Supporting performance objective 30 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on computing gross pay from punched time cards are included in this packet, which is part of a series. The student materials include a group of time cards,…

This book systematically considers governance in the community college, focusing on how decisions are actually made and describing the roles and interactions of all participant groups in the governance process. Community college governance today is an amalgam of procedures borrowed from colleges, universities and high schools, but there are signs…

A critical analysis and interpretation of "The Sorting Machine" by Joel H. Spring is presented. The book, which uses a historical revisionist approach to trace the development and impact of the corporate-government-foundation network on the ideological orientation of the American educational system, makes its greatest contribution by…

The report on recurrent education in Switzerland is one of a series describing continuation education in OECD countries. Recurrent education is defined as a strategy to distribute education over the total lifespan of an individual in a recurring way and in alternation with work and other activities. Part I discusses the idea of recurrent…

The report on recurrent education in Denmark is one of a series describing continuation education in OECD member countries. Intended as a means of liberating individuals from the education-work-leisure-retirement sequence, recurrent education provides freedom to mix and alternate these phases of life within the limits of the socially possible.…

Activities, results, and recommendations of a 2-year effort to implement and test a model for vocational and occupational education planning in Illinois are described. An introductory section presents an overview of the rationale and plan for establishing a Regional Occupational Education Coordinating Council composed of representatives of the…

A final report on the regional seminar/workshops on women in the world of work conducted for selected leaders in vocational education and industry, this document contains the following information: a discussion of the current political, social, and economic patterns affecting vocational and career education; policies and procedures recommended by…

This report updates information on the implementation of a desegregation plan in the St. Louis, Missouri, public schools. Student enrollment patterns, the revision of student and teacher assignments and transfer policies, and chanqes related to enrollments in special programs and magnet schools are examined. The report presents guidelines for…

The 1979 report of a working group of the World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with the West German government, on the design of training in health planning and management in the European region is presented. The working group consisted of 15 temporary advisers from 11 countries, in addition to WHO staff and a consultant. The group was…

There has been growing recognition of the actual and potential contributions of women to the achievement of national development plans; in fact, national goals will not be met unless women become full participants in the process of social and economic development. Some attention has been focused on the potential of women's groups and indigenous…

Volume I contains the substance of five studies originally filed with the United States District Court for the District of Arizona in the cases of "Fisher v. Lohr" and "Mendoza v. Tucson School District No. 1." Study I determines patterns of attendance at several elementary schools by non-Mexican American and Mexican American…

One hundred and five recommendations for improving the school system in Florida's Broward County are presented in this report. These recommendations and the target dates for their implementation were developed by the Superintendent's Commission on Public Education, a group of 150 community leaders representing all facets of the public. This group…

One hundred recommendations adopted by the school board of Broward County (Florida) for improving district schools are presented in this report. Amended from a list of 105 suggestions proposed by a 150-member commission of appointed district citizens, these recommendations fall into seven areas: school curricular program and instruction,…

This booklet is designed to aid new community education directors in Arizona communities to design, set up, implement, and evaluate community education programs. The booklet first defines community education, sets it within the framework of the school system, and describes the director's job. In the next section, ideas for getting the job done are…

The academic productivity and financial status of 59 teacher education programs in state universities and land-grant colleges were determined through surveys completed in summer 1979. Data were provided on 210 variables in the major categories of: (1) accredited programs; (2) faculty, faculty load, and salaries; (3) budgets and Full Time…