To help national study groups and local site planners deal with issues concerning teacher centers, this paper explains some relevant critical points. These issues are grouped under various headings: a) the needs underlying teacher centers; b) their function, structure, administration and staffing; c) their program and financing; and d) their…

This study on articulation and requirements for transfer into 4-year institutions serves junior college students, faculty, and staff as a counseling aid and reference text. Questionnaire responses from a random sample of 200 colleges and universities accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools show that: (1) for transferring D…

The main purpose of this project was to demonstrate the effectiveness of personal and family counseling services in facilitating rehabilitation and family adjustment of the adult deaf in Los Angeles County. Data came from a program of case work services ranging from consultation and referral to personal interviews with a population of about 3,000…

This paper is a general study of the ideals and basic principles upon which consortia are based and an analysis of the Colleges of Mid-America (C.M.A.) consortium in particular. The statement of purpose for the C.M.A. includes: (1) to nurture areas of common interest and develop enriched educational programs for our respective students; (2) to…

This report presents, in lay language, the essential provisions of the legislative acts or constitutional statements regarding the single central management, advisory, or coordinating boards in the 50 states. Specifically included are (1) the membership of the boards, and (2) the powers and duties of the boards. (HS)

The assessment battery is intended to establish the mentally retarded child's highest level of performance in each activity as a prerequisite to and planning aid for the development of an occupational therapy-based home training program designed to stimulate the child to operate at maximum ability levels. The battery, with a graduated rating…

Based on a committee study of articulation practices and problems in Illinois, this report presents guidelines for the transferability of credit from 2-year to 4-year institutions for: (1) students who have completed their associate degree in a baccalaureate-oriented program; (2) students who have not completed their associate degree, but are in a…

This paper evaluates Teacher Education Centers developed by the University of Maryland in the District of Columbia and counties in the state of Maryland. The general purpose of the Teacher Education Center is reported as joint sovereignty over teacher education by colleges, state departments of education, schools, and associations. The program…

The Perceptual Analysis Kindergarten Test is based on the rationale or thesis that learning is hierarchical. The test is used to help determine the level of the child in the hierarchy so that a remedial program can be devised to bring the child up to the level where he can develop the associative conceptualization required to be able to learn in…

A series of options open to the National Institute of Education (NIE) for coordinating its research and development function with other federal agencies active in educational research and development are presented in this document. Background information in topic outline form discusses: (a) brief synopses of major sponsors of educational research…

The primary purpose of this study was to test the implication that perceptual-motor development training will increase school readiness at the kindergarten level. Sixty kindergarten children were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups and administered the following pretests: Stanford Early School Achievement Test, Boehm Test of Basic…

Public education has become interested recently in the vocational system for the wrong reasons and is approaching it from the wrong perspective. Vocational education is not a separate discipline. Rather, it is an approach to the disciplines and the learning processes which, properly used, could reconstruct the American educational system for…

The number of academic consortia, cooperating groups of institutions, have exploded in recent years in response to several societal and internal forces. While others have examined aspects of consortia, this paper reports the first intensive effort dealing with effectiveness. The study is divided into 2 parts: (1) What constitutes consortium…

Information on the Interagency Auditor Training Center is presented. Background includes data on establishing the center, organization, funding, training facilities, and State and local government auditors' participation. General course information includes who may attend, list of courses offered, tuition costs, prerequisites, and additional…

Based on the actions of the child as a learner from infancy on, this paper is a working copy intended for inclusion in a forthcoming curriculum manual, to be published in 1972. Detailed lists include: 1. Action and Learning Throughout Life; 2. Action in the Preschool Classroom; and 3. Questions and Answers About Action. It concludes with a…