The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board was established by Congress in 1973 to ensure compliance with standards prescribed under the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, which requires federally funded buildings and facilities to be accessible to and usable by physically handicapped persons. This second annual report details…

TO EFFECT CHANGE FROM TRADITIONAL METHODS OF HANDLING OFFENDERS, CORRECTIONAL STAFF MEMBERS MUST BE HELPED TOWARD A CHANGE OF ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES. THIS MANUAL IS DESIGNED TO AID A TRAINING OFFICER TO ASSIST A STAFF IN MAKING INTERNAL CHANGES IN A RURAL CORRECTIONAL SETTING. INSTEAD OF DESCRIBING SPECIFIC CORRECTIONAL TRAINING CONTENT AND…

The student teacher must develop and incorporate into his behavior human relations skills to enable him to relate effectively to members of his classroom and of the school community. Serving as a basis for evaluation, a method of gaining the fullest satisfaction from teaching, and a prerequisite to more effective teaching, these skills are…

The guide was developed as a facility planning tool for use by business education instructors, state supervisors, university school planners, and local school officials. It lists a series of questions about the educational program to be offered, the answers to which bear directly on the numbers and kind of instructional areas needed in the…

Presented are various approaches said to be effective in educating economically and educationally disadvantaged students. The document offers general guidelines to teachers and emphasizes the value of a "structured classroom environment." Automatic promotion of economically disadvantaged students is said to be harmful. Also noted is the need for…

GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT EVALUATING THE TOTAL MISSOURI TITLE I PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUAL TITLE I PROJECTS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR PRESENTING TABULAR DATA IN PART I OF THE REPORT, FOR DEVELOPING EVALUATION DESIGNS AND CRITERIA, AND FOR COMPUTING QUARTILE POINTS. IN THE EVALUATION OF THE SEPARATE PROJECTS…

THE 1967 NATIONAL SEMINAR IN DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CONSIDERED THE MAJOR PROBLEMS--(1) IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION IN USING THE PROJECT TRAINING METHOD IN DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION, AND (2) IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM CHANGES INVOLVING THE PROJECT TRAINING METHOD OF TEACHING DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION STUDENTS. THIS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATIONS OF…

Part I describes a general outline for producing long range development plans for the Hawaii Community College System. Long-range planning is defined and discussed in terms of basic elements of academic requirements, quality of campus, space requirements, environmental factors, administrative factors, and adjustment factors of the general plans.…

Published in 1965, these guidelines outline the requirements for the fiscal and general administration of Title I projects, for project design and evaluation, and for reporting project activities. Exhibits of forms for reporting activities and administrative procedures at the state and local levels are included. (LB)

Establishment and development of a three campus (5,000 students per campus) community college system is detailed. Available sites and facilities were evaluated, and abandonment, conversion or replacement recommendations were made. Recommendations include enrollment projections, suggested programs and services needed, construction schedules and…

Objectives of this study were: (1) to collect information on multijurisdictional public library systems in the U. S. existing prior to January 1, 1964, emphasizing governmental-legal-administrative structure, financial support, materials and resources, personnel, and services; (2) to compare, for a sample of such systems, the financing and…

Readings are presented for people who want to consider various aspects of retirement. Part 1 contains chapters on such themes as financial planning, living arrangements, the satisfactory use of leisure time, good health, and legal affairs; the objective is to suggest the dimensions of typical retirement situations and to supply a frame of…

Inservice programs in selected southern school systems experiencing desegregation are described with the intent to guide administrators and teachers in developing and extending similar programs in their own districts. Interviews with superintendents, principals, teachers, and other professional personnel revealed wide variation among inservice…

Curricular trends within the areas of elementary school, middle school, secondary school, and special education influence facilities. Modern school facility planning takes into account the social, emotional, physical, and mental aspects of the whole child. A school environment which requires a minimum of bodily energy for adaptation, allows the…

Abstracts and descriptor terms are presented for 26 selected references with safety orientation. Included in addition to several general planning handbooks are topics related to--(1) stairways, (2) air structures, (3) site planning, (4) lighting, (5) bidding practice, (6) physically handicapped, (7) laboratory design, (8) mobile classrooms, (9)…