The committee hearings in this report concern proposed Department of Agriculture regulations. These regulations deal with the method of apportioning the $153.2 million Section 32 funds available for the National School Lunch Program for fiscal 1972. Included are statements from school superintendents, food service representatives, State department…

The second phase of a two-part project was conducted to study the nature and outcome of child welfare services in the child's own home. For purposes of this study, the own-home service category included "all children who might be in jeopardy of placement and who were receiving child welfare services other than placement." The study was directed…

The first part of the paper focuses on concepts and ideas which can be used to discuss interface in any field or domain. For example, meaning of words "community" and "university" are sorted out. Attention is given to the idea of interface as expectations, goals, attitudes, purposes and behavior. In the second part, these same…

The first of these two papers discusses the problems faced by practicum students in a newly-created counseling program at Louisiana State University. In an effort to provide a broader background, students were placed in community agencies during the summer months. Bi-weekly seminars kept each candidate abreast of the activities of the others.…

Examples of projects, notably those using watersheds, that local community action groups can promote in planning and developing needed recreational facilities are discussed in this study report. Objectives of the report are to create an awareness of group action in obtaining recreational development, to emphasize that community action is important…

Based on followup interviews with 1700 participants, this study is an evaluation of Federal manpower programs in Boston, Denver, and San Francisco-Oakland. Included are Manpower Development and Training Act Programs, Work Incentive Programs, and Concentrated Employment Program from late 1969 to early 1970. Program impact on enrollees, employers,…

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is specifically designed to help educationally deprived children. It was amended in 1966 to include the children of migratory agricultural workers. Today more than 235,000 migrant children receive educational and special supplementary services under Title I. Answers to some of the…

The purpose of this study was to develop guidelines to be used by state advisory councils in performing their evaluation role. The state director of vocational education, the state advisory council chairman, and the advisory council executive director in each of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia were asked to respond to mail…

This report on the activities of UNESCO in 1971 is divided into four main parts: (1) Relations with Member States and International Organizations, (2) Execution of the Programme, (3) Administration, and (4) Documents and Publications. Part I includes the following chapters: (1) Relations with Member States, (2) Relations with the United Nations,…

The result of a national audiovisual survey, this supplemental edition of a report presents detailed information on audiovisual expenditures in schools, universities, community agencies, medicine and public health, religion, commercial rental film libraries, and educational film libraries. Among expenditures detailed are those for materials…

The purpose of this paper is to trace the development of camping and outdoor education in the United States. The early beginnings of camping are described along with the development of organized camps and the influences of urbanization on camping. The basic idea of education through camping is presented for each of the various types of organized…

Career education and work experience education are discussed in terms of the common goal of education as preparation for work, and three basic common values: (1) The importance of work to both individuals in society and to society itself, (2) the need for and potential of experiential learning, and (3) the need to involve the formal education…

Written for the social service (Title XX) administrator at the State or sub-State level, this guide is intended to serve four major purposes: (1) Provide selected insights into what the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) is and how it works; (2) point out potential areas for coordination which, from study or field experience, hold…

Presented is the final report of the National Comprehensive Emergency Services (CEC) Center in Tennessee, designed to disseminate information about CES and provide technical assistance to other communities which will assist in the development of CES systems for providing improved services for abused, neglected, and dependent children and their…

Described is the implementation of an inservice training program (designed in response to Massachusetts legislation on special education) for teachers and administrators in schools served by the Merrimack Education Center. It is noted that the Center's purpose is to foster collaboration and provide support services for a group of 22 school systems…