Education service requirements mandated by Public Law 94-142 and Section 504 of the 1973 Vocational Rehabilitation Act emphasize the need for interorganizational relationships in rural schools. A survey of 43 special education cooperatives and 32 districts in 17 states indicates that by the 1979-80 academic year 97% had developed interagency…

The issues, organizational changes, and institutional reactions that colleges and universities perceive as associated with implementation of new marketing practices were identified in a review of the literature and interviews with officials from 25 institutions primarily in or near Los Angeles, California. Several trends were revealed: successful…

Since little attention has been given to defining a role for industry in the professional development of educators, the need exists for an administrative structure that facilitates jointly-sponsored in-service education with planning to identify participants, determine individual objectives and work stations, to supervise work experience, and to…

The research program of the National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges is concerned with four main areas: the role of higher education in society, higher education as a system (structure and governance), the environment and working methods of research and of teaching. Some work has also been started in research and development…

An examination of the university dean's role and its conflicts and ambiguities considered the type, frequency, nature, and the dynamics of the liberal arts dean's interactions with his faculty and staff and the central administration. Relations with staff and the provost and the dean's role as an individual in an organization are given major…

Some of the responses of colleges and universities to declining enrollments and diminishing resources are reviewed. Institutions have tried to reduce the size of their operations, reallocate resources internally, and retrench a number of faculty and programs. Several approaches to reductions, reallocations, and retrenchments in specific cases,…

The project grant objectives for fiscal year 1978 for the Chicago Regional Project serving handicapped children are analyzed in relation to seven student related objectives and one facility staff related objective. Statistical data for objectives in the following areas are included: self help skills, motor development, communication skills,…

A total of 263 research, innovative, and experimental projects are described that are concerned with postsecondary education in Canada and that are currently in progress or have been completed in the course of 1978. The information was obtained from a questionnaire mailed to some 1900 potential contributors in universities, community colleges,…

The characteristics of two-year colleges and trends in community college education are summarized in this series of fact sheets. The first of these presents a nationwide overview of the number and types of institutions; full- and part-time enrollments; selected student, faculty, and administrator characteristics; tuition and fees; and types of…

Part of a series devoted to the topic of career education in transportation, this manual, which is intended for use by students in grades 11 and 12, is composed of three units designed to aid in preparing students for entry level positions or postsecondary education in the field of transportation. Unit I, which is concerned with the student's…

This evaluation of the Twin City Institute for Talented Youth, a summer program for gifted students in grades 9 through 12, consists of two parts: a description of the program; and the evaluators' assessments, including advocate and adversary reports. Achievement tests were not used for evaluation. Evaluative comments follow each segment of the…

Designed to help organizations interested in expanding job options for women to plan and hold a community-based conference on nontraditional jobs, this guide outlines basic steps in planning, provides information about successful programs, and makes suggestions about how to deal with the mechanics of a conference. Following an introduction which…

Prepared for employers and staffs of job service and training programs, this guide presents information on how to conduct a workshop to expand employment opportunities for women in nontraditional occupations--in blue collar skilled work as well as white collar professional, technical, and managerial jobs. The guide includes sections on purpose of…

The metropolitan university is viewed from the context of individual, group, and university level of social interaction. Metropolitan universities are defined as state-supported public universities located in urban areas and legislatively mandated as teaching institutions. Resources are usually dependent upon the number of full-time equivalent…

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education's biennial report is presented. The first chapter summarizes the progress and prospects of Oklahoma higher education both for historical documentation and to provide useful and informative data for the 1980 Oklahoma Legislature, the Governor, state systems institutions, and others in the state…