This document discusses the Quincy Public Schools' 10 components for a student centered learning system with special reference to career education and with the help of a systems approach chart, an outline of the design for the system, and a career education model. The appendixes include a staff development workshop outline and a list of…

On the instruction of the Council of Ontario Universities, the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning in cooperation with the Committee of Ontario Deans of Engineering has conducted a planning assessment for doctoral work in industrial engineering and systems design. Recommendations for doctoral work in engineering studies are presented.…

This study was concerned with the identification of assumptions underlying language arts instruction in open education, the identification of individuals knowledgeable about language arts instruction in open education, a discussion of implications of the identified language arts assumptions for curriculum development in open education, and the…

Included in the articles and documents in this annotated bibliography are definitions of futurism, discussions of the background and applications of futurism, and examinations of some futurist writings. Some articles and documents are based in the present and discuss relatively conventional approaches to determining what is to be done to meet the…

This paper gives an analysis of receipts and expenditures in a sample Kentucky school district and compares them with receipts and expenditures for the United States and for other school districts in Kentucky. Data have been obtained from the sample school district, the Kentucky Department of Education, and the January 1973 issue of "School…

The book is designed to assist instructors of adults, particularly those who are part-time and beginning, in managing their educational programs effectively. It is written to be understood by instructors who may not have a background of training in education or who have a limited amount of time available to acquire teaching skills. The five…

These three documents offer an overview of the efforts of the University of North Carolina to implement the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) in its constituent institutions. Included are a preliminary statement, defining and offering general information regarding the CEU; a speech examining its development, applications, and future; and a guide…

Particular problems in the process of summative evaluation of document based information systems designed for educators are caused by a series of conditions of context factors of the evaluation. Some of these factors are identified and described. An evaluation plan is presented which recommends that the emphasis be shifted from initial definitions…

This document reports on a Cooperative Academic Planning (CAP) curriculum development workshop, held in Atlanta, Georgia, December 3-5, 1973. Part I, plenary sessions on curriculum change and improvement, presents four reports: (1) academic programming for the black experience; (2) illuminating instruction with educational technology; (3)…

This document discusses some of the more important management skills and procedures needed for the design, implementation, and operation of performance contracting programs for education; and explores the match between the needed and the currently available management skills and procedures in school district management. The management practices…

This study of community colleges in general and Alaskan community colleges in particular is divided into eight areas: (1) community colleges in the United States, (2) the development of community colleges in Alaska, (3) history of the local events leading to the present development of the Tanana Valley Community College, (4) community interest in…

This report contains a brief description of the institutions and agencies concerned with higher education in Massachusetts. The first section covers the institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, both public and private, and both nonprofit and proprietary. The second section describes briefly the various agencies involved in higher…

Examining educational aspirations and expectations of black and white youths in segregated and desegregated public schools, the study collected data from a panel of high school sophomores in 1966, seniors in 1968, and 4 years after high school in 1972, in 3 Texas counties selected for a high rural residence and a high black population. In 1966 the…

This study is a 5-year longitudinal project that commenced in the fall of 1970 and is scheduled to be consummated in the winter of 1975. The research is being conducted on the campuses of five traditionally black colleges who are experiencing a racial shift in their student population. The primary objective of this project is to improve the…

This report reviews past and present literature relating to comparative higher education. Much of the literature relates to single nations, since cross-national studies have not been performed on a wide scale. The author emphasizes the need for such studies to be made now that sufficient data is generally available. The literature related to a…