This study is an evaluation of the case study method as it is currently used in the Institute for College and University Administrators. The subjects of the study were 36 recently appointed academic deans and vice-presidents who participated in the American Council on Education's fall 1971 institute for academic deans held at the University of…

The first booklet of the series Career Development in Head Start gives an overview of career development in this program. Career development, in which training is built into a job and is designed to lead to more responsible and better-paying jobs, involves task analysis, entry level positions, career ladders, training and education, released time,…

In 1965 the Miller-Unruh Act enabled the Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide inservice conferences and workshops for specialist teachers to aid in the prevention and correction of reading difficulties for pupils in grades 1, 2, and 3, and to move toward getting the specialist "out of the remedial room and into the…

Presented here are summaries of the evaluations of major Title I, ESEA instructional programs conducted during 1970-71 in the St. Louis city schools. In the "Rooms of 20" program, elementary school students attend school in ungraded classrooms of no more than 20 students. One teacher works with each class, and students and teachers…

This first-year report of the Federal Executive Institute provides an historical development record and a summarization of operational progress. The institute, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, has the following broad educational goals: to heighten career executive responsiveness to national needs and goals; to increase career executive…

Prepared as a basic reference for in-service programs designed to improve geography instruction at the elementary and secondary levels, the Handbook gives one concise summary of the discipline for curriculum directors, social studies supervisors, and education faculty members in colleges and universities. The stated basic need in geography…

Intended for those concerned with the prevention, control, and rehabilitation aspects of juvenile delinquency, this training manual is the first of a three-volume series addressed to decision making in the agencies of juvenile justice. An introductory section discusses the problem of training, along with the background and rationale of this set of…

This volume represents a continuation of the case studies begun in the first of a three-volume series addressed to decision making in the agencies of juvenile justice. Three separate juvenile offense cases are presented and discussed from the time police first become aware of them, through probation, and to their final disposition by the court.…

This document reports on the development of an apprenticeship work-study model--a new model for training personnel for educational research and development. The model provides short-term training in applied research and development (R & D) for persons holding B.A. and M.A. degrees by featuring individualized learning and "real-time" experience on…

Planned as a cooperative program between Aims College and a local school district, the exemplary program Operation Bridge will represent a comprehensive approach to the vocational needs of disadvantaged youths with a program aimed mainly toward Chicano youths from economically underprivileged families. Project features are to include: (1)…

In this report, descriptions are given of two career education projects in Syracuse and Yonkers, which are designed to serve as models for their respective areas, are transportable to other districts, and emphasize guidance, counseling, and developmental activities at the elementary level. Syracuse's Life Centered Curriculum program is presented…

Nineteen administrators at De Anza College (California), including members of the President's cabinet and division chairmen, were interviewed and surveyed in order to ascertain their professional development needs in the areas of management/administration functions, leadership, human resources management, and interpersonal relationships. Findings…

This report describes the creation, funding, promotion, and evaluation of the three resource centers and the instrument repair center of the Del Mod System. Included in the document are descriptions of the three science-mathematics resource centers at the University of Delaware, Delaware State College, and Delaware Technical and Community College.…

This monograph describes the field agent of the Delaware Del Mod System. The following sections are included in the report: (1) The Duties and Activities of the Del Mod System Field Agents; (2) The Field Agents' Mode of Operation; (3) The Conduct of Projects; (4) The Hiring and Training of Del Mod Field Agents; (5) The Administration of Del Mod…

Efforts of the Center for Career Development (Mesa, Arizona) to compare various strategies for promoting available career education materials and services in the Mesa Public Schools (to determine which strategies are more effective in increasing utilization of career education resources) are described. After identifying the career education…