THE CHIEF PURPOSE OF ADULT MIGRANT EDUCATION, AS DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT, IS TO ELIMINATE POVERTY BY PREPARING THE MIGRANT FOR PROFITABLE PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY. THE FLORIDA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STATES THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE IMMOKALEE MIGRANT ADULT EDUCATION PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AND PRE-VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCES…

OUR NATION IS PLAGUED WITH RURAL POVERTY EXTENDING THROUGH MOST AREAS OF OUR COUNTRY AND ENCOMPASSING SOME 14 MILLION RURAL PERSONS. THIS TOTAL NUMBER WOULD BE EVEN LARGER IF SO MANY RURAL PERSONS HAD NOT MIGRATED INTO THE URBAN AREAS OF OUR COUNTRY. THE RURAL POOR POPULATION IS CHARACTERIZED BY--LOW INCOME, A HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (4 PERCENT…

NEGRO SLAVERY WAS DEEPLY ENTRENCHED BY THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE "PLACE" OF THE NEGRO CLEARLY DEFINED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC. EVEN THE MORE LIBERAL NORTHERNERS FELT THAT NEGROES SHOULD BE ISOLATED FROM THE MAINSTREAM, I.E., IN SEPARATE SCHOOLS WHICH TAUGHT VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS, WHILE SOUTHERNERS PROPOSED…

A LIST OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PERIODICALS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, WHICH ARE IN THE COLLECTION AT THE ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT. AMONG THE PUBLICATION TOPICS ARE--COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIAL, MANAGEMENT, AND LABOR EDUCATION, ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL MEDIA, ADULT…

ALTHOUGH LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES, THROUGH TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND EVENING INSTITUTES, ARE THE LARGEST PROVIDERS OF ADULT EDUCATION IN BRITAIN, LIBERAL STUDIES ARE DOMINATED BY THE UNIVERSITIES AND BY THE WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION (WEA). LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES HAVE TENDED TO FAVOR A NON-UNIVERSITY APPROACH BY PROVIDING CLASSES IN A…

THE SEATTLE SCHOOL PROGRESS PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORTS ITS FINDINGS OF A STUDY OF A LONG RANGE DESIGN FOR CONTINUOUS PROGRESS EDUCATION CENTERS FOR RACIALLY INTEGRATED PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE PLAN WOULD ESTABLISH NONGRADED CLASSES IN PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE, SECONDARY, AND 2-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE CENTERS WHICH WOULD ALLOW STUDENTS TO PROGRESS…

THE PURPOSES OF THE CONFERENCE WERE TO CONSIDER PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION RESEARCH AND TO STUDY RECENT RESEARCH FINDINGS. TEACHER EDUCATORS, SUPERVISORS, COLLEGE PROFESSORS, CHAIRMEN, DIRECTORS AND DEANS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT, TEACHERS, AND A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR WERE AMONG THE 42 PARTICIPANTS.…

IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE SIX OF PUBLIC LAW 89-10, THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HANDICAPPED CHILDREN MUST MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND REVIEW THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW ADMINISTERED BY HIM, WITH RESPECT TO HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, INCLUDING THEIR EFFECT ON IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL…

Policy strategies implemented at the State University of New York in response to enrollment decline and financial cutbacks are considered. The following areas are addressed: institutional mission, administrative organization, enrollment plan, method of reallocating resources, a systematic program for staff development, program evaluation,…

This document is a curriculum outline for a unit of a course about adult education in Great Britain. The objectives of the unit are the following: (1) to identify existing forms of provision for adult education and training; (2) to relate existing provision to explicit policies and to existing demand; (3) to understand the character of the…

This revised outline of a 1962 address contains general guidelines considered still useful for practicing school business administrators. Introductory "general observations" and a preamble give advice about good personal qualities, policy and planning practices, and relations with school boards, community, staff, and fellow professional…

The 12 papers presented at the Research Symposium of the National Middle School Association's 1980 Annual Conference are reproduced in this document. Topics covered are teachers', principals', and national leaders' perceptions of the middle school; priorities of needs, competencies, and training of middle grade teachers; a case study of the…

Using ethnographic case study methodology (involving open-ended interviews, participant observation, and document analysis) theories of administrative organization, processes, and behavior were tested during a three-week observation of a model comprehensive (experimental) high school. Although the study is limited in its general application, it…

University-based institutes and centers were examined in terms of their origins, structure, functions, characteristics, control, and their role in the university. It is suggested that institutes and centers enable higher education institutions to accept new responsibilities and pursue them in new ways. A combination of societal, professional, and…

This study of educational provisions in Western Australia, an area of 2.5 million square kilometers with a mere 1.2 million inhabitants, provides a broad picture of the complex, difficult, and expensive undertaking of providing education to a small, widely-spread population which differs in demographic, economic, and cultural characteristics. The…