This is a handbook and guide for nontraditional higher education. Part one is an operational guide for the development, organization, implementation and evaluation of an alternative resource center for the facilitation of nontraditional learning within higher education. Part two is a comprehensive resource guide to alternative education programs…

A study of state coordinated research and development efforts for education in Florida public schools was conducted in response to proviso language in the 1976 Legislature's Appropriations Act. The study concluded that the continuation of campus laboratory schools could be justified only if their central mission became that of research and high…

The formation of a continuing education alumni chapter at New York City Community College and its contribution to educational programs is examined. (LH)

Mandatory professional continuing education is discussed in terms of the public, the professions, educators, and individual professionals. Various approaches by university administrations, professional schools and associations, and the government are also examined to see that professional standards are maintained. (LH)

Article reviewed programs designed to help blind persons take advantage of information not in print form, programs which offer information on careers, programs designed to foster private sponsorship of basic research expeditions, and programs that eliminate social bias in educational materials. (Author/RK)

The shared services and joint planning of the area-wide continuing education program of the Northwest Allegheny Hospitals Corporation (a Consortium of seven acute care and two rehabilitation centers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania) are described. (LH)

Vocational education in 1826-1876 saw the rise of independent movements--the manual labor movement and mechanics' institutes. The contributions of several leading scholars to the development of teacher and vocational education are discussed. Other achievements are manifested in the First Morrill Act, the Hampton Institute, and the Kalamazoo Case.…

The contributions distance teaching (education delivered to learners who study anywhere and in their own time) can make to work-oriented, family and community, professional and paraprofessional, and general basic education in developing rural areas are discussed briefly. Its use in professional education is illustrated with description of the Free…

Design requirements such as functional specialization, balance among functions and performers, continuity in policies, tasks, and personnel excellence or quality control goal setting, and recognition of environmental constraints and potential constituencies that apply to a national educational R & D system are discussed. (Author/AM)

A review of Chinese adult and continuing education traces the experimentation, innovations, and philosophy of the last 50 years. The consolidation and perpetuation of the Communist social revolution through educational channels, various programs and institutions, and the effects of the 1966 Cultural Revolution are examined. (LH)

Suggestions are made for restructuring and reallocating existing fiscal, physical, and personnel resources in the present educational system to serve the needs of the adult learner. The economic recession makes the re-evaluation even more imperative. (LH)

Information from interviews with a parent coordinator at Eastside Elementary School, a teacher at Silver Lea Corridor School, and a student at Action High and the Planning Course is presented to show history, relationship and function with parents, teachers, students, and administrators in the Eugene, Oregon, public alternative school system. (JT)

The secretary of the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education reviews the first year's work of the Council, a national independent organization for consultation and advice on adult and continuing education in England and Wales. (MF)

The author believes that, although there are negative aspects to the declining school enrollment in the primary schools in England (e.g., teacher redeployment, teacher unemployment, school closures), this phenomenon could give rise to a higher general standard of living and better educational opportunities for all. (KC)

Discusses the processes by which science education policy is determined at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Included are the degree of the involvement of different groups in policy-making, major issues related to the role of the NSF, and policies currently in effect. (HM)