This report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) generated by congressional concern over the accomplishments of educational research, reviews the activities and impact of the contractors (educational laboratories and research and development--R&D centers) supported by the Cooperative Research Act under the direction of the U.S. Office of…

A study looked at the possibilities for a user-based information system which could provide usable structured information about educational technology and attempted to determine how best to supply information about educational process to users. The study had three phases. The first surveyed the literature and activities of centers concerned with…

Bulletin number 1 of 17 stated that it will be published at regular monthly intervals. Its purpose is to inform member states, United Nations agencies, National Commissions for UNESCO, non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations of plans for "International Education Year 1970 (IEY)" and coming events. As proclaimed by…

During his postdoctoral fellowship year, Dr. Schmeding audited courses in the sociology and economics of education, educational development and planning, and instructional technology. He also did independent study in these areas. (RT)

This topical paper is a record of the events leading to the creation of a statewide system of publicly supported comprehensive community colleges for Virginia. Commission and legislative reports are reviewed, as are contributions made by influential state legislators, educational leaders, and outside consultants. The plan finally enacted provided…

This paper predicts three directions toward which educational research should focus in the future. First, education for the culturally disadvantaged needs new ideas that will produce effects of whose educational significance there can be no doubt. The group forces that Bronfenbrenner has described as being at the basis of Soviet methods of…

The Educational Development Officer (EDO) is a new kind of college administrator, a full-time catalyst for change. In the Junior and Community College Division of the National Laboratory for Higher Education (NLHE), the EDO has been defined as an innovation-minded professional who questions existing practices, works constantly for constructive…

Proceedings of the 1970 Conservation Education Association Conference, held at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, are reported. The theme of the conference was conservation education for quality living. Summaries for each of the topics discussed form the main content of the report: Suggestions for Developing Curriculum…

This monograph presents concisely the case for both the concept of establishing a full-time Educational Development Officer (EDO) or change agent on the university of college campus and the means developed by the National Laboratory for Higher Education (NLHE) for translating that concept into reality. Defining the role of the EDO, analyzing his…

This paper presents the results of a study of the output of Canadian universities as measured by graduate degrees conferred or by graduates produced. The study was conducted to answer 2 basic questions: (1) Do Quebec universities train enough qualified manpower in comparison with the other provinces? and (2) Encouraged by funds and by the Quebec…

In his speech on Founder's Day at Minnesota Metropolitan State College, the U.S. Commissioner of Education praises the experimental college for its innovative approach to higher education. Minnesota Metropolitan is providing such flexibility in departing from the traditional place and schedule of academic studies, in departing from the traditional…

This paper presents a survey of the available research on the counseling of women. It incorporates the findings of a sample of women's indications about their needs, goals, attitudes, and where they received or failed to receive counseling in the educational-vocational decision-making process. The writers found that the empirical research tends to…

This document comments on the history of higher education and the effects of government on the establishment of junior colleges. When the junior college became part of the educational system in the early 1900s, efforts were made to define its function in response to the Office of Education's emphasis on information-gathering and accreditation. A…

This report reviews the culmination of a series of activities, procedures, and conferences which were employed by the faculty of Norfolk State College (NSC) for the study of the Comprehensive Elementary Teacher Education Models (CETEMS). Five major procedures were incorporated in the process of studying the programs. The first step was to develop…

Educational evaluation has in the past been primarily associated with measurement, achievement testing, pupil progress, instructional methods and curriculum. Educational testing and educational research have provided the instruments and models for the evaluation of educational programs. More recently, however, there has been an increased concern…