This book of readings for counselors, researchers, faculty, graduate students, and policy-makers provides information regarding issues on sex fairness and sex bias in occupational interest measurement. The papers are presented in three sections, with each section prefaced by introductory comments by the editors. The first section, an introduction,…

The guide outlines a course to provide high school students with learning experiences in the political/governmental and legislative process. Designed as a semester course, the course aims to teach American Indian youth their rights and responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution and under their respective state and tribal governments, and to…

A study was conducted of state postsecondary education planning commissions created by the Higher Education Act of 1965, Section 1202. The primary objective was to investigate positions expressed by commission members on issues of importance to postsecondary education. It also undertook to relate available objective factual data regarding the…

The focus in this anthology is on practical approaches to school crime prevention and control. The collection begins with two papers describing approaches to the study of crime in schools. One of these outlines a strategy for basing prevention programs on the findings of research tailored to a particular school, while the other offers a conceptual…

A major goal of schools should be to develop self-directed people with knowledge, skills, and attitudes for fully functioning future living. More specifically, schools must seek to provide education in the areas of: (1) citizenship, everyday living, and personal growth; (2) skill development relating to problem solving, decision-making, research,…

This document includes twenty-four papers which were presented at the Third National Conference on Career Education in Detroit, Michigan, held March 9-10, 1978. The first five papers which were presented at the general sessions deal with the theory of career education as addressed by educators and government officials. The remaining 19 papers…

Twenty sample career education implementation plans for grades 4-6 are included in this document. Goals, objectives, activities, and potential resources are identified for the following six areas: personal development, career and occupational awareness, economic understanding, citizenship, family life, and human relations. The career education…

Removal from the schools of educational material objectionable to American Indians is a matter of concern to teachers, parents, Indian communities and organizations, and educational decision makers. To appeal to a wider market, publishers often produce materials favoring the interests of the predominant society. Thus, textbooks and other…

In the past the task of vocational educators has been to prepare people, especially youth, for known employment opportunities, but today we must be concerned about the adequacy of employment opportunities. The vocational system has paid too little attention to self-employed persons who discover and create their own jobs. These entrepreneurs are…

This document contains Modules 3, 4, and 5 of a series of self-instructional learning modules designed to familiarize users with Oregon minimum standards for public schools. All three modules focus on how to select and write educational goals as specified by the 1976 Oregon minimum standards for public schools, with Module 3 focusing on district…

The comtemporary dialogue on work needs to be placed within an historical perspective so as not to view issues now coming to the fore as faddish or mere fallout from the sixties. Today's society still contends with tension between the values of pre-industrial America and those of the evolving corporate state. The crux of this ongoing struggle is…

Presidents of southern colleges, universities, and life insurance companies met to develop strategies southern academic institutions might adopt to survive the 1980s. Inflation, faculty malaise, and the erosion of quality were the primary fiscal issues on the agenda, although declining enrollment figures also troubled many of the academic leaders…

The purpose of this Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, one of a series of 18, is to provide information for the CDA intern on the health needs of children, ways to teach health care habits, and characteristics of a sanitary environment. The module stipulates competency-based objectives and provides essential information,…

A program is described for the evaluation of the basic skills policy of the State Board of Education in Massachusetts. The 1978 policy of the Board is to take effect in 1980-81 and will require annual assessment of student skills at three grade levels in all schools in five curriculum areas, but leaves the setting of standards to local option.…

A survey of the 51 Illinois public community colleges was conducted during February 1980, to assess the status of institutional research (IR) at the colleges and to determine how that status had changed since the completion of similar surveys in 1973 and 1976. Major findings indicated that while 67% of the colleges had offices of institutional…