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SHELBY, THOMAS HALL – 1966
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EXTENSION WORK BEGAN WITH THREE DIVISIONS OF WORK--FACULTY LECTURES, CORRESPONDENCE TEACHING, CIRCULATION OF READING MATERIAL ON SPECIAL TOPICS (THE BEGINNING OF THE PACKAGE LIBRARY SERVICE)--AND EMPHASIZED PUBLIC AND SOCIAL WELFARE, NUTRITION AND HEALTH EDUCATION, PARENT EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC LECTURES AND DEBATES. STUDY GROUPS…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Business, Child Development, Clubs
FERVER, JACK CALVIN – 1961
THIS STUDY DEALT WITH ONE OF THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE POSSIBLE UNIFICATION OF GENERAL AND COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICES--CAN AND SHOULD THE PRESENT COUNTY EXTENSION DIRECTORS OF THE EXTENSION SERVICE SERVE AS COORDINATORS OF THE TOTAL OFF-CAMPUS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OF THE UNIVERSITY. THE PROBLEM WAS ONE OF IDENTIFYING THE PERSONAL AND…
Descriptors: Administrators, Agricultural Education, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes
DAVIS, J. CLARK; AND OTHERS – 1967
A GROWING POPULATION, MIGRATION FROM RURAL TO URBAN AREAS, AND AN EXPANDING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS FORCING ARKANSAS TO REAPPRAISE ITS BASIC SKILLS OFFERINGS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. SINCE ARKANSAS IS NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE MASSIVE INCREASES IN SPENDING FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, THE STATE MUST DECIDE IF IT IS DIRECTING ITS EXPENDITURES TO…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Bibliographies, Business Cycles, Economic Development
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Manpower Div. – 1966
Training requirements were projected using survey data of agricultural employment needs and the number of students in agriculture in France and Sweden. Independent studies in each country investigated recent trends in agriculture, the present situation in agricultural education, employment training needs, and implications for the future.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Personnel, Agricultural Trends, Educational Demand
Boyd, Dorothy L. – 1968
A social-emotional development program was undertaken in grades 1 through 6 in a project designed to improve the classroom climate for Spanish speaking children, and to improve channels of communication between cooperating teachers, student teachers, and college supervisors. Under the guidance of cooperating teachers, student teachers presented…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Classroom Environment, Conferences, Cooperating Teachers
Woods, Richard G.; Harkins, Arthur M. – 1968
Employment problems, and the related personal and social difficulties encountered by Indian Americans in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota are discussed. Topics include: rural-urban and intra-city population movements; Indian employment agency experiences; a survey of employment center application files; factors associated with…
Descriptors: American Indians, Attitudes, Community Organizations, Educational Background
Delaware State Dept. of Public Instruction, Dover. – 1966
This report is an evaluation of the compensatory education activities in Delaware funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The material is arranged according to the format stipulated by the U.S. Office of Education. In Section I the administrative aspects of the program are described and the pupils' performance on a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Ancillary School Services, Attendance, Compensatory Education
McPartland, James – 1968
Using data on ninth-grade Negro students in the Metropolitan Northeast collected in the Office of Education "Equality of Educational Opportunity Survey" (Coleman Report), this study investigated (1) the degree to which each of five situational factors distinguishes between segregated and desegregated school situations and (2) the extent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Black Students, Classroom Desegregation
Sheffield, James R., Ed. – 1967
This document, which contains the discussion papers and the conclusions of The Kericho Conference held in September, 1966, focuses on rural problems in Kenya, including the related issues of education and employment. Papers dealing with general issues are: "Education, Employment, and Rural Development: The Problem in East Africa";…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agriculture, Developing Nations
Freed, Judee – 1978
This report presents weekly student contact hours (WSCH) by discipline and instructional program for day and evening students enrolled in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) for fall semesters 1973-1977. In fall 1977, the district offered 224 instructional programs compared to 215 in fall 1973; 18 programs had been deleted and 26…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Courses
1976
This report by New York's Temporary State Commission on Child Welfare discusses a study conducted to determine why the laws pertaining to freeing and placing children for adoption, and the administrative machinery implementing these laws, have failed, and to recommend remedial action. The report is divided into three major sections. Part I, The…
Descriptors: Adoption, Agency Role, Annual Reports, Child Advocacy
Lambert, Nadine M. – 1977
Six school districts in California provided data on the Public School Version of the Adaptive Behavior Scale for 373 children, ages three through six, who were enrolled in regular and trainable mentally retarded (TMR) preschool programs. The results of the study are reported as means and standard deviations of the domain scores for Part One and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Behavior Rating Scales, Cultural Influences
Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. Manpower Supply and Utilization Branch. – 1978
This paper describes physician and physician extender (i.e., a person who renders services under the supervision and responsibility of a physician) supply and distribution and provides projections of the supply. It addresses inequities of access to health care by examining the relationship to disparities in physician distribution by specialty and…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Students, Geographic Distribution, Geographic Location
Sheehan, Joseph C., Ed.; And Others – 1976
Descriptive statistics on students and faculty are presented in this annual publication. Information on the number of students receiving degrees are for the academic year 1974-75. Data were obtained from 216 "approved" programs, including 151 accredited bachelor's level and 81 master's level programs--some in collaborative programs. Statistical…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Faculty, College Students, Degrees (Academic)
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1978
Fall 1977 marked the midway point of implementation of the Maryland Plan for Completing the Desegregation of the Public Postsecondary Education Institutions in the State. In this midpoint assessment, four areas in which the state has achieved a degree of progress and four areas needing improvement by the state higher education community are…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Students, Enrollment Rate
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