The responsibilities and functioning of a college trustee committee on buildings and grounds (i.e., physical plant/campus development) are described. Specific tasks of the committee include: ensuring the adequacy and condition of capital assets; developing and keeping current physical planning policies for land, buildings, and equipment; providing…

At Wytheville Community College (WCC) in Virginia, the seminal management style is collegial, while the seminal management structure is bureaucratic. Formal bureaucratic structures exist for normal and routine communication and for policy decisions. However, faculty are encouraged to share their concerns with the president and other administrators…

Intended to help vocational instructors and administrators involve local advisory councils in improving the quality of vocational programs, this handbook provides information on the role of councils and makes specific suggestions on how administrators and instructors can prepare for council meetings and obtain feedback from council members. The…

Recommendations have been made for major curriculum changes in agricultural education, specifically agriculture programs at the secondary level. Suggested improvements include emphasis in agricultural science, agribusiness, marketing, management, and food production and processing. One change especially desired is placement of more emphasis on…

This report from the governor-appointed Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND), which makes recommendations for updating the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's library automation policy, comprises a summary of the council's recommendations and 14 issue papers. These papers, which make up the major part of the report, are…

This manual is designed to help school personnel implement a social studies program in grades K-12 in New York State. It provides the State mandates for social studies, recommends the scope and sequence of the social studies program, and suggests a procedure for implementing social studies revisions at the local level. How to form a local social…

The North Carolina State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NC SOICC) was established in June 1977 to implement an occupational information system in the state that would meet the planning and operational needs of programs assisted under the Vocational Education Act and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). The…

This report highlights and presents examples of the Commission on Physical Science, Mathematics, and Resources' (CPSMR) recent activities and future plans. Selected programs and activities from the 224 boards and committees that operate within CPSMR are reviewed. These range from studies of basic science to examinations of applied science and…

This resource book provides an overview of how the mission and responsibilities of the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education (SACVE) may best be approached. Based on the thinking of many authorities in the field of occupational education vis-a-vis citizen advisory groups, it analyzes the provisions of the relevant laws in light of…

A demonstration adult education project aimed at a rural New Jersey population and involving class sessions 1 evening per week at 6 sites (N=85 students, including 65 caucasians, 10 blacks, and 10 Hispanic) was evaluated in terms of compliance, process, and performance. Compliance monitoring included examination of: visitations; budget; staff…

This annotated bibliography contains selected sources on advisory committees indexed in the ERIC system. The 11 documents and journal articles deal with various aspects of this topic, including the utilization of advisory committees for vocational and occupational education, the role of the school principal as committee leader, and how to obtain…

A report and recommendations concerning graduate studies in psychology are presented based on a planning assessment conducted by the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning (ACAP) for the Council of Ontario Universities. The consultants' report and comments on it by the Discipline Group and by individual universities and comments on the ACAP…

Results of a case study of collaborative decision-making involving administrators, citizens, and staff show that the process, while not fully collaborative, did increase both citizen participation and community acceptance of subsequent decisions. School board members and administrators in an upper-middle-class Midwest district, faced with…

This resource guide is designed to assist educational institutions and agencies to expand and increase the effectiveness of their vocational guidance and counseling programs for adults. It includes a relevant combination of articles, books, research reports, audivisoual materials, organizations, and directory lists. The references were compiled…

This report reviews the activities of the Administration, the Congress, and the Council in response to the learning needs of adults and community groups, and to the developmental needs of postsecondary institutions. The report focuses on activities and/or legislation surrounding five major issues: (1) removal of arbitrary barriers to participation…