Prepared to assist school staff in the development of community resources in the career education process, the document provides suggestions and guidelines for the recruitment of community resource personnel to help orient students to the world of work. The program implemented by Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland, serves as the basis…

This paper examines the phenomenon of declining school enrollments from the viewpoint of the school district superintendent and discusses what steps the superintendent should take to cope with the problem. The author devotes much of his attention to the process of closing schools; he outlines specific strategies the board of education and…

The San Francisco Community College District has responded to the characteristics and needs of the city's diverse subcultures and ethnic groups by establishing organizational structures which have ultimately caused accreditation problems. Following separation from the San Francisco Unified School District in 1970, the Community College District…

In this interview, Albert Shanker, president of the United Federation of Teachers of New York City, executive vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, and vice president of the AFL/CIO, discussed such topics as the following: his participation in a meeting of labor leaders with President Ford on September 11; the potential influence…

As interest on the part of federal and state agencies increases, and legislation is enacted to prevent consumer abuse in higher education, institutions must recognize that students, as well as taxpapers, are consumers of higher education, and that the educational marketplace must concern itself with fair practices, much as business and industry…

The total economic impact of a college on its community includes the benefits the community receives and the costs it incurs. The benefits can be classified into the tangible dollar expenditures of people associated with the college and the intangible benefits of human resources development. Costs often include alteration of neighborhoods and…

This publication summarizes the major themes and ideas expressed by 14 scholars who participated in an April 1975 symposium on current trends and developments in school board research. The report is intended primarily to enhance the awareness of school board members and other interested citizens about the history of school boards, about boards'…

The materials listed in this bibliography are intended to be of help to volunteer staffs in developing school programs and materials. The entries are cataloged under general subject listings, alphabetical by author under the subject, and an author index is included. Items are listed only once, though many are relevant to several areas. An attempt…

The procedures, assumptions, and recommendations of a statewide plan for the elimination of architectural barriers in all Colorado institutions of higher education are detailed. The first sections of the report concern the number and nature of those having physical disabilities, available statistical data on a national and a state level, and…

The Center for Vocational and Technical Education at the Ohio State University has made many praiseworthy contributions to developing the concept of career education by focusing its major attention on producing research leading toward improving the quality, variety, and opportunity of vocational and technical education and by making vocational…

The monograph is one of a series written primarily for professionals who work in career education or whose work relates specifically to aspects of career education. The purposes of the monograph are (1) to enter knowledge of the human services movement into the career education literature, (2) to describe the major characteristics of the human…

This research report provides an overview of select topics in school philosophy from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (NCA) membership in Kansas. The purpose was to examine a number of communities by attitude questionnaire to observe if stated school philosophy is a reality in school operation. Topics included…

This paper is a partial report on a three-year field experiment in participatory educational planning in a suburban school district. It is shown that teachers, administrators, parents, and students, working voluntarily with technical support as a "collateral organization" within a district, can substantially broaden the scope of…

This report presents an investigation of after-school care for primary school children in Western Australia. The needs of primary school children are discussed, and care provided through schools and communities is examined. The headmasters of 110 primary schools, in response to a questionnaire, reported a strong belief that many children were…

The report describes the Mission Possible program, an alternative career exploration program for secondary school students in Cass County, North Dakota. The program is a voluntary, flexible one in which students learn about careers at "career sites" in business and industrial establishments according to the following alternatives:…