This course is designed for the students who wish to train for secretarial work, receptionists, or office clerks. It will enable the students to understand and use orally and in writing the terminology and style of language used in most business occupations open to untrained young people seeking part-time employment in the business world. The…

This report, intended for use by leaders of State foreign language associations, provides an extensive and comprehensive outline of the structure and activities representative of such organizations. Discussion focuses on these topics: (1) the purpose of the State association, (2) the constitution, (3) the management of the association, (4) the…

This study attempted to investigate the organizational differences which develop between various divisions of a community college as a result of specialization. The Lawrence and Lorach concepts of differentiation and integration were utilized in the analysis. The results obtained supported the conclusion that considerable differences existed…

This report summarizes data from the regular biennial survey of State elementary and secondary school statistics for the 1969-70 academic school year. Data are reported on a State-by-State basis. The first five tables of the report contain data on school administrative units, pupils, and staff. Data are presented on the number of school systems,…

This booklet is a compilation of management objectives for all units and professional staff members in the South Dakota Department of Public Instruction. Prepared by each professional employee in the department, the objectives seek to define priorities, to define key elements of each job, to establish limits on the employees total time and…

The dominant social, political, and economic aspects of Ghanaian society are described in this handbook. Changes and developments in Ghana in the past 10 years, highlighted by the 1966 overthrough and widespread repudiation of Kwame Nkrumah and his policies and practices, have created a need for this revision of the 1962 edition. The purpose of…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a bulletin of particulars in number of schools, departments, students, and teachers by the end of the 1965-66 school year. The bulletin begins by illustrating the growth of the primary and secondary schools with a year by year survey since 1959/60. In all secondary…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a book which deals with the inception and development of pupils' self-management (student government) from the earliest times to the present. It opens with a general review of developments. Student government in the United States is discussed in the second part. Part…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a report to the Australian Broadcasting Control Board by the Advisory Committee on Educational Television Services. The report distinguishes between two kinds of ETV: instructional and general enrichment. Since general enrichment is already covered by current Australian…

This directory is intended to help persons identify the locations of innovative educational centers implementing IGE/multiunit school concepts in the U.S.A. Over 500 centers in 18 States are identified. Schools are listed alphabetically by district in each State with school addresses and telephone numbers, the names and addresses of school…

A demonstration project in Boston, Massachusetts, designed to meet critical needs in public service by providing part-time jobs for able women with families, chose 50 mature women college graduates from over 1,500 who were interested and 173 who were interviewed. Working half-time for 2 years in the State Department of Public Welfare, they…

The purpose of this project was to help implement the change from traditional instructional programs in teacher education at Jackson State College, Mississippi, to programs which are competency-based, starting with the faculty and interns of Jackson State College-Hinds County Teacher Corps Program. From July 1970 through July 1971, 36 interns…

A bill to provide for the creation of the National Fire Academy, and for other purposes is presented. The Act to be cited as the "National Fire Education and Training Act of 1972" will provide for and encourage training, education, and research and development in order to: (1) provide a working knowledge and an understanding of the current…

This chapter provides insights into the solution of financial and governance problems that face big city education. The report identifies recent developments affecting big city education such as metropolitanism, regionalism, full State financing, revenue sharing, and reform of property taxation. The authors discuss (1) recent court cases affecting…

This monograph is an effort to develop a series of models for diverting children and youth away from juvenile courts, so that their problems which otherwise would be dealt with in a context of delinquency and official action will be defined and handled by other means. It is premised on the idea that an excessive number of children are being…