Although a concerted effort has been made during the past 15 years to knock down the architectural barriers facing the handicapped, the existence of over 400,000 wheelchair handicapped and more than two million people wearing leg braces or with artificial legs makes it imperative that architectural designs produce completely barrier-free…

Guidelines are offered to help school carpet buyers avoid disappointments and costly selection mistakes. (Author)

Presents a list to guide the beginning reporter in dealing with news sources. (RB)

The purpose of this study was to help determine optimum item sampling plans for use in school evaluation projects. (Author)

Written by the Cooperative for School/College Communication Studies, comprising eight associations, and approved by the Steering Committee of the cooperative on October 9, 1974, these guidelines highlight those areas in student development which are crucial to a proper evaluation of a potential student by a college. (Author/CJ)

Provides suggestions for developing a staff manual for the college newspaper and discusses the role of the advisor in preventing mismanagement. (RB)

Instruction for students in the use of libraries and their resources has been neglected in engineering education. Librarians can team teach courses on technical writing and introduce students to the major information sources in their fields. They can give presentations, publish handbooks, bibliographies, and pathfinders on library resources, and…

The data within this publication provide guidelines for planners, engineers and decision-makers at all governmental levels to evaluate cost-effectiveness of alternative wastewater treatment proposals. The processes described include conventional and advanced treatment units as well as most sludge handling and processing units. Flow sheets, cost…

Intended for use by employers for assessing how "job-ready" their particular business environment may be, the booklet provides information illustrating what physical changes could be made to allow persons with mobility limitations to enter and conduct business independently in a particular building. Illustrations along with brief explanations are…

Free-lance librarianship is discussed, and retired librarians are urged to start their own information service as a business. Because computer based storage and retrieval systems are not socially, politically, or economically integrated, and one library cannot hold all information, new needs are emerging for information services. For example, a…

The amended guidelines for Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as revised by the Oregon Department of Education, are presented in this document. It consolidates instructions for completing applications. The purpose of Title I is explained briefly. The first two steps prior to applying are to identify the project target area or…

A general overview of the South Carolina distributive education program is given in this handbook for high school juniors and seniors training for careers in marketing and distribution. Following a brief discussion about the concept of distributive education, the three areas of the program are summarized: (1) the classroom; (2) on-the-job training…

This publication is intended to help local school boards and administrators plan the procedures to be followed should a district face a need to reduce its staff. After presenting definitions, the authority of local districts to reduce personnel, and the appropriate Oregon statute on the subject, the document discusses two major areas of concern in…