Data compiled from a 1970-71 study of 61 universities indicates that university departments of higher education continue to serve an important function in providing leadership services to community colleges. This article notes the national and regional trends of such services, which include graduate courses, inservice education, teacher…

The Connecticut correctional school district has established introductory programs of vocational education supplemented by on-the-job training programs. The combination of educational and industrial programing is directed towards meeting the educational and vocational needs of inmates. (Author/JB)

Project conducted pursuant to a contract with the U.S. Office of Education under PL 89-329, Title III.

A plan was developed to evaluate the organizational interchanges between local school districts and community mental health centers. The objective was to identify and describe the organizational interchanges, to assess interface satisfaction, and to identify innovative planning, program, or administrative linkages for potential replication. Data…

The problems facing implementation of a sound inservice program are examined from diverse viewpoints. Selective samples from policy papers by relevant educational institutions and organizations are analyzed. These papers present some consensus and some conflicting perceptions on the issues of shared governance, program content, resource…

This guide presents an overview and a set of specific tasks for the development of a local inservice education program for teachers. Accompanying documents describe a generic model for inservice education, a management scheme for developing the inservice program, and a resource guide of examples and exhibits that may prove helpful to those…

Relationships between the academic community in the United States and its counterparts in other countries are reviewed in this report. The international academic situation is discussed, with emphasis on institutions of higher learning in developing countries. The role of the federal government in fostering educational exchange, and the need for…

Papers generated for a conference called to identify and establish priorities for crucial, researchable issues in teacher education are presented. The conference was organized around two dimensions of teacher education: the education continuum (preservice/induction/inservice), and seven topic areas. The topic areas were: content, process,…

Results of a survey of the views of college and university presidents about the national higher education associations and interviews with 33 key national observers are considered. The survey was designed to obtain presidents' perceptions of the national associations collectively and of eight selected associations individually. It focused on the…

A study was conducted to develop and implement a procedure to describe and evaluate existing linkage programs at the local level between vocational education and CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) programs. The study had the following objectives: (1) to identify linking organizations that offered services directly or through the…

This document describes how the Florida Linkage System approach to local problem solving might be implemented in other school districts. It is presented here as a general strategy that can be adapted to meet the specific needs of a given school. The FLS model is comprised of a sequence of steps and activities leading to continuous improvement by…

Cooperative purchasing programs among school districts have grown rapidly in the past decade, but significant questions remain about the benefits and drawbacks of such programs. This document presents the results of a project sponsored by the Association of School Business Officials for the purpose of addressing these questions. Comprising…

This document is the second in a series of evaluation reports by the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas at Austin, assessing the state of teacher centering in Texas and the effects of the University of Houston's Project on School-Based Teacher Educators (SBTE), initiated to create a network of teacher…

This project report points out problems and possibilities of mandated educational reform in Sweden. The School-Home-Leisure (SHL) Project was designed to investigate problems within the traditional school system associated with introducing an integrated school day in accordance with the 1976 decision of Parliament. Meetings of a working party…

In compliance with the Teacher Education Center Act of 1973 (Section 231.608, Florida Statutes), a select group of Florida educators, Department of Education members, and State Council on Teacher Education Centers (TEC's) representatives developed proposed criteria for both the evaluation of teacher centers and evaluation of the evaluation…