THE COMMITTEE WAS CHARGED WITH STUDYING AND REPORTING ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND GIVING ATTENTION TO RACIAL AND ETHNIC FACTORS IN THE AREAS OF CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, GUIDANCE, PUPILS, PERSONNEL, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, LIBRARIES, ADMINISTRATION, ORGANIZATION, AND SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONS.…

AREAS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO JUNIOR COLLEGES AND TO THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF JUNIOR COLLEGES (AAJC) DURING 1966 INCLUDE DEVELOPMENTS IN STATEWIDE PLANNING, GROWTH OF THE MULTICAMPUS CONCEPT, CHALLENGES IN FACILITIES PLANNING, EXPANSION OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS, CONCERN FOR INCREASED STAFFING NEEDS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF…

THIS REPORT OF SOME OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PLANS OF RURAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS DERIVED FROM A STUDY OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ILLINOIS. THE STUDY TRIED TO DETERMINE THE APTITUDES AND SKILLS POSSESSED BY RURAL YOUTH, TO FIND THE PERSONAL AND SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL…

EXPERIENCES OF JORDAN, THAILAND, VIET-NAM, ECUADOR, UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC, PHILIPPINES, MADAGASCAR, ITALY, VENEZUELA, PERU, INDIA, GHANA, AND COLOMBIA IN THEIR RECENT EXPERIMENTS IN TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR ADULT LITERACY WORK AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION ARE ANALYZED TO ILLUSTRATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR PROCEDURES. GENERALLY…

This handbook was designed to assist advisory councils, program staff and administrators, and community members in planning community education programs and in managing those programs effectively. Chapter I defines and describes planning: what it is, why it is used, and how to engage in the process. The critical role of planning leaders is…

Taken together, the 20 chapters in this book provide many suggestions, predictions, alternatives, innovations, and improvements in the speech communication curriculum that can be either undertaken or accomplished during the 1980s. The first five chapters speculate positively about the future of speech communication instruction in five of its most…

This report is one of five submitted as products of a "Study Designed to Assist Planning of Research on Significant Instructional Features in Bilingual Education Programs." The reports are intended to assist the National Institute of Education in its plans for a major new research study in bilingual education. The present volume is an…

This report is one of five submitted as products of a "Study Designed to Assist Planning of Research on Significant Instructional Features in Bilingual Education Programs." The reports are intended to assist the National Institute of Education (NIE) in its plans for a major new research study in bilingual education. The present report…

This analysis explicates the federal legislation which is the foundation for many bilingual education efforts in the United States today. The first section sets forth the political background that led to the passage of the Bilingual Education Act of 1968. This background information considers the experiences of the Hispanic population in the…

Central Michigan University is one of 15 state supported four-year institutions of higher education in Michigan and draws its undergraduate enrollment from every county in the state. The document discusses plans for 1985-86 based on assumptions regarding the state population and statistics gathered in 1976-77. These include a headcount enrollment,…

This document examines the near future of physical education in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Through this effort, an attempt is made to (1) help clarify the current state of the profession, (2) help to restructure images regarding the possibilities of the profession's future, (3) help to stimulate the formation of plans and…

This paper focuses on an analysis of the two general approaches to educational planning--the centralized, top-down, approach and the localized, bottom-up, approach. After an introductory section, the second section of the paper centers on a brief discussion of the historical development of educational planning and the assumptions on which it is…

Following a presentation of some of the more important reasons why Wisconsin needs a statewide educational television system, principles are suggested as a basis for planning such a system. Guided by these principles, and in consideration of the needs which would be served, a plan is proposed for the development of a statewide educational…

THIS COMPREHENSIVE AND CAREFULLY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY PRESENTS IDEAS AND LISTS NUMEROUS RESOURCES FOR THE PERSON SEEKING GENERAL AND SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN PLANNING HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES. THE DOCUMENTS ARE CATALOGED INTO GENERAL TOPICAL AREAS OF--(1) ORIENTATION TO EDUCATIONAL FACILITY PLANNING, (2) DEVELOPING A MASTER PLAN FOR PLANT…

Although games are not usually thought of as aids to planning, a special type of game can be helpful when problems are complex, factors determining resolution are imperfectly understood, and numerous views coexist. Objectives of the education system planning game are to illuminate major issues of educational planning, to increase the participants'…