The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory provided technical assistance to the Northwest Indian Council on Education for a study of curriculum development for Indian occupational education. The purpose of the study was twofold: (1) to provide policy suggestions for the consideration of the curriculum center; and (2) to summarize curriculum…

An opinion survey was conducted of individuals in government, education, business, industry, and the arts, from the local to the national level, prior to formalizing the operational objectives of Governors State University, a new senior university. The survey employed a Delphi-like procedure to acquire the opinions of respondents with regard to…

In a study of the spread of highly advanced technology in developing countries, particularly its effects on manpower, the International Labour Office conducted a 3-day round-table discussion in which manpower policy implications were derived from analyses of papers and case studies dealing with the effects of automation and electronic data…

A discussion of the establishment of social policy and social action programs for children is presented. The position is taken that current efforts in this direction are based on outmoded hypotheses. Programs over the past 10 years have denigrated poor children by saying that the mind is plastic and that everybody can and should be smart. It was…

This anthology of key editorials from the National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA) magazine, "The Environmental Journal," is both a history of environmental awareness in the United States and a history of the part NPCA has played in bringing about the growth of this awareness. Covering the years 1958-1971, the sense of change in…

The recent advance of collective bargaining into higher education is such that many colleges and universities may anticipate several changes of potentially major proportions in their decisionmaking patterns. One feature of collective bargaining is the discontent on the part of many faculties to rely on informal or noncodified procedures in matters…

Fluctuations in financial and enrollment conditions have caused the faculty at Cerritos College (California) to be periodically subjected to intense pressure and to be held responsible for high student withdrawal rates, alternating with periods of administrative indifference. Concomitantly, college policy on non-punitive student course withdrawal…

Case studies have shown that, while only a limited number of research-based products or processes are available for introduction into teacher education programs, involvement of trainers and teachers in originating and developing innovations is necessary if they are to become widespread and influential. Because innovation requires changed behavior…

The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of l976, S-50, the Humphrey-Hawkins bill, is an attempt to focus the nation's attention and energy on the problem of attaining full employment. As a matter of law the nation would be committed to achieving an adult unemployment rate of 3% within four years. If those charged with the development and…

The nine appendixes of the feasibility study include: (1) current litigation involving intercollegiate athletics: analysis and implications (Carlos Alvarez); (2) financial problems of intercollegiate athletics (Robert H. Atwell); (3) the state politics (Jerry Beasley); (4) report of the task force on the black athlete (Roscoe C. Brown, Jr.); (5)…

Compiled to acquaint interested parties with Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Central Office structure, this collection of official papers and reports reflects the organizational background of the BIA Central Office as ordered by the Secretary of the Interior in the spring of 1973 and as it emerged in the summer and fall of 1974. A very brief…

Reported are the proceedings of an energy end-use regulation seminar held in October, 1975, at Chanhassen, Minnesota, to review the possibilities and effects of implementing energy use legislation in the state of Minnesota. This conference was one of four seminars held by the American Association for the Advancement of Science throughout the…

This report documents the findings and implications of a nationwide assessment of current education policies and practices regarding child abuse. The report offers guidelines to help education policy makers formulate child abuse policies. In line with these two purposes, the body of the report is divided into two main sections. The first deals…

This booklet is one of a series of reports addressing the most critical issues confronting state boards of education throughout the United States. Each report attempts to present a concise, informative review and analysis of the best and most current information available on one of these critical topics. This booklet focuses on ways to increase…

Extensive appendices constitute the major portion of this document detailing the organizational history of the Central Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and its Office of Indian Education Programs during the reorganizational period of 1966-74. A brief summary of this period in the BIA includes the following major points: the…