The use of a committee hearing format for educational evaluation is considered. The paper is divided into three sections: (1) a description of the concept of investigative committees as practiced by the United States Congress; (2) a review of recent implementation of a committee hearing format in educational evaluation; and (3) an outline of a…

A 25-MEMBER COMMITTEE OF BUSINESS TEACHERS, CITY SUPERVISORS OF BUSINESS EDUCATION, SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, COLLEGE PROFESSORS OF BUSINESS EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF COUNCILS ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION AND THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION REACTED TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN PROBLEMS AND ISSUES IN ECONOMIC EDUCATION, AND…

IN SECTION ONE OF THIS DIRECTORY ARE LISTED MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE OF ADULT EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS, (CAEO), WITH SUCH PERTINENT INFORMATION AS PURPOSE, MEMBERSHIP, STANDING COMMITTEES, SERVICES, PUBLICATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE ADDRESS. OTHER AGENCIES AND THE OFFICIAL OBSERVERS OF CAEO ARE LISTED IN SECTION TWO. THEY INCLUDE ERIC…

This brochure describes junior college advisory committees as groups of persons who represent industry and assist in organizing curriculum, advise on material procurement, keep the college current on industry practices, coordinate programs with the community, assist in student selection, guide instructors, provide moral support and public…

These guidelines designed to improve the effectiveness of the depository library program are based on recommendations made by the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer. Areas covered include the objectives of the depository library system; responsibilities of the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office; designation…

The second volume of the National Health Council (NHC) final project report for recruitment, counseling, and related activities in the health occupations consists of: three meeting agendas and information on the NHC Committee on Health Manpower; reports on two meetings of the Committee on Inventory for Health Occupations on the Secondary Level;…

The primary purpose of an advisory council is to assist and advise the teacher and administration in planning, organizing, and conducting an instructional program in agricultural education that will effectively meet the needs of the people in the community. Advisory councils are classified as general (serves all of vocational education or a…

Designed to assist present and future vocational and technical educators in the establishment and use of advisory committees, the paper clarifies the functions of different types of advisory committees in vocational-technical education, identifies areas in which advisory committees may give guidance, discusses the formation of advisory committees,…

To provide a profile of the organization and evaluation concerns of the state advisory councils for vocational education, a questionnaire form was sent to the 52 state advisory councils, with 37 respondents. On the average, each group had about 20 members with two elected officers and two salaried staff members. The average amount of federal funds…

Because vocational education programs must be an integral part of the community in which they exist, it is necessary to have close cooperation between the school and those in the work force. One of the most effective ways of providing cooperation is through the vocational education advisory committee. At present, there are about 20,000 such…

During 1970-71, the Select Subcommittee on Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor held 8 days of hearings on the establishment of a National Institute of Education. This document is the first of three appendixes on the hearings and contains essays by scholars who have studied the aims of education, the issues of educational…

During 1970-71, the Select Subcommittee on Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor held 8 days of hearings on the establishment of the National Institute of Education. This document is the third of three appendixes on the hearings and contains essays by scholars who have studied the aims of education, the issues of educational…

This report contains the collective views of an international group of experts presented at a World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Mental Health meeting in Geneva, 1967. Detailed attention was given by the Committee to problems relating to the management and rehabilitation of the severely retarded, the community adjustment of the…

This chapter in "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 14 annotations of documents and journal articles on advisory committees, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on student and community involvement, planning and utilization of advisory committees, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

This article provided an account of the organization of cultural activities in the city of Bologna, Italy. It stressed the activities' significance in terms of the city's cultural policy by attempting to show obstacles encountered and efforts made to overcome them. (Author/RK)