This pamphlet is designed to inform the parents of disadvantaged elementary and secondary school students of the provisions of ESEA Title I, and of the possible abuses of Title I funds which might otherwise be allocated to the direct improvement of their children's education. Its contents include: parents' guide to ESEA Title I: what it is and…

Much effort has been directed toward the evaluation of human characteristics and abilities. This handbook is an outgrowth of an extensive study of occupational competency testing and is intended to assist in the development, administration and evaluation of written and performance tests wherever occupational competency evaluation may be…

Despite a growing role for vocational education as technological change causes skill requirements to rise, society continues to treat vocational education as inferior to academic education. In a broad sense, all education is career education, providing the skills necessary to live. Until all forms of education can be integrated in a comprehensive…

The conference summarized in this document represented an exploratory effort concerning the role and objectives of geography, including its predictive capabilities in both studying and directing the future spatial organization of the earth as the home of man. Initial conference presentations by Ronald Abler and William Warntz helped focus…

Designed as an administrative guide for Industrial Cooperative Training (ICT) Coordinators, this handbook was assembled to provide much of the information needed to operate a successful program. The guide includes the policies of the Trade and Industrial Education Service, curriculum outlines, duties and responsibilities of the coordinator and…

Vertical integration stands as the salient structural configuration of the telecommunications equipment market. Computer hardware manufacturers are obviously potential competitors with the captive telecommunications equipment suppliers. Direct government policies, such as patents and a permissive attitude toward mergers, and indirect policies,…

This textbook for teachers of noncitizens preparing for naturalization, a non-sequential manual since problems and purposes of each class of candidates for citizenship are uniquely individual, is a resource compilation of guides, effective teaching techniques, various suggested teaching activities, and supplementary materials including…

This manual, based upon legal requirements and school experiences of Massachusetts, is intended to help get alternative schools off the ground and keep them out of trouble with state and local authorities, though in fact existing alternative schools have had few legal problems thus far. The first section of the manual provides sketches of some…

The present and future outlines of the population crisis are described in an article by Philip Hauser, and the role of responsible citizens in this crisis is the topic of an article by John D. Rockefeller III. Following this introduction is a complete resource guide for teachers. All classes of materials are reviewed, including background…

There is a considerable unmet need for the coordination of supportive services for vocational education students. Program effectiveness can be enhanced by means of interagency coordination. In order to unite the Federal, State, and local services resulting from Federal vocational legislation, local coordinators, administrators, and other leaders…

This presentation emphasizes the role of the "assistant principal as a management team member." Evidence supports the revitalization of the assistant principal's role. The position must carry with it a total involvement of all managerial concepts. Major points stressed (with transparencies) are the team concept of three administrators working…

Designed to serve as a basic text for general liberal arts courses in mass communication, this book presents essays, largely from recent magazine articles, written from the layman (although there are a few more overtly scholarly articles). It begins with an examination of the media industries in the United States, treating them as complex…

This monograph examines prisoners' rights to freedom of speech, religion, and petition under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The courts had previously taken the attitude that the operation of penal institutions was beyond their jurisdiction, but the suppression of and restrictions on the exercise of first amendment freedoms…

The study was designed to determine the effects of command position--battalion commander and company commander--upon evaluations of the desirability of certain leader actions. Twenty-two U.S. Army officers who had served as battalion commanders (Group I) and 22 who had served as company commanders (Group II) rated 36 leader actions on their…

The sixth volume of the introduction to psychology and leadership course (see the final reports which summarize the development project, EM 010 418, EM 010 419, and EM 010 484) concentrates on authority and responsibility and is presented in two separate documents. It is a self-instructional linear text with information and quizzes. EM 010 433 is…