The report summarizes the first two phases of project IMPACT (Implementing Mainstreaming Programs through Active Cooperative Training), a Montgomery County, Pennsylvania approach using a committee format for analyzing and addressing mainstreaming needs. A needs assessment instrument examining four aspects of concern about mainstreaming was…

This document presents the testimony of Rosslyn Kleeman, the senior associate director for the General Government Division of the United States General Accounting Office (GAO), before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. It discusses the work being done by the GAO in a study of the operations of advisory committees within a number of…

This document reports the accomplishments of state councils on vocational education over the past 4 years as they carried out their responsibilities set by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. It contains an introduction; three sections on findings, on the councils' work on policy issues, and on the councils' function as friendly…

This compilation of materials and information serves as a step-by-step how-to guide to creating and building a parent cooperative preschool. After brief sections discussing where to begin and how cooperatives originated, contents explore basic considerations in planning, planning for community meetings, and the permanent organizational structure…

This publication contains guidelines for the formation of consumer advisory committees to aid in the improvement of library services to blind and physically handicapped individuals. The purpose, justification, and composition of such committees are reviewed, as well as the tasks of organizing the committee's first meeting and providing…

Described an area-wide plan for developing mutually beneficial relationships between planning districts and community colleges. (Author/RK)

The need for a council on science and technology to advise the President of the United States is explored. The role and functioning of a science advisory committee are discussed, and three proposals offered to the House Science and Astronautics Committee are detailed. (DT)

In August and September, 1972, the Office of American Indian Affairs (U.S. Office of Education) compiled names for the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. (KM)

The Secretary's Advisory Committee on the Rights and Responsibilities of Women of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) has published the compendium of its work in 1973 and 1974. The 1974 report covers the following topics: (1) the Year in Review, (2) Recommendations in the fields of Health, Education, Social Services, and changes…

Some of the objectives of this committee are: to improve the learning of chemistry by students in science related areas; to promote the learning of chemistry by students who are not science oriented but who will become white collar workers and leaders in future society; to promote the learning of chemistry by all people who are not chemists. (MLH)

THIRTY-TWO DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS, STAFF STUDIES, AND MASTERS' THESES IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION ARE REPORTED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS -- ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ADULT FARMER EDUCATION, ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES, CURRICULUM, EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, OFF-FARM AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS, PREVOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE,…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO CIRCLE. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO PROVIDE THE RAPIDLY GROWING URBAN UNIVERSITY WITH NECESSARY INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AND MEDIA. DETAILS OF ORGANIZATION, STAFF, EQUIPMENT, SPACE, AND BUDGET ARE GIVEN. FACULTY COMMITTEES…