Instructional Development (I.D.) encounters are dependent for success on such variables as power, politics, promotion, and organizational placement. I.D. consultants must be aware of power bases or orientation of other personnel and clients, e.g., these four "power personalities" which affect their efforts in managing I.D. encounters: the gate…

This monograph is the first in a series of semiannual reports focusing on research related to reading in secondary schools. The first section includes three reviews of literature specifically related to word analysis instruction for adolescents and to reading programs that have been examined from a research perspective. Of the two papers in the…

IN THIS STUDY, STATE LIBRARY CONSULTANTS ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS, EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION, AND CAREER ATTITUDES. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THIS EXPLORATORY SURVEY WERE (1) TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR GUIDELINES ON RECRUITING AND TRAINING FUTURE CONSULTANTS, (2) TO REFINE TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING THE AREA, AND (3) TO DISCOVER…

INFORMATION ABOUT ESEA READING PROJECTS FOR THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WAS OBTAINED BY STRUCTURED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS AND A SUPPLEMENTAL WRITTEN FORM FROM 632 SCHOOL SYSTEMS. FIELD VISITS WERE MADE TO 34 SELECTED SYSTEMS. THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROGRAMS WAS REMEDIAL IN NATURE (53.48 PERCENT). COMBINATION PROGRAMS (29.59 PERCENT) USUALLY…

This paper is an explication of the concept of a network of consultants to help people obtain answers to day-to-day questions for which answers are known. Each member of such a network is viewed to have three capabilities: 1)answering questions directly from his own memory, 2)answering questions with the aid of library resources, and 3)referring…

TO FOCUS ON THE DAILY USE OF ETV IN COLOMBIAN SCHOOLS AND ON THE IMPACT OF THE PEACE CORPS UTILIZATION VOLUNTEERS WHO PROMOTED THE EFFECTIVE USE OF TV, SEVERAL SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED WITH COLOMBIAN TEACHERS DURING 1964-65, THE LARGEST WITH 1,884 TEACHERS AT THE END OF THE SECOND SEMESTER IN 1965. IT WAS FOUND THAT NON-TEACHING PROBLEMS CONSISTUTED…

Part I describes a general outline for producing long range development plans for the Hawaii Community College System. Long-range planning is defined and discussed in terms of basic elements of academic requirements, quality of campus, space requirements, environmental factors, administrative factors, and adjustment factors of the general plans.…

A survey was conducted to analyze library facilities and services in 60 Florida state institutions and to make recommendations for improvement. Included in the study are descriptions of the institutions and a report and recommendations for each library. Results of question aires and visits show that institutional library service is inadequate,…

This study sought to identify factors which facilitate or deter leadership expression in rural extension specialists. Questionnaires were sent to specialists in ten states who devoted 50% or more of their time to extension work in production, management, and resource use, and to those working in marketing. Evaluations were secured from…

Establishment and development of a three campus (5,000 students per campus) community college system is detailed. Available sites and facilities were evaluated, and abandonment, conversion or replacement recommendations were made. Recommendations include enrollment projections, suggested programs and services needed, construction schedules and…

The role of the reading specialist as a remedial reading teacher or as a reading consultant helping to overcome reading problems in a single school is presented. Various levels of diagnosing the extent of reading probl"ms within the school are discussed, including th" use of tests, informal inventories, and environmental factor…

Submission to the electorate of proposed bond issues is a method widely used in the United States at the local school district level to raise large sums of capital. While containing varied suggestions and recommendations of methods and processes for districts to use in attaining their proposals, the literature for the most part encourages lay…

A brief review of the research leads to the conclusion that children learn to read equally well with very different teaching methods and that the truly important factor in creating good or poor reading achievement is the quality of the teacher. Recommendations for preservice, inservice, and graduate training of teachers are given. The great influx…

Courses in remedial and corrective reading in Gary, Indiana, middle schools are examined in this paper. The basic reading skills test, which examines 20 areas of reading skill, is administered initially to all entering seventh grade students. Students who score below 50% on the test or have instructional reading levels below 4.0 are placed in…

Factors involved in conducting an effective search for a college or university president are analyzed. Emphasized are issues to be resolved with respect to defining the role of the board of trustees, outgoing president, consultant, and search committee. A series of recommendations are set forth that cover the entire search process beginning with…