THIS DISCUSSION OF CAMPUS PLANNING IS BOTH A PLEA AND A PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EDUCATORS AND ARCHITECTS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CAMPUS PLANNING. CAMPUS PLANNING IS DEFINED AS A SYNTHESIS OF EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL AND FISCAL PLANNING. THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN A SUCCESSFUL APPROACH ARE PROGRAM,…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ADULT TRAINING CONTAINS 35 INDEXED ITEMS, MANY WITH ABSTRACTS, IN SUCH AREAS AS MILITARY TRAINING, MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND RETRAINING, AND ON SUCH METHODS, TECHNIQUES, AND RELATED ASPECTS AS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, TRAINING COSTS, CORRESPONDENCE STUDY, PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, TRAINING…

Cost effectiveness of on-the-job training (OJT) can be determined by measures of effectiveness and by cost assessing the relationship between output and input. Defining effectiveness to be a measure of what an activity produces leaves two main groups of problems unresolved: hierarchies of effectiveness and multiple outcomes. The most significant…

In response to several court decisions of the 1970s, Congress enacted an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This amendment, Public Law 95-555 (entitled "Pregnancy Sex Discrimination, Prohibition"), states that discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions constitutes…

The paper examines the assumptions, historical developments of the federal service delivery system for developmentally disabled persons. Services for the disabled are seen to have evolved from criteria oriented programs to entitlements with accompanying guarantees of due process. Major federal programs are traced from the 1918 Vocational…

During the 1970's, school districts throughout the country have created alternative educational programs allowing students and parents to choose the appropriate educational structure and methodology that suit their individual needs. School boards who establish alternative schools must assess, plan, design, effect, and evaluate educational programs…

Information on programs and activities which have been developed to reduce sex inequities in vocational education is provided. The document is organized into two sections: section 1 contains case studies of twelve programs selected from a nationwide search, and section 2 contains brief descriptions of twelve promising approaches to reducing sex…

Two studies of the Self-Directive Dramatization Project are reported. In the first the relationship of dramatization, self-concept, and reading achievement in middle class children in grades 2 through 7 was examined, and in the second mostly black disadvantaged children in grades 1 through 4 were studies. Both groups of children dramatized stories…

Some of the dimensions of the relative financial contribution of the cooperating parties in manpower institutional training as established under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 were explored. This analysis will provide some perspective to those who must finally decide the question of relative financial contribution, or provide…

To determine relationships between the current-unit-cost-per-student contact hours for post-secondary arts and science transfer curricula and selected vocational-technical programs, the 15 area schools of Iowa were visited personally by the investigator and data collected from the financial records of the institutions. The cost of each specialized…

An analysis of expenditures and other financial factors in the University of South Florida. Part I is an analysis of fiscal factors related to the operation of the University for the 1965-66 fiscal year. Part II is a history of selected related factors of institutional operations. The data in both parts are presented in tabular form. (FS)

At a day school in East Palo Alto, California, Negro preschool children attend classes which offer reading and mathematics instruction. The staff consists of volunteer teachers, most of whom are white and credentialed. The school's enrollment exceeds 200 pupils. Parents are encouraged to participate in the program, and when controversy over…

An outdoor education program is described which has the philosophy that a direct experience is better than a vicarious one, and that the efficiency of education is increased in direct proportion to the amount of direct experience. An historical background which included pilot programs and experimental programs is discussed. Facilities, philosophy…

This technical report attempts to (1) provide information on issues and factors involved in analyzing extended degree costs; (2) provide brief explanation of how cost-related tools have been used in allocation of resources in similar degree programs; (3) indicate the types of information that are needed in making cost analysis of the extended…

This booklet outlines 73 reading programs that have been successfully used in elementary or secondary schools across the United States. Program descriptions include the nature of the program, its achievements, how the program works, required materials and activities, necessary staff training, basic costs, current status, and where additional…