The purpose of the conference was to discuss some important recommendations of the Third International Conference on Adult Education, sponsored by UNESCO, Tokyo, Japan, July 25-August 7, 1972. The conference was made up of 36 invited participants from fifteen coutries. Discussions were carried on in French, English, and German with simultaneous…

Presented is a proposal for a 3-year program for an estimated 122 to 203 gifted and talented students in public and parochial Huron, South Dakota, schools, to be funded through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III. Outlined to justify the proposal are plans to develop identification procedures, a differentiated curriculum,…

Presented are 40 readings and research reviews on special education services for handicapped and gifted children. Examined in an overview are aspects of special education such as approaches used in different countries, integration, labeling, team teaching, and remedial reading. The culturally different child is described in terms of deprivation,…

This report examines current trends in long range planning for colleges and universities and projects the broad outlines of American higher education of 1980. Chapters cover evaluation of coordination and long range planning; the structure of state-wide planning and coordination; master plans for higher education; voluntary coordination and long…

The manual, one of a series resulting from a project to design planning procedures for local and State vocational agencies, presents survey instruments which will help State, county, or local educational agencies gather information on the amount and kind of demand for adult or post-secondary vocational education programs. These instruments…

The 1968 Educational Commission, appointed by the Swedish Minister of Education, was charged with the tasks of working out an overall plan for the future postsecondary education of Sweden, covering in particular its capacity, location, and organization. This document summarizes the report of the Commission. Emphasis is placed on the definition of…

This research study was undertaken to elucidate the conflicts between urban universities and their neighbors that are related to the form of the university proper, and the university district. The effects of the university campus on the neighboring community and the ways in which the two interact must both be considered aspects of institutional…

This booklet discusses an ancillary guidance program, staffed by volunteers, which provides a college and career information service within high schools. Making assistance readily available to students, counselors, teachers, and parents, these volunteers provide information on college programs, financial aid, admission selection procedures,…

There is no unique answer to the question of what an ongoing program costs in medical schools. The estimates of program costs generated by classical methods of cost accounting are unsatisfactory because such accounting cannot deal with the joint production or joint cost problem. Activity analysis models aim at calculating the impact of alternative…

Information gathered from various countries around the world is presented in this general guide to help school administrators and teachers relate primary and secondary education to the realities and problems of rural agriculture and life. Topics include curricula, syllabuses and programs, teacher training and orientation, new teaching techniques…

Student personnel services in United States colleges and universities largely ignore the needs of married students and their families. This report serves the following purposes: (1) to discover needs of the married student population for student services; (2) to propose programmatic endeavors to serve the needs discovered; and (3) to develop and…

This meeting was held to review current educational planning with special reference to problems and difficulties confronting Asian countries, to study steps for better enforceable educational plans for development, and to seek solutions applicable to countries at varying stages of development. Three speeches deal with problems and trends in…

This study was designed primarily to demonstrate "why" and "how" federal (Canadian) legislation is enacted, how it is administered, whether it has been successful in accomplishing its stated goals, and what effect it has had on the Ontario system of secondary education. The paper has been organized chronologically into three…

With the assistance of a consortium of subcontractors and with additional support provided by the Commonwealth Fund, the contractor has produced a Master Plan for the Drew Postgraduate Medical School in Los Angeles. The Bureau on developing a scope of work defined its interest in this contract as a demonstration of the planning process by which an…

Presented is the first of a two volume series of 1974 Florida Department of Education guidelines to assist local school districts in developing appropriate educational procedures for all exceptional children and youth. Purposes of the guidelines are given to include compliance with 1968 State legislation, provision for legal use of funds, a means…