The purpose of this study was to determine agriculture teachers' perceived levels of efficacy as they relate to managing the total program of agricultural education, both for traditionally and alternatively certified teachers. The constructs used in this study were technical content, FFA/leadership development/SAE, teaching and learning, and…

This study developed and evaluated a culturally tailored video guided by the health belief model to improve Chinese women's low rate of mammography use. Focus-group discussions and an advisory board meeting guided the video development. A 17-min video, including a soap opera and physician-recommendation segment, was made in Chinese languages. A…

In the "Higher Education Opportunity Act" of 2008, Congress charged the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance with conducting a review and analysis of regulations affecting higher education to determine the extent to which regulations are overly burdensome and need to be streamlined, improved, or eliminated. Specifically, Congress…

This report presents the deliberations of the Central Regional Advisory Committee (RAC), one of 10 RACs established under the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. sections 9601 et. seq.) to assess the educational needs of the region. The committee's report outlines the educational needs across the states of Colorado, Kansas,…

Instructor-coordinators as well as administrators and program planners should find this guide useful in working with advisory committees on vocational education. Specifically, the purpose of the booklet is to discuss the use of advisory committees in the distributive education and cooperative office education areas. Major sections of the guide…

Oakland Community College allowed a "Chronicle" reporter to watch the college president selection process. Their experiences are described, and some lessons they learned are offered: the process is imperfect, consultants shape the process heavily, and "chemistry" makes the ultimate difference among the finalists. (MLW)

The most important responsibility of any Board of Education is the selection of its Superintendent of Schools. The Council of the Great City Schools compiled this document to assist its member school boards in beginning the search for a new superintendent. Many models exist for conducting a search in urban schools: a basic and generic one is…

This tongue-in-cheek dialogue explores the excesses of total commitment to a democratic program planning process. (NHM)

Presented is a summary of considerations Specialized Agencies within the United Nations have given to the problems of the human environment. Uppermost are the problems of pollution--air, water, noise, marine, radiation, food, pesticide--as well as those of economic and social concern, environmental health, and misuse of the environment. Agencies…

Presented in this bulletin is the text of the hearing before the Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, United States House of Representatives, ninety-first Congress, concerning the transfer of environmental evaluation functions to the Environmental Quality Council (EQC). The hearing was held…

Current policies and practices of committees used in university libraries to search for and screen candidates for positions are described, primarily from responses to a survey conducted by the authors. (Author)

This publication discusses The Blue Ribbons Schools Programs. It included information about (1) which schools may be nominated, (2) how schools are chosen, (3) which selection criteria is used, (4) what the benefits are, and (5) State Recognition Programs. (Author)