With its rapidly increasing enrollment and its large population of evening students, the University of Missouri, St. Louis (UMSL) has its share of the special problems of student and faculty involvement which a commuter college often develops. This paper focuses on the programs and activities established to encourage and provide opportunities for…

The first part of this monograph represents the proceedings of a 1-day conference of manpower analysts on the processes by which private industry meets changing manpower requirements and the implications of these work force adjustments for manpower policy. The second part consists of the report on which the conference discussion was based. The…

Four regional workshops in vocational guidance were designed to inform and update school counselors, teachers, and administrators concerning the working conditions, requirements, and opportunities in business, industry and the service occupations for certain industrial areas in Indiana, namely Evansville, Hammond, New Albany, and Wabash. Each…

Training Resources for Youth, Incorporated (TRY) was formed as an independent membership corporation under the laws of New York State to conduct a demonstration training center for out-of-school, out-of-work, or underemployed male youth, age 17 through 21. The basic goals were to develop sound methods and techniques for producing positive changes…

The enactment of Title 7 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act has sharpened the increasing emphasis on the education of the bilingual-bicultural student, especially the Mexican American. Although the guidelines, regulations, and the amount of the appropriations for this new program remain unknown factors, its ultimate goal of providing an…

Details of programs funded under Title I (PL 89-329) in South Carolina during 1966-68 are described in the areas of Community Development and Government, Community Economic and Human Resources Development, and Community Health and Recreation Services. Colleges involved, funding, objectives, programs, and institutional capacity are reported for…

Background information, principles of service, and priorities for action preface a five year plan of operation to provide services for the cerebral palsied. Rationales, objectives, methods, timetables, financing, and programs are discussed for the following priorities: prevention and early care, comprehensive services for teenagers and adults;…

To demonstrate the need for summer educational programs for hearing impaired children and to study ways of implementing programs, a summer program, conducted at a school for the deaf, was utilized. Twenty-two educators in four groups observed the program for four days each, met for discussions, and analyzed strengths and weaknesses. Academic and…

This book is a record of the efforts in the areas of employment and educational services, of the Mobilization For Youth (MFY) Program, a project to remediate juvenile delinquency in New York City's Lower East Side. An introductory section describes the historical origin of the racial components of the Lower East Side slums. Following, are papers…

An oral language program was instituted at DeZavala Elementary School (San Antonio, Texas) for pupils from kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 who were identified as having difficulty with oral English expression and in understanding instruction given in other than Spanish. The program employed a bilingual teacher and aides who worked with 4-8 pupils…

The Northern Arizona Hospitality Education Program is an exemplary three-year project designed to help students, mainly Indian, obtain job skills and attitudes necessary for successful employment in the hospitality industry. Nine high schools from Apache, Coconino, and Navajo Counties participated in the project. Objectives included providing an…

Educational technology, new materials and methods, and a growing realization that each person learns in an individually unique way has opened up new potentials in correctional education. The delivery of education and training services is very difficult in a prison setting. However, the creative program manager can develop and implement an…

The current status of the Lincoln Training System (LTS) is reported. This document describes LTS as a computer supported microfiche system which: 1) provides random access to voice quality audio and to graphics; 2) supports student-controlled interactive processes; and 3) functions in a variety of environments. The report offers a detailed…

The step-by-step procedures contained in this manual are intended to develop a simple information system that can be used to collect and process the best possible factual data on the manpower needs of the community served by an educational institution, so that long-range planning of vocational curriculum and guidance can be based on what the jobs…

The project goals were to isolate, analyze and minimize barriers to the participation of women in the skilled trades. Brochures and a film aimed at dispelling myths were produced. Employer surveys confirmed that prejudice and ignorance of laws had to be confronted with facts. Surveys of women apprentices and their employers showed a low drop-out…