This is one of a series of country studies (ED 045 613-20) concerned with the supply of secondary level teachers in English-speaking Africa. It attempts to analyze the problem of teacher supply within the context of the social and economic factors which largely determine its nature and govern potential solutions. The first part of the document…

This document, the second of a 2-volume report, contains appendixes of data tables and other study materials relating to the feasibility of establishing Highway Safety Manpower Development and Research Centers. Appendixes are: (1) Skills and Disciplines Required for Highway Safety Education and Training, (2) Development of Program Strategy for the…

This special report includes 12 articles on housing and education. A community housing corporation formed to renovate housing in depressed areas in St. Louis, Mo. is described. So-called "gray areas" of housing in New York are analyzed, together with solutions to prevent further deterioration. Factors in the deterioration of the…

This document is the second in a series designed to describe agricultural education projects and practices which have been successful in promoting agricultural change and improvement in areas of the world where subsistance agriculture predominates. The projects are included here because of their emphasis on development of human resources and…

The aim of this booklet is to describe and explain efforts over the past twenty years for the right to education in the world's nations. The theme focuses upon an attempt to actualize the ideals in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which concern and affect universal education in developing as well as developed countries. Eleven chapters…

The second of two meetings dealing with deprivation and disadvantage in education concentrated attention on the problems in developing countries. In many countries the problems are so complex that rational analysis is not undertaken; decisions are made on the basis of political expediency or on economically based criteria. In most cases, whole…

This annotated bibliography on Indian educational material covers articles appearing in newspapers and periodicals during the period January to March 1972. One hundred sixty seven citations which cover subjects including basic education, higher education, history, special education, student selection, and teaching methods are included. Entries are…

Major benefits are to be derived from the establishment of a middle echelon agency functioning as a link between the State department of education and local school districts. Such an intermediate unit is the ideal agency not only to provide services in high cost, low pupil incidence areas, but also to be the needed change agent for education. It…

Background on the creation, governance, program development, and planning of the new National Institute of Education (NIE) are provided in this speech. Summary descriptions of NIE's plans for basic research, research and development and utilization systems, and programmatic research and development. The latter category is NIE's major concentration…

The second year of effort in the development of a process evaluation system for the programs of the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Systems (NCIES) is reported. The activity involved the full-scale implementation of the system in 438 projects in 12 NCIES programs. Programs included are: Bilingual Education, Early Childhood,…

This report consists of nine chapters, each of which, with two exceptions, is devoted to what the Office of Education accomplished toward meeting one of its priorities in the fiscal year 1971. The exceptions are: Chapter 1, The Condition of Education--the Commissioner's personal assessment of education in the nation, which reaches into fiscal year…

Montgomery County, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., received funding for three years, beginning in June, 1968, to develop, use, validate, and evaluate instructional materials which test the potential of the computer in the learning process. The report covers (1) materials, development, use, and validation (includes a cost analysis); (2) the…

A cooperative presentation of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, Extension Division and the Missouri Department of Community Affairs, this project was designed as a reference for discussion groups of all types, to give perspective and direction in the search for an understanding of the complex situations which contribute to the crisis in…

Cuyahoga Community College, a multi-campus institution, sought to develop and design a grants planning and management system to coordinate funds of both an internal and external nature earmarked for instructional research, planning, and development. Objectives were to create a system accessible to all professionals on all campuses, to provide a…

Information on the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and DSE's program events for 1975 are presented. (DSE is one of the central institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany charged with the implementation of development policy measures. Established in 1959, the objective of the DSE is to foster relations between the Federal…