Based upon a survey of the community and junior college state directors in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, this five-part report presents an analytical and descriptive review of state legislation affecting community colleges. Part I discusses study methodology and describes the two survey instruments--one soliciting information on relevant…

This publication contains addresses on continuing professional education given at a conference at the University of Calgary (Canada) in October, 1980. Themes of the conference speakers included the need for continuing professional education and the content and delivery of such education. In an opening address, J. Roby Kidd discussed the meaning of…

The creation and functioning of the Special Needs Support Services Teacher/Coordinator at Ocean County Vocational School (Toms River, New Jersey) provided the careful planning, administration, and organization required by special needs students, particularly those students mainstreamed into vocational classrooms and those students recommended for…

A questionnaire distributed to part-time recreation directors in Wisconsin identified training needs and formed the basis for this manual. The workbook-like format was designed to facilitate self-directed study by recreation directors. The first chapter summarizes the results of the questionnaire and presents statistical data, noting the…

Employment patterns and salary levels of 18,035 college and university administrators were compared by sex and race. The national survey compared the status of women and minorities with those of white men in order to establish baselines for measuring progress toward achieving affirmative action goals and to raise questions about the causes of…

Included in these proceedings are brief write-ups of many of the 55 presentations given at a conference for elementary and secondary teachers and administrators. The strands of the conference emphasized using microcomputer technology in elementary education, secondary education, special education, and administration. General interest sessions were…

Since the turn of the century women have predominated as professionals in public schools, yet women have never held parity with men in management. Educational institutions are deprived of the leadership skill and competence of people who happen to be female. In addition, children are faced daily with sex-typed role models that influence their…

The merger of the Tennessee State University's institutional research office and the planning, management, and evaluation offices is described. The roles of the institutional research office before the merger were the collection and dissemination of institutional data, storing of data collected from other sources, and conducting special studies.…

An analysis was conducted of over 200 self-study processes undertaken during 1971-77 as part of the institutional accreditation process in the Middle States region. Coordinators of 247 self-study projects were surveyed to secure facts and opinions about institutional characteristics, self-study process characteristics, and satisfaction with the…

Plant operation currently consumes about 8 percent of an institution's budget (10-12 percent is not uncommon), of which half is expended on energy. In addition, the deferred maintenance of existing plant, a measure by which many institutions balanced their budget or minimized their deficits, can no longer be postponed. Nationally, an estimated $22…

This report reviews the status and use of the Time-shared Interactive Computer-Controlled Television (TICCIT), a computer-assisted instructional tool, at Northern Virginia Community College. During 1977-78, 100 terminals were available for student use and 20 for course development and faculty use. Courses available on TICCIT were Algebra I and II…

To assure the continued and successful contribution by Harford Community College to the greatest number of citizens in its service area, a marketing plan for the college's educational services was developed. The first stage in the plan, service, includes: support services at off-campus locations, services for evening and Saturday classes, liaison…

This investigation of educational policy for child care facilities identifies 18 areas of school operation that would benefit from written policy statements and suggests 6 procedures to use in formulating policy. Interviews with 6 child care center directors, a review of the literature, and a review of federal and state standards for child care,…

Findings and recommendations compose the two sections of this summary of A Study of the Organization and Governance of Alabama Library Systems. The findings indicate the need for a central coordinating state library agency with multi-type library concerns that could strengthen the role of other state agencies concerned with library development. In…

The nine articles in this collection by members of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges' Task Force on the Uses of Mass Media for Learning are concerned almost entirely with television, since the telecourse is the medium with which the most experience has been gained and which has the most potential for many community…