In 1974, the College Board in Puerto Rico initiated a program on educational counseling for high school-bound students. The program was designed to help students define their educational goals and career interests before entering the ninth grade where they would be required to make specific curriculum choices. The program calls for the…

This book is intended to serve as a guide to many of the newer techniques for the management and evaluation of faculty. It focuses on procedures that are meant to strengthen administrative and faculty skills and perceptions and explains the close relationship between management style and staff success in meeting program objectives. In addition to…

The handbook for the performing arts administrator addresses many administrative problems of the touring performing arts: (1) planning (programming, residency, and a directory of agency/management exhibitors); (2) contracts and contract negotiation; (3) publicity and promotion; (4) tickets; (5) funding; (6) facilities management; and (7)…

The project reported here was done in Kentucky to develop, field test, evaluate, and revise 300 competency-based vocational education (CBVE) instructional modules in five occupational areas. These areas are automobile mechanics, air-conditioning and refrigeration, court and conference reporter, alterationist, and gardening and groundskeeping. This…

A formula model is presented for use by the chief academic officer, college deans, department chairpersons, and section heads to make the specific dollar allocations to the academic units for which they are responsible. The following calculations and estimations of the factors in the formula are explained: total adjusted amount to be allocated, in…

Adapted from Idaho's original Parents in Reading program, the materials in this booklet are designed for use by school administrators who want to begin a positive program that involves parents in reading. Various sections contain samples of board policy statements, press releases, and radio commercials; samples of letters to parents new to the…

By 1969 32 Solomon Schechter Day Schools existed to provide students with elementary and secondary education in the context of Conservative Judaism. These day schools are designed to extend the options for religious education already available in the afternoon congregational schools operating in many synagogues. This document outlines the…

One of two publications developed to facilitate bilingual vocational training, this guide is designed to assist educational agencies at the national, state, and local levels in determining priorities for development of materials needed for bilingual vocational training programs. (CE 019 071 contains a handbook for developers of bilingual…

Statistical data and a descriptive summary of the data on faculty contracts and bargaining agents are presented. The following information is provided for colleges listed by state: number of campuses, type of college, size of bargaining unit for 1977-78, the current bargaining agent, the year the current agent was elected, the year the initial…

Divided into six chapters, this user's manual accompanies a battery of tests developed by the Educational Progress in Careers (EPIC) project which was organized to develop and validate a system for evaluating career, economic, and community education projects in Florida schools. Chapter 1 presents an action checklist of steps to be followed by…

The arts are facing an "arts population explosion" at a time when resources and capital are becoming tighter by the day. This pamphlet describes cooperative planning and gives examples of joint use of resources to help arts organizations and institutions know what they are about, where they are going, how they will get there, and with…

This manual was designed for the administrator who has the responsibility for conducting all or part of an evaluation or is responsible for using evaluation results in program planning. The manual provides step-by-step guidelines to help: identify the purposes and audiences of an evaluation; prepare a basic description of the program or activity;…

Designed to systematically assist local districts to delineate, organize, plan, and implement career education programs, this planning guide presents a twelve-part task analysis. The twelve task analysis sheets are designed to suggest methods and techniques for local school districts of use in achieving twelve goals established by the Nebraska…

Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree are listed and explained. The intent is to present the prospective Ph.D. student with a reasonably clear picture of the tasks to be completed, the level of performance to be achieved, and the expected schedule for completion of the degree. University faculty and academic administrative officers may…

The purpose of this handbook is to assist counselors who are helping students apply for federal financial aid in the 1980-81 award period. Since most students seeking federal aid should begin by applying for a Basic Educational Opportunity Grant, that program is covered in more detail than the others. Chapter One offers an overview of the six…