Under proposed legislation to replace the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), business can be expected to assume an even greater involvement in job training programs at the state and local levels. How the private sector is adapting to its new role, particularly through the private industry council (PIC) system, is the subject of this…

An informal consortium was formed in 1983 by five postsecondary educational institutions and the educational television authority in British Columbia to cooperate in using audio teleconferencing for course delivery, and to conduct a pilot project between September 1983 and May 1984. The consortium members (Simon Fraser University, British Columbia…

The Simulation and Gaming Project for Inter-Institutional Computer Networking is a joint effort on the part of EDUCOM and 18 participating institutions to investigate the role that computing networks might play in higher education and research. Central to the project is the development of a computer simulation model of a possible national network,…

The growth of statewide coordinating boards now requires their formal periodic assessment. Reviews cautions and complexities in evaluating statewide boards, evaluation of product and process, and suggested criteria for evaluating statewide boards. (Editor/PG)

Criteria for evaluation of coordinating agencies should include the sensitivity of their procedures for consulting the coordinated institutions, and the extent to which they encourage voluntary interinstitutional cooperation. (Editor/PG)

Discusses the ideas presented in this volume on statewide coordination, relates them to other evaluation efforts, and describes how best they can be implemented. (Editor/PG)

An eight-month internship program for fully-trained pediatric nurse associates in New York's public child health stations, in cooperation with Cornell University, prepares nurses to give physical examinations, give treatment for minor illnesses, and counsel families in child care and daily living skills. Initial problems and solutions are…

Contends that student financial aid constitutes a far more complex problem than is frequently acknowledged and calls for private colleges to face the problems collectively, not individually (competing in programs, not in cash incentives), and to form a partnership with public sectors to meet problems facing all postsecondary education. (JT)

A detailed description is provided of the variable interorganizational relations (IOR), which is part of the analysis in phase I of the Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling. The variable is defined; the questionnaires on which the variable is based are listed; the procedures used to scale the variable are explained; the distribution…

The administrative process related to the transition of students from intermediate or junior high school is called articulation. Articulation has several stages: identifying student interests, needs and abilities; getting information to students and parents; helping students apply to the school of their choice; informing students and parents of…

The advantages and disadvantages of an extended planning period for implementing a Teacher Corps program are examined. A planning period of several months duration, four to six months for example, is deemed beneficial to the outcome of a project, while a longer period may possibly cause a loss of momentum and sense of goal. However, a planning…

An articulation agreement is described that was developed between Florida's statewide community college system and statewide university system. The 1971 articulation agreement was a compromise between the two college systems. Listed are the specific transfer policy provisions of the articulation agreement and functions assigned to the Florida…

Twelve institutions with experiential learning programs in higher education were selected to develop practical models that could be useful to similar institutions. Attention was to be focused on either or both of two areas of concern for experiential learning programs: the establishment of criterion standards for assessment and the financial…

This study is aimed primarily at the administration of a newly established institute for distance education in Norway, Norsk fjernundervisning (NFU). Purposes of the project, in order of priority, were to provide (1) a working document for the administration of NFU, mapping out available resources, choices of possible media combinations, and the…

The Southeastern Teacher Corps Conference on Promoting Faculty Involvement spoke to the following issues: 1) Acquainting conference participants with the processes and problems of institutionalization; 2) Introducing participants to a variety of incentives and rewards useful to promote faculty involvement in field-based activities; 3)…