The Project Talent longitudinal survey of 400,000 students (grades 9-12) identified deficiencies in the nation's schools, particularly in reading comprehension and career planning. The Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs, PLAN, represented one response to Project TALENT findings. PLAN products included a list of educational objectives…

This manual contains information on two evaluation systems for occupational programs at California community colleges. For the first, COPES (Community College Occupational Programs Evaluation System), which is a self-evaluation process, a guide is provided as well as a set of seven evaluation forms for the college president, faculty, counselors…

The impact of women on the field of academic medicine is examined. The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership is discussed and this failure is accredited to social and professional discrimination. It is noted that the leaders of American medicine today were trained during or immediately following World War II. However, at that…

A fourteen-month project was undertaken to update, expand, publicize, and evaluate EUREKA, a career information system used for vocational counseling in California. As a result of this project, the following information was added to EUREKA's data base: twenty-one new schools; sixty-two agencies offering over 1,000 courses; a VISIT file for Contra…

As a part of the training project which was to demonstrate the most effective methods and techniques for training school staff in the infusion of career education into the curriculum, this guide provides procedures which will enable educators, parents, community representatives, and students to collaborate in developing comprehensive career…

INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARE SEPARATE EVALUATIONS OF 19 PROJECTS AND FIVE SUBPROJECTS, A DESCRIPTION OF A PROGRAM TO MASS-TEST A CROSS SECTION OF PUPILS FROM TITLE I SCHOOLS, AND THE RESULTS OF AN ACROSS-PROJECT TITLE I SURVEY. SIX OF THE PROJECTS (READING PROGRAM, MODERN MATHEMATICS, SCHOOL-COMMUNITY COORDINATORS, ELEMENTARY ART, COUNSELOR AIDES)…

THE ENACTMENT OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 PROVIDED A NEW PHILOSOPHY IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WHICH IS RESULTING IN A MAJOR EXPANSION AND REDIRECTION OF THE PROGRAM ACROSS THE NATION. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED INTO A SYSTEMATIZED APPROACH AND PROCEDURE WITH SIGNIFICANT FEEDBACK INTO THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE CONSTANT…

THE FINANCIAL, STATISTICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE REPORTS SUBMITTED BY EACH STATE TO THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION AT THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR JUNE 30, 1964 WERE THE BASIS OF THIS REVIEW OF THE STATE-FEDERAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. ENROLLMENTS IN REGULAR VOCATIONAL PREPARATORY PROGRAMS TOTALED 4,556,390, AN…

PREPARED BY THE LOUISIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, THIS KINDERGARTEN GUIDEBOOK IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE DIRECTION AND ASSISTANCE IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING PROGRAMS AND IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF OTHERS. THE FIRST OF FOUR PRINCIPAL SECTIONS INCLUDES (1) A SUMMARY OF THE RATIONALE, HISTORY, AND STATUS OF KINDERGARTEN…

Based on a survey of 150 training syllabuses and interviews with training specialists, this study concentrated on training conducted in the United States for development technicians in government, voluntary, business, university, and religious agencies immediately before or soon after the technicians begin work overseas. Many major problems were…

A two-week summer training workshop will be conducted as the first step in a year-long relationship between six local communities (Providence, R.I.; Richmond, Va.; Jonesboro, Ark.; Lac du Flambeau, Wis.; Yakima, Wash.; Jacksonville, Fla.) and the University of Florida, Gainesville. (Each will use the Florida Parent Education Model--see SP 002…

In this manual, an attempt is made to demonstrate how certain social science measurements can be adapted to help field workers in economic and community development assess initial conditions before a project is begun, to measure the extent to which various attempts at producing social change have succeeded, to determine the overall result of…

At the Child Language Development Center at the University of Rochester, basic research in children's verbal behavior and the exploration of procedures for extending successful laboratory techniques to the typical preschool setting are being continued. Experiments in contingency management and the establishment of requisite antecedent behaviors…

To evaluate undergraduate vocational teacher preparation programs in the state of Rhode Island, the 117 vocational educational graduates of the four institutions were surveyed to determine their opinions concerning their college experience. Responses from 66 graduates indicated that: (1) State needs are being fulfilled in vocational business…

This report covers the second year of programs funded under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Topics covered include: (1) Services For More People, such as full-time postsecondary students, and out-of-school youth and adults, (2) Enrollments and Programs Surging Ahead, in which it was noted that enrollments increased in six major occupational…