels; (3) promote a…

Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, this second section (5.2) of module 5 (implementation--for administrators) centers on aiding in the implementation of a career education curriculum. Module 5 is one of six…

The conference focused on various perspectives of the role of institutional research in a time of retrenchment: policy analysis, economic assumptions, resource management, academic planning and cooperative statewide planning. Among the themes addressed were: enrollment projections and financial planning; institutional efficiency and effectiveness;…

In May and June of 1978 hearings were conducted on H.R. 9158, which provides for grants for the operation and improvement of tribally controlled community colleges. Appropriations would include $25,000,000 for each of the first two fiscal years and $30,000,000 for the third. The Navajo Community College would receive $60,000,000 over three years…

Recognition of tribal attitudes and goals is considered to be a most important phase of the Fort Mojave Tribe Comprehensive Plan. Meetings with the tribal council, committees, and a household survey shows employment opportunities, education, transportation, and cultural awareness to be the key issues dominating the concerns of the people. Among…

Because the field of popular music has produced rich resources of social commentary on women, it offers ample instructional materials for the critical examination of women's life styles in a pluralistic society. Additionally, by adding a "voice" to the traditional classroom content, this medium arouses student enthusiasm and interest which many…

This monograph deals with a continuing personnel problem in the public sector of society--what to do about the individual who cannot or will not meet role expectations. It is designed to provide a framework within which the problems of marginal performers can be assessed and treated. The focus is initially on the meaning of marginal or ineffective…

This study sought to identify and describe changes in curriculum programs and instructional systems occurring among a selected sample of small, private liberal arts colleges between 1969-70 and 1974-75. This study supports the prediction, based on a 1957 study by E.J. McGrath and C.H. Russell, that a pattern of course work combining a broad,…

This document summarizes the findings and recommendations made in the study of alternatives to current provincial policies and procedures relating to school construction and its funding. Major areas of attention were construction policies, planning structures, alternatives to construction, and funding formulas. (Author/MLF)

The goal of this study is to describe the sociolinguistic situation of a small group of bilingual Chicano adolescents residing in a California border town. This report is the first stage in a research project into the social dimensions of language use within the Chicano speech community, and the first phase of a cumulative research strategy in…

The author of this report believes that the subject of urban school desegregation costs presents rich opportunities for research, which has great practical and theoretical interest. This collection of case studies of five urban areas undergoing court-ordered desegregation of schools is intended as a preliminary to more extensive study of the…