This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of the reports of three committees of the Central Council for Education. The 21st Committee reports that school education in Japan has expanded in balance with the level of schooling of parents and society at large, in proportion to the economy, and within the per capita…

This document is an English-language (Approximately 1,500 words) of an Egyptian decree organizing the Ministry of Education. It spells out the duties of the Minister of Education and the bureaucratic hierarchy reporting to him, with a delineation of their respective responsibilities. The major administrative divisions are devoted to elementary…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a speech by the Mexican Minister of Education at an annual educators meeting. The Minister dealt with the administration and quality of education, the role of the directors and the duties towards them of the inspectors, and the main features of the reform of national…

The university is responsible to its surrounding community as well as its internal constituency. The university must consult with community organizations and win their approval for its plans for expansion or face the possibility of delays and financial loss. Urban universities face common problems with surrounding communities when expanding.…

This guide discusses some of the principles upon which sound planning for nursing education is based, and suggests procedures that may be helpful to those responsible for such planning. Particular reference has been made to countries where nursing education is developing and where international nursing advisers are assisting local nurses in their…

This handbook is designed to serve as a practical tool for instructors teaching citizenship and English language skills to foreign or native non-English-speaking adult learners. It is organized to provide the teacher with an awareness of the subject content to be presented and instructional approaches which may prove most successful. Chapter…

This product development report is one of 21 such reports, each dealing with the developmental history of a recent educational product. Discussed here is the Developmental Economic Education Program (DEEP), which is focused on developing economic education programs to improve the understanding of economics in the nation's schools. The target…

The recent emphasis on career education accentuates the problem of transforming and organizing information work domain into information that can be applied to educational problems. A comprehensive taxonomy of human work and accompanying measurement devices suitable for educational purposes is needed. This report describes a systematic procedure…

Current school district organization fails to provide the environment necessary to develop and use analytical techniques in educational planning. Current organization often acts as a barrier to the acceptance of the results of analysis. A program-oriented management system enhances the environment for systems analysis and promotes both the…

This document, composed of 3 separated papers under 1 cover, is a case study of 1 institution's attempt to develop a system to permit optimum utilization of limited resources. The part of the system discussed here assumes that the institution has already made the decisions as to what it can do well and has to some extent allocated such resources…

THIS REPORT PRESENTS A MODIFIED (SIXTH-GRADE) VERSION OF THE "LIFE CAREER GAME," DEVELOPED PREVIOUSLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL USE BY MRS. SARANE BOOCOCK OF JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. INCLUDED ARE MANUALS FOR TEACHER AND PUPIL (SHOWING HOW TO ORGANIZE, SUPERVISE, AND PLAY THE GAME) AS WELL AS THE GAME MATERIAL ITSELF. THE GAME IS AN ACTIVITY WHICH…

A PILOT STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DEVELOP A DESCRIPTIVE INVENTORY OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS AND TO EVALUATE PRELIMINARY DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES FOR A REGIONAL OR NATIONAL AUDIT. A QUESTIONNAIRE, DISTRIBUTED TO ALL PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS IN 3,050 INSTITUTIONS, PRODUCED A 55.3 PERCENT RESPONSE RATE. SURVEY…

MODELS OF A SCHOOL COUNSELOR'S COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE APPRAISAL OF STUDENT INFORMATION AND OF HIS OVERT VERBAL RESPONSES IN THE "EDUCATIONAL PLANNING INTERVIEW" WERE MADE WITH COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND COMPUTER-CONTROLLED EQUIPMENT. THE VERBALIZATIONS OF THE COUNSELOR WHILE REVIEWING THE RECORDS OF 20 NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS PRIOR TO…

The rate of growth in higher education enrollment has slowed in the 1970's, largely because the percentage of the population aged 18 to 22 is receding from the unprecedented high levels of the 1960's. Other reasons revolve around the changing social and economic aspirations of students and how they are served or not served by the program offerings…

A model for long-range planning designed to maximize involvement of college personnel, to improve communication among various areas of the college, to provide a process for evaluation of long-range plans and the planning process, to adjust to changing conditions, to utilize data developed at a level useful for actual operations, and to have…