This report presents strategies and guidelines to manage and administer homestays and village stays for U.S. students, based on a survey of academic directors and homestay coordinators, with a focus on such activities in Latin America and the Caribbean. It reviews the literature on the role and cost of homestay and village stay programs in…

In the early 1990s, staff from the National Center for Improving Science Education (NCISE), the various Department of Education (DOE) National Laboratories, and the DOE's Office of Science Education Programs embarked on a 5-year project to develop a process to document what programs the National Laboratories were offering for teachers and…

The State Board of Directors for Community Colleges of Arizona is in the process of strengthening and formalizing its university transfer system. This document presents an outline of one possible community college-university transfer system based upon existing agreements and procedures in place. One of the key features of the system is an…

This plan is intended to: summarize for the Board of Regents, the State Education Department, New York State libraries, agencies and organizations with an interest in library services, and interested citizens of the State, the goals, priorities, activities, and evaluation methodology of the programs undertaken for the improvement of library…

The purpose of this study was to develop a model of a mentoring program for first year media specialists by exploring existing examples. Qualitative methods were employed in conducting this research. A document review was undertaken to establish accepted mentoring program guidelines. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with coordinators of…

Noting that volunteer programs succeed only with careful forethought and maintenance, this book is designed to provide information necessary to create and operate a successful volunteer program in an elementary school setting. Steps in thinking about volunteers in innovative ways, recruitment, training, maintaining program effectiveness, and…

Students represent a great untapped source of assistance in the management of the educational system. The returns in student motivation, student responsibility, and pertinent suggestions for program improvement may make student committees worth operation. The Central Kentucky Vocational Educational Evaluation Project (VEEP) reports on a sub-study…

It is hoped that a new program in Agriculture and Natural Resources Education now in the planning stage in Michigan will be broader in scope and also more closely tied to local circumstances than agricultural education programs have been up to now. (SA)

Report prepared for the members of the Modern Language Association's Foreign Language Program Steering Committee, March 1973. (RL)

Three methods of meeting the need for change in agencies for vocational rehabilitation are described. (MU)

Describes a comparison between 1965 and 1969 questionnaire survey results received from 38 institutions. Indicates the correspondence of subject-discipline evolution in agreement with suggested recommendations, except for mathematics (CC)

Guidance departments were planned as a part of general education programs in the 1940s and here the subject is revived with an analysis of current developments in the use of the guidance course. (RK)

Proposals for program development to meet current and future needs in Art Education. (MB)

Discusses advantages and disadvantages (to the counselor) of stating objectives in terms of observable behavior; also problem of demonstrating that guidance objectives are part of general educational objectives. (Author)