THIS REPORT OF THE COLLEGE'S EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN COMMITTEE COVERS IN DETAIL PRESENT CURRICULUMS AND FACILITIES FOR COURSES IN BUSINESS EDUCATION, DENTAL ASSISTING, HOTEL AND RESTAURANT SERVICE, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND PRACTICAL NURSING, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION, TRANSFER, OCCUPATIONAL AND CONTINUING…

THIS PROJECT'S PRIMARY CONCERN HAS BEEN THE DESIGN OF NEW TYPES OF GUIDANCE MATERIALS AND NEW INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES CENTERING UPON EDUCATIONAL-VOCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS OF STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THE NONCOLLEGE BOUND AND CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED. IN THE EARLY STAGES, A BEHAVIORAL MODEL ON WHICH TO BASE THE DESIGN OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM FOR…

CONDITIONS SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IN WASHINGTON ARE OUTLINED IN THIS SURVEY OF STATE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. THE HISTORY AND DYNAMIC GROWTH OF THE 2-YEAR COLLEGES ARE DESCRIBED. AT PRESENT, 17 PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND 10 VOCATIONAL CENTERS ARE ESTABLISHED BUT ENROLLMENT ESTIMATES AND INCREASING DEMAND FOR…

Since Canada and the U.S. share the common problem of declining enrollment, this paper studies the current situation in the States and assesses the merits and shortcomings of the nonheroic strategy being pursued there. The author credits the failure to develop a comprehensive, coherent plan in even one state to several factors, including the…

The Kentucky Council on Teacher Education and Certification was created in 1972 by the Kentucky General Assembly to "develop and recommend policies and standards relating to teacher preparation and certification". This paper presents eight areas in which the Council has initiated study and action: (1) educational policy determination by…

A study conducted in Illinois to review the state of the art of articulation had the following objectives in five component areas: (1) to review, describe, critique, and evaluate several variables associated with the practical knowledge/current practices relating to articulation efforts in Illinois and in other states; (2) to determine how…

Rapid change, shifting values, and booming technology are existing societal dimensions having an effect on the student population of the future. The nature of education needs to be changed because of technological advancements, declining enrollment, and changes in work attitudes. Educators must become aware of the speed of change and its drastic…

Five principles that help to improve learning and schooling are: (1) Every detail in the physical environment of a school, no matter how small, matters and contributes in a cumulative way to the overall tone. (2) Students should be allowed to make and carry out educational decisions that they can handle. (3) All courses, to the fullest extent…

The Consumer Education Department, which has existed within the J.C. Penney Company for over fifty years, supports its stores in local communities by providing a service to educators. This service consists of both the development of original educational materials and the delivery of inservice programs to local educators. To continue to respond to…

Trends toward zero population growth, more elderly drawing social security, racial polarization, changing migratory habits, and two-paycheck families will cause problems in planning educational policy. If present patterns of fertility and migration continue, society in the future may be very different from the present one. Educational policymakers…

The need for demographic research relevant to plans concerning adult education, day care, nursery care, and after-school services is increasing along with the demand for such services. Such demographic data are essential for the wise policymaking needed to build effective educational systems for the future. Present trends having an effect on…

Although field work can be an effective means of increasing student awareness of a particular topic and fostering research skills that are difficult to develop in a classroom, field trips are too often conducted as dreary, meaningless sightseeing tours. This pitfall can be avoided by organizing field work activities using a six-stage systems…

Many universities have several administrative and departmental units interested in teaching some portion of leisure science. Competition for responsibility, or turf, and duplication need to be kept at a minimum. At the Ohio State University, agreements as to respective roles were reached between the program in Parks and Recreation Administration…

Several years ago the East De Pere Board of Education and its superintendent recognized that the key variables of curriculum, enrollments, and facilities were combining to create some serious problems for the district. A systems approach that treats the totality of the problem and analyzes the interrelationships among the parts of the whole was…

A draft for a state plan for career education was developed in Utah. To provide the necessary information on which to base such a plan, career education needs assessments were conducted of students on the elementary and secondary school levels. Eight questionnaires were also developed and administered for an institutional needs assessment. The…