Educational planners face a difficult task of providing quality education to large masses of urban students in the face of decreased revenues, soaring costs, shifting populations, and changing educational programs. Project Simu-School is intended to provide an action-oriented organizational and functional framework necessary for tackling the…

The special function of cooperative education in the community college setting is described in this book and procedures that could be used by administrators in operating such a program are outlined. The book has three major divisions. Part One traces the development of cooperative education and its associated philosophies, offers a model for a…

The present method of governance of California's public higher education, including the Coordinating Council for Higher Education, has worked well for coordination of the three segments of public higher education--the University of California, the California State University and Colleges, and the 96 California Community Colleges. A combination of…

Although this report focuses on coordinated counseling in the traditionally black colleges, the material is equally significant for all institutions interested in relating student personnel services to the needs of the "new student" and of the minority student in particular. Emphasis is placed on the need for coordinated counseling,…

This report examines current trends in long range planning for colleges and universities and projects the broad outlines of American higher education of 1980. Chapters cover evaluation of coordination and long range planning; the structure of state-wide planning and coordination; master plans for higher education; voluntary coordination and long…

This collection of color and symbol-coded cards comprises an activity program designed to help parents, teachers, or tutors teach basic movements to children. The 10 sets of activities included in the program are (1) relaxation, (2) flip flops and crawling, (3) lifting and rolling, (4) limb movements, (5) rolling, (6) creeping, (7) locomotion…

Descriptions of federal research for 1972 and analysis of research plans are based on the following seven major areas: (1) the developmental process, (2) effects of primary environmental influences, (3) effect of broad social programs, (4) the global approach, (5) research to benefit all children, (6) research on methodology, and (7) study of…

A learning support system is described which consists of the following phases: (1) pre-decision--to gather information and make decisions about courses so that by the end of the phase a clear listing of courses is generated; this phase consists only of Staff and Maintenance functions; (2) pre-service--to make all arrangements necessary for the…

The objective of the professional consultants conducting the study was to examine local chief executive use of ten Federally assisted mechanism (planning and coordinating procedures which have developed independently in various Federal offices and departments) for local-level planning and coordination of Federal programs. The mechanisms are:…

This is a report of the May 6 and 7, 1970 meeting of the Joint Committee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges on Education for Government Service. The report presents: (1) the members of the Committee, (2) the roster of attendance, (3) the remarks of the undersecretary of…

This document describes the efforts of program administrators to implement an organic curriculum in the Willingboro, New Jersey, public schools. Major activities included inservice programs to train teachers and administrators to write behavioral objectives, and implementation and modification of learning packages. Organic curriculum is a learner-…

This paper traces the concept of complexity as it has been employed in empirical investigations of organizations over the last decade, presents a brief description of a doctoral dissertation in which complexity was one of the key variables, and then offers some summary comments on the utility of the complexity variable for school analysis. (Author)

A demonstration project was conducted to determine the programmatic, economic, and administrative advantages of a coordinated system of sheltered workshops strategically located in a metropolitan and suburban area which placed 51 (15 percent) out of 330 trainees. Thirty-eight were placed in either competitive or on-the-job training programs. Nine…

This conference paper reports the development of African and Afro-American Studies in a six institution consortium. Following introductory material, three phases of the project are reviewed: curriculum development and cultural enrichment in the areas of social science and literature, arts and humanities, and life sciences. Additional information…

The problems confronting the public community colleges of Alabama are discussed, and alternatives are suggested. Following a brief discussion of the history and growth of Alabama's state junior colleges, the following major problems are identified, and solutions are proposed: (1) There must be a master plan to insure that the junior colleges are…