EMPHASIS IN THIS CONFERENCE WAS ON THE MARGINAL OR LOW-ACHIEVING STUDENTS ADMITTED TO OPEN-DOOR COLLEGES. THE FIRST SPEAKER DISCUSSED THE ACHIEVEMENT POTENTIAL OF THE MARGINALLY PREPARED, SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, WITH STRESS ON THE EFFECTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC AND FAMILY FACTORS ON THE MOTIVATION OF SUCH STUDENTS. PROBLEMS OF REMEDIAL AND…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SUCCESS OF FOUR-H ORGANIZATION LEADERS AND CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS, ROLES PERFORMED, AND ATTITUDES HELD TOWARD LEADER ROLES AND TO APPLY THE FINDINGS IN SUGGESTING LEADER SELECTION CRITERIA. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM 282 ORGANIZATION LEADERS LIVING IN 30 IOWA COUNTIES. ALL…

This publication discusses criteria for post-secondary education of technicians as illustrated by the accumulated experience of successful programs which have had their graduates sought after by employees. Chapter headings are (1) Technicians: Who They Are and What They Do, (2) Administration of Programs to Educate Technicians, (3) Physical…

A short historical record of District No. 417, Morris County, Council Grove, Kansas, and their comprehensive set of educational specifications. Every secondary teacher within District No. 417 had been assigned to a committee. George W. Reida of the State Department developed a schedule of meetings for these committees and secured consultants to…

A TOTAL OF 179 GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO WERE CANDIDATES FOR EITHER A MASTER'S OR A DOCTORATE DEGREE IN THE AREAS OF FARM MANAGEMENT, RURAL SOCIOLOGY, EXTENSION EDUCATION, AND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION WERE STUDIED--(1) TO DETERMINE WHAT CONSTITUTES SUCCESS IN GRADUATE CANDIDACY BASED ON THE OPINION OF A PANEL OF PROFESSORS, (2) TO DESCRIBE THE STUDENTS…

Program development and evaluation procedures of a project involving faculty, students, and community in a continuous curriculum development project are reported. Objectives, project design, and development stages are discussed. Exhibits illustrate the activities and evaluations of workshops, community involvement, the student advisory committee,…

By way of introduction to this report on adult and community education in the Washington, D.C. schools, it was suggested that the improvement of adult education divisions in urban schools involves examining the interaction between community needs and the purposes of adult education, recognizing that such educational programs are interdependent…

In 1973 and 1974, Allan Bakke, a Caucasian, applied for admission to the medical school of the University of California-Davis and was refused admission. Of the 100 places available each year, 16 were reserved, under a special admission program, for Mexican Americans, blacks, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. Bakke filed a complaint against…

A study was done to identify factors which predict success or failure of students in an associate degree nursing program using the completion of the program and passage of the State Board Test Pool Examination (SBTPE), which leads to licensure as a registered nurse, as success criteria. Pre-program and program data and SBTPE scores were collected…

Forms Clearance standards and regulations are used by the Office of Management and Budget and by the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in order to upgrade the quality of federal data collection, to minimize cost, minimize reporting burden, maximize utility, and to protect the privacy rights of respondents.…

Department heads from 134 institutions (mainly universities) indicated the weight they generally give to various criteria for evaluating individual faculty members. The questionnaire they responded to included: criteria used for evaluating overall faculty performance; sources of information for evaluating teaching; and kinds of information used…

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of teacher grading standards on student ratings of teacher performance. In experiment one, three teacher characteristics were factorially manipulated: instructor expressiveness (high, low), lecture content (high, low), and grading standards (B, C+, C). In experiment two, student incentive…

Proceedings of the third of three workshops held in conjunction with the development of thirty-four core curriculum modules for vocational teacher education are presented. Included are five workshop presentations: (1) "An Overview of the Movement for Competency-Based Vocational Instruction (CBI)," by Glen Fardig; (2) "The Nature and…

In order to develop a scientific theory of curriculum, a method for measuring the curriculum-related planning activity of teachers is proposed. This choice of focus is based on the assumption that a logical connection can be made between the level of teacher planning, the quality of the resulting actions, and the corresponding goal attainment by…

Focusing on writing as a complex process, this packet was prepared to assist teachers in planning daily writing activities which combine thinking processes, mechanical skills, and composition skills. Following an introduction which contains suggestions for ways teachers can help students to write, the first section of the publication provides…