Describes the various activities, and the progress, that took place during the past year and that were carried out by the members of the Association, including projects, science papers, different forms of working groups and conferences. (GA)

Evaluates the influence of sport in the formation of mass perceptions within international relations. (Author/RK)

A member of a search committee describes the process as well as the pitfalls in selecting potential candidates for academic administrative positions. (Editor)

Key elements in the effectiveness of the advisory committee at Erie County Technical School (Pennsylvania) are its organizational structure, liaison with staff, management by objectives, and leadership commitment. (SK)

The Perkins Act greatly expands the tasks of state councils on vocational education. Their duties encompass three policy objectives: achieving public involvement in vocational education, providing independent assessment of vocational programs, and improving vocational education policies and the policymaking process. (SK)

The Perkins Act charges the National Council on Vocational Education with advising the president, Congress, and the secretary of education on the implementation of the Perkins and the Job Training Partnership Acts, strategies for business cooperation with vocational education, effective ways of providing labor market information, special needs…

This study found that both male and female members of committees with a male majority were more likely than committees with a female majority to believe that men have greater leadership skills and that women are elected primarily to represent women rather than all workers. (Author/SK)

Discusses the expected Senate confirmation of H. Guyford Stever, present director of the National Science Foundation, to the appointment of full-time science advisor to President Ford. (MLH)

During budget discussions, both councils were sidetracked by issues which generated a great deal of heat: in Oxfordshire it was a sixth form, in Liverpool a site for the polytechnic. They both had financial implications for the service, but were perhaps more revealing for the light they shed on the preoccupations and practices of local…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Margaret Spellings to be Secretary of Education. Statements were presented by: Michael B. Enzi, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Edward M. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts; Kay Bailey Hutchison, a…

Outlook is the monthly newsletter for the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). Each issue contains information relating to private education such as: new legislation and regulations, the most recent research, court rulings, national trends, federal initiatives, private school news briefs, and more. This issue contains the following…

The School Bus Specifications and Procedures adopted by the 2000 National Conference on School Transportation and the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) were used as guides by the Tennessee State Board of Education Pupil Transportation Advisory Committee in developing the revised minimum specifications for school bus chassis and school…

"Space and utilization standards" are budgetary planning tools that measure the need for space in California public higher education systems and are common in other areas of State facilities planning. California's higher education space standards were researched and developed between 1948 and 1966, first by consultants and researchers…

Vocational agriculture teachers are required to be accountable but need better guidance to determine specifically for what they are accountable. Suggestions are made for handling accountability during the time school is not in session, with the help of an active advisory committee composed of interested local people. (SA)

Reported are the results of studies of local advisory committees: their makeup, organizational structure, operational aspects, and contributions to local vocational-technical education programs. (SC)