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Webster, Duane E. – 1977
The use of analytical models and quantitative methods for both short- and long-range problem solving offer library managers an excellent opportunity to improve and rationalize decision-making for strategic and organizational planning. The first step is to identify the problems confronting the library and understand its current capabilities.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Planning
Norfolk Public Library System, VA. – 1978
This study of the community of Norfolk, Virginia, and its public library system concentrates on an area of the city with a large Black community. The city planning process is explained, and the Model City Program described as a prime example of planning in such areas. The situation and programs of two agencies--a storefront public library and the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Branch Libraries, Community Characteristics, Community Study
Download full textWitte, Pauline L.; And Others – 1979
The findings of a comprehensive review of the literature concerning reading instruction at the postelementary level are presented in this report. The report first summarizes literature dealing with the perceived decline in reading achievement. Next, it reviews current instructional programs and suggestions for their improvement that have been made…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Research, Instructional Improvement, Literature Reviews
1978
This manual presents a suggested methodology for secondary and postsecondary vocational education school systems which can be used in designing new programs and courses and in maintaining or modifying existing programs or courses for the purpose of developing student skills which correspond to the employer-required skills necessary for successful…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
PIERCE, WENDELL H. – 1967
PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION BY EACH OF THE 50 STATES ARE PRESENTED IN THE REPORT BY THE TASK FORCE ON VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION. A BRIEF STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE BELIEFS AND OBSERVATIONS PRECEDES THE PROPOSALS THAT (1) A HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL CONSISTING OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT AND LAY CITIZENS BE ESTABLISHED IN EACH STATE…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Curriculum Development
BURCHINAL, LEE G. – 1968
THIS REPORT ON ERIC FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1968 DESCRIBES (1) STATUS OF TRENDS FROM 1967 AND EARLIER, (2) MAJOR CHANGES IN ERIC COMPONENTS, (3) GROWTH OF ERIC, (4) INCREASED USE AND IMPACT OF ERIC, AND (5) COMING DEVELOPMENTS. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE VALUES OF THE DECENTRALIZED PLAN OF OPERATION ARE DEMONSTRATED IN THE GROWING TIES AMONG…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Research
Shugrue, Michael F. – 1968
Introductory remarks discuss the commitments which the Modern Language Association (MLA) has made toward improving the teaching of English and indicate the Association's willingness to bring the junior college teacher and four-year college teacher into a continuing, mutually instructive dialogue which will produce improved college English teaching…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Articulation (Education), College Faculty
Lefevre, Helen E. – 1968
After a brief discussion of the problems and defects of junior college remedial or compensatory English programs, the need for adequately trained teachers for these programs is considered. The major areas essential to the training of such teachers are identified as (1) training in English, including oral language and linguistic studies and a broad…
Descriptors: English, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
Deem, James M. – 1978
Although, as an important component of any basic skills curriculum, college remedial reading programs need to be objectively and fully evaluated, no comprehensive, systematic procedures have been developed for this purpose. Three guidelines should be followed in evaluating college remedial reading programs: first, appropriate variables that allow…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Needs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1975
The report reviews the effectiveness of management of the Federal contract compliance program in the nonconstruction industry. The following areas were evaluated: (1) Department of Labor guidance to and control over the 13 other Federal agencies assigned compliance review responsibility for nonconstruction contractors, (2) compliance agencies'…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Civil Rights Legislation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Legislation
Danenburg, William P., Ed.; Coakley, Carroll B., Ed. – 1974
Beginning with a biographical sketch of L. T. White and comments by his contemporaries, the volume goes on to provide a collection of his writings and speeches on distributive education emphasizing the value of cooperative activity between the marketing and educational communities. Practical suggestions are offered for improving educational…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Business, Business Education, Business Responsibility
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Committee on Dept. of Labor Manpower Research and Development. – 1975
The document presents an analysis of the progress in the research and development (R & D) efforts of the Department of Labor as embodied in the Manpower Development and Training Act, which combined an inquiry system and a mission-oriented operating system in a single agency. The analysis is presented in two parts. Part 1, The Manpower R &…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Salvatierra, Richard D. – 1975
Affirmative action was intended as the vehicle to bring about equal opportunities for minorities, including the Hispanics who had been for the most part effectively shut out from full participation in higher education. After more than a decade of affirmative action, there has been little noticeable improvement for the Hispanic in higher education,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Change Strategies, Educational Discrimination
Bournazos, Kimon – 1974
Six hundred thirty-three students from Western Michigan University answered a 46-item questionnaire concerning their attutides on such matters as living conditions, curriculum, community relations, faculty-staff relations, careers, and interpersonal relations. Respondents were divided into three groups: (1) the experimental group, consisting of…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Environment, Curriculum, Dormitories
Riverside Research Inst., New York, NY. – 1972
The second volume of the final report deals with the targeting system--one of a hierarchy of systems required to support the effective delivery of superior occupational education. It determines that program objectives match student training in occupations, that the best choice of occupations in which to train students has been made, and that the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
