The Ohio Board of Regents, in its planning and coordinating role, must be able to determine the statewide facilities requirements necessary to support the educational programs while avoiding unnecessary duplication of effort. This document provided an informational basis for making decisions and establishing policies at all levels, and opens a…

This booklet is one of a series of publications designed to present a complete system for planning, organizing, and directing the development and operation of individual volunteer programs, as well as the management of a comprehensive volunteer system consisting of many individual programs. This particular booklet explains the overall system and…

This booklet is one of a series of publications designed to present a complete system for planning, organizing, and directing the development and operation of individual volunteer programs, as well as the management of a comprehensive volunteer system consisting of many individual programs. This particular booklet discusses the process of…

This paper examines a large number of recent court cases, state commissioner of education decisions, and public employee relations board rulings dealing with the employment and dismissal of school employees in New York. Since the discussion focuses almost entirely on New York cases, it will be of limited value to readers in other states. In his…

This book is meant to be practical. It attempts to clarify what one should keep in mind and to describe what courses of action are open when one confronts a particular situation. It is stated that teachers and principals encounter discipline problems not because they are deficient in skill or in virtue, but because they have inherited misleading…

Though the audiolingual approach has lost much of the support that it once enjoyed from methodologists and language teachers, no new method--fully formulated, coherent, and sufficiently in harmony with current developments in psychology and linguistics--has yet arisen to take its place. Many new directions in language teaching are apparent, most…

The document contains two major sections: a 210-page catalog of viable approaches to adult career planning and development, preceded by a 25-page manual designed to facilitate use of the catalog and also to assist in planning or improving adult career guidance programs. The manual provides guidelines to five major activities (determine local…

One of a series of manuals developed by the Home and Community-Based Career Education Project, the publication describes the establishment of the project's resource center or specialized library to collect occupational information materials and make them accessible to staff members, clients, and the public. Such a resource center involves…

A basis is provided for judging the adequacy of evaluation plans or evaluation designs in this document. It is assumed that using the procedures suggested to determine the adequacy of evaluation designs in advance of actually conducting evaluations will lead to better evaluation designs, better evaluations, and more useful evaluative information.…

The report was prepared to increase awareness of the importance and nature of the placement process, to review current practices in placement and followup, and to provide guidelines to assist rehabilitation counselors in improving the delivery of placement and followup services. (NTIS)

The guidelines used by the Bowling Green State University, Ohio, speech communication department to assess graduate assistants' teaching skills are outlined in this paper. Visitations by observers, in conjunction with introductory sessions, weekly staff meetings, and teacher's manuals, can provide follow-up feedback regarding the implementation of…

How did the New York State system of colleges and universities arrive at the brink of fiscal disaster? What is a possible new perception of higher education financing for New York? The radical shift in enrollment from independent to government-sponsored campuses, and the steep escalation in tax-levy burden for higher education resulted in the New…

The Illinois annual program plan for adult education programs under the supervision and administration of the Illinois Office of Education is presented based on the guidelines provided by the Adult Education Act (Public Law 91-230). Presented in seven parts, the plan begins with general information on the administrative agency, funding, and…

The working papers that document the planning, constructing, equipping, and operation of a laboratory facility dedicated to educational research and development (R&D) are organized into three volumes. Volume I sets forth the technical substance of the 12 working papers. This volume, Volume II, includes 35 technical attachments for Working Papers…

The literature is reviewed regarding possible uses of bibliotherapy and the use of books as therapeutic aids in the emotional stabilization of troubled children. Emotional problems of elementary school students are defined, and the methodology of bibliotherapy is discussed, including: (1) sensitizing teachers; (2) developing a library; (3)…