This paper evaluated a 2-year, 60 credit program which prepared educators for research positions within the public schools. Directed by the New York State Department of Education, ten New York state universities participated in the program. Following a brief introduction, the program design and recruitment procedures were discussed. Emphasis was…

Summarized are the outcomes of an 8-day conference held in Atlanta during April, 1973 on administrative planning for allied health occupations. A total of 86 participants from each of the eight states in Region IV, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare attended the conference. Activities included: (1) information dissemination discussions…

Research into visual, perceptual, and motor coordination suggests that the kind of physical activity and coordination involved in swimming might prevent some cases of dyslexia and improve the academic performance of many learning disabled children. Early neurological development shows a relationship among the creeping period, later communication…

Program activities inherent in and important to career education include such elements as school-industry cooperation, job placement, school-community coordination, and innovative instructional methods. This report contains abstracted descriptions of vocational guidance and career education programs in New Jersey. Presented first are brief…

Against a background of declining student performance and fragmented programs, the Oakland (California) Unified School District reorganized its reading programs and instructional support personnel. This included reorganization of the central office, new positions, and a new department of curriculum and instruction. An instructional strategy…

This second progress and information report of the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) is designed to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the processes and procedures used to develop catalogs of performance objectives and the nature of the cooperative efforts of the members in promoting performance-based…

The Architecture Study Planning Group (ASPG) makes 62 recommendations for architecture education in Ontario's universities. Based on these recommendations, the Council of Ontario Universities makes several observations about the state of the discipline: that (1) architecture programs are basically sound, but would benefit from greater…

Justin and Paul are handicapped, each in a different way. Paul, who has a severe visual disability, has profited from and succeeded in a mainstreamed program. Justin's special problems were helped through individual tutoring. In each case the treatment met the child's particular needs because of sensitive, resourceful, and caring teachers. (Editor)

This research investigated the extent to which three suggested divided- attention effects--time delay, noise addition, and response bias change, as assessed by three cross-over-model parameters--were manifest when a manual, compensatory tracking task was performed concurrently with two secondary tasks. (Author/RK)

A rape task force at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) is described with priorities including interagency coordination, a multiple entry system for victims, support for the development of a counselor-advocate program, and community education. (JMF)

Some situations in which the school media specialist is caught in the middle are examined. A variety of viewpoints is presented on statewide planning, status, training, professional associations, relationships with administrators and teachers, budget allocations, and support for services. (MBR)

In the period of accountability, tight fiscal planning and the move toward humanizing the educational process in schools, counselors can no longer afford to be considered as merely offering ancillary and supportive services. They must be considered an integral part of the educational team and must look to themselves for leadership. (Author)

The status of current planning efforts at public institutions of higher education are identified, based on information derived from literature and a status survey. The components necessary for the most effective operation of an ideal centralized comprehensive planning unit are identified based on the Delphi study of selected experts. (JMD)

The project director reports on the AACJC/AVA national joint study of articulation practices at twenty-two sites randomly selected from a list of 140 recommended locations. Visitation teams conducted interviews to document the extent of articulation among institutions offering vocational and technical education at the secondary and postsecondary…

The National Center for Education Statistics has commissioned a new educational taxonomy, which will include a speech communication category. The omnibus project, guidelines and constraints affecting the classification process, and the activities and decisions that relate particularly to speech communication are discussed. (JMF)