Developed as a source of reference for educators in adult cooperative education, this selected annotated bibliography provides a review of literature and research concerning cooperative agreements (characteristics) between adult educational institutions and business, industry, and labor. The content is in three sections. The first and shortest…

The author provides an overview of the responsibilities of a school board member. Beginning with a view of the origins and constraints of the board's authority--federal and state law and, increasingly, court decisions--the author examines the board member's responsibilities in the areas of directing the educational system, making decisions that…

Individually Guided Education (IGE) is an alternative form of schooling used in a large number of elementary schools. This study of home-school- community relations in an urban, inner city IGE school starts with a summary of the literature on home-school-community relations and an overview of readings related to urban education. In addition, a…

Materials contained in this career education implementation booklet (one in a series of seven) are designed to provide experiences for developing the skills necessary to plan and manage a comprehensive career education program. This booklet focuses on the processes of planning and implementing and is closely related to Booklet #1, Consultation and…

The first part of this document is the text of a speech which examines some of the critical events that American society will face during the next 10 years and analyzes these events in light of educational needs primarily at the elementary and secondary levels. The author first notes 15 social trends, identified through the efforts of Research for…

One of a series of 11 arts and humanities career exploration resource guides for grade 7-12 teachers, counselors, and students, this program planning guide suggests several curriculum models for out-of-school programs to augment traditional school courses. Chapter 1 introduces the guide and suggests its uses for administrators, teachers, and…

The papers in this volume emerge from the experience of Fordham University and the Angelo Patri Intermediate School through their mutual efforts to establish an open-space school in a highly complex, low-income neighborhood of inner-city New York. The papers prepare the reader to understand the process involved in developing programs under…

The fields of health and higher education must bring a wide scope and diversity of approach to the development of a model for a regional health university. The objective of such a university would be that the training of health personnel, research work, health education, preventive medicine, and health care delivery can be adapted to the health…

A case study of the magnet school program in an anonymous midwestern United States city provides insights on the types of organizational and political changes that result from this form of school desegregation. Organizationally, the normal life of school systems depends upon a delicate balance of two sets of contradictory elements: individual…

This manual is designed to aid school guidance counselors in creating and implementing a public relations (PR) program to educate those both inside and outside the school system about the purposes, operations, and unique characteristics of guidance and counseling. The manual contains six sections, plus a bibliography of public relations…

Music, education, and community and the interactions among these three factors in Kansas during the 19th century offer an opportunity to study the role and function of music education in a sociocultural context. From 1824-1899, 16 Catholic missions were opened in Kansas for American Indians. These schools used music as an adjunct to academic…

An overview of early country school music and music education in the Mountain Plains region of America provides impresssions gained from texts, journals, official records, and personal interviews. Music is portrayed as a socializer to engender community spirit, an enhancement of patriotism, a means to enculturate to the "American way of…

To help school boards exercise better policy control over the instructional program, researchers reviewed the literature and surveyed board members to determine how much influence boards should have over curriculum, how much influence they do have, and how much they want to have. After briefly tracing the history of board involvement, the…

In spring 1982, a public opinion survey of Macomb County residents was conducted to explore the attitudes of residents with regard to tax issues and their perceptions of Macomb Community College (MCC) and its services. Telephone interviews, conducted with a random sample of 500 households, revealed: (1) unemployment was viewed as the main problem…

A personal account of the years 1970 to 1979 at The City College of New York is presented in the form of memoirs of the eighth president of City College, Robert E. Marshak. Topics discussed include: the history of City College, urban higher education, open admissions, the liberal arts, ethnic studies, professional training, biomedical education,…