This report summarizes the findings of a five-month study of Arlington pupil enrollment, including projections of future enrollments over the next five to ten years, utilization rates of elementary and junior high school facilities, and criteria for identifying candidate facilities for consolidation. In developing the forecast data, the committee…

As the third of a three-part study on the administration of audiovisual services in advanced and developing countries, this UNESCO-sponsored report describes the educational system of the United States and Canada, the audiovisual services at the local and state or provincial level and the national audiovisual support services. Also included are…

This document is the first in a series that incorporates the findings of a project initiated to find solutions to the problems of planning, designing, constructing, and utilizing facilities to house career education. In the form of a loose framework of concepts intended to stimulate thought and discussion about learning, school, and the right to…

The design and implementation of a doctoral program in instructional systems at Florida State University is described and analyzed. Objectives of the program are listed, along with 22 subskills to be developed. Nine possible career fields for degree recipients are identified. Eleven core competencies needed in all career fields are listed, as are…

The guidelines for planning career education programs revolve around gathering valid and comprehensive data. The career education planning model involves determining people's needs, available resources, and alternatives; establishing policies and practices; writing objectives and plans; and evaluating the results. The document, in outline form,…

In order to help social learning become a more operational theory, this thesis attempts to create a better understanding of the conditions conducive to effective group action in a social context. Parts one and two trace the evolution of social learning theory in education and planning. Part three attempts to identify within a practical setting --…

This document brings together the fruits of the work that the Trenton, New Jersey school district did between 1970-73 to create a new system for administering innovation and assuming responsibility for the spending of millions of dollars in Federal grants. It contains material relevant to a school district looking to implement a project management…

This report summarizes plans for the programs of Gallaudet College, including all its constituent units, for the period 1973-82. Following a statement of mission and priorities for 5 and 10 years, program summaries are presented covering: planning and public service, undergraduate programs, student affairs, graduate school, precollege programs,…

This pamphlet offers some suggestions on the use of Welsh as a second language in Welsh schools. In the present-day situation the goal of a bilingual Wales is far from realized; it appears that equal fluency in both languages is seldom achieved. A case is made for: (1) thorough grounding in a child's home language before the introduction of a…

This directory contains the names of educators and paraprofessionals who might be of help in the education of newly arrived Vietnamese refugees in the United States. The criteria for selection of the individual educators were: (1) the educator has taught, or was trained to teach, in Vietnam or Cambodia; (2) the educator has some special expertise,…

A special subconference on Computer Networks featured a number of status reports from institutions represented at the planning meeting. Among the topics discussed were: the possibility of connecting the ARPA network to Pacific network nodes, the use of satellites for international data transmission, the implications of the broadcast mode of…

Since children who have not acquired proficiency in spoken language are handicapped in school, the development of instructional programs which provide for the systematic acquisition of the skills of oral communication is necessary at all levels. Helping children learn to express and understand ideas, to attain self-realization, to improve social…

This guide attempts to (1) provide planners with some basic principles of educational facility planning; (2) serve as a basic guide for the application of recognized local and State criteria, standards, and principles to the planning of effective educational facilities; (3) emphasize the relationship between educational facilities and the…

This report was prepared by the Joint Thai-US Task Force on Human Resource Development in Thailand. Volume I of the Report includes: Human Resources Development in Thailand--A Preliminary Assessment; The Educational System and Human Resource Development in Thailand; Manpower Demand; Adjusting Educational Supply to Manpower Demand; Education…

This publication reports the results of the design and development of a planning programming budgeting system for the Milford, New Hampshire, school system. The authors attempted to develop a program oriented budget rather than a line item or input oriented budget, and a model adaptable for general applications. The order of priority budgeting…