The final report of the Transitional Employemnt Experimental Model (TEEM) Project, a research and development project providing a potential model for a large scale manpower absorption program in times of economic need, is presented. One major purpose of the project was to demonstrate the viability of providing suitable job placement for the…

The University Affiliated Facility (UAF) Programs throughout the United States provide a unique combination of university and community college affiliations for multidiscipline training, multidiscipline services to clients as an adjunct to this training and the conduct of research, all for the benefit of the developmentally disabled client. The…

The current Navy instructor-training system is analyzed and recommendations made for the 1975-85 period. Six formal instructor-training schools are discussed. Included in the analysis are instructor selection and assignment, Instructor Training School staff, instructor training curriculum, instructor evaluation, instructor effectiveness,…

This report builds a case for survey feedback as a useful method of assisting schools to respond actively, rather than passively, to uncertainty and complexity in the school environment. The main argument is that passive responses, such as defensiveness and buffering, reduce educational effectiveness. Planning, an active response, creates…

More than 100 representatives from various types of libraries attended a clinic on the current and future applications of minicomputers in library operations. Among the library-related problems considered were: (1) circulation and control, (2) cataloging, (3) education and training, (4) information retrieval, (5) acquisitions, and (6) serials…

The aim of this book is to provide information about international learning and international scholarship which can contribute to improved instruction about the global dimensions of human affairs. The underlying assumption and concern of the book is that if international education is to improve, educators need to be more self-conscious of their…

The objective of this research was to determine the feasibility of developing a functionally oriented General Educational Development (GED) program. To obtain information about problems of adaptation common to undereducated men, and to obtain information about knowledges and skills such men may not have, an achievement test/attitude questionnaire…

The book describes the Hospital Continuing Education Project, a nine-year endeavor concluded in 1972 which set up a communications network among universities, hospital associations, hospitals, and individual educators and trainees. The project's goal was the expansion of continuing education opportunities for personnel in health care institutions.…

This study assesses the degree of influence that the elementary curriculum project "Man: A Course of Study" (MACOS) and its process approach has on the use of teaching strategies of first and second year elementary teachers. The sample teachers had been enrolled in an undergraduate social studies methods course that used MACOS. Of the 17…

The Ohio allied health manpower invitational conference was the initial step of a Federally sponsored project to develop and utilize allied health manpower in Ohio, especially the delivery of health care services. Conference participants included college/university educators, administrators of State health agencies, State/Federal governmental…

A series of readings on career education, the book consists of three main sections: (1) career education (29 articles), (2) current concepts in occupational education (6 articles), and (3) vocational education curriculum development (14 articles). The majority of the articles have appeared in various educational and vocational journals. The…

The focus of a two-week summer institute for 77 Adult Basic Education (ABE) teachers, administrators, and counselors from the western United States, Hawaii, and Alaska was on the problems of the urban poor, with emphasis on the urban poor white. Major emphasis was placed on nonlearning problems of the urban poor. Problems examined were: (1) the…

Presented are Parts 1 and 2 of a teaching guide designed for use in the United States Dependent Schools in the European Area. It provides a developmental, task analysis approach for teaching elementary and secondary level mentally retarded and learning disabled students. Included in Part 1 are steps for use of the guide, an explanation of task…

Critical dimensions of the unemployment problem in Africa brought educational concerns to a head. The present survey, conducted by the African-American Institute, was prompted by a growing desire on the part of African governments and aid agencies to identify productive nonformal education programs in selected African countries and to explore…

This report of the Fifth National Conference of the Tri-University Project is introduced by Paul Olson and contains speeches by (1) Virgil E. Boyd, who presents Chrysler Corporation's job-oriented educational program, (2) Don Davies, who calls for the equilization, individualization, and humanization of education, (3) Donald H. Smith, who explains…