Issues relating to sex fairness in career education discussed in this information analysis paper include the basis of concern for sex fairness in career education, the current status of women in employment, leadership positions in the career education work force, and ways to make career education sex fair for both women and men. Characteristics of…

The present system for the delivery of child welfare services to reservation Indians contains many issues of concern to responsible Federal and state government employees, and to Indians. The issues identified by the field research frequently center on questions of the proper respective spheres of authority of the governmental units…

American education is not as inadequate as public opinion indicates. The literacy and skill of American youth are higher today than forty years ago because of our high achievement standards and commitment to equal educational opportunity. These opposing principles have been reconciled by the diversity encouraged in institutions, teachers, and…

This loose-leaf format handbook is designed to aid vocational teachers, vocational administrators, and others who have responsibility in conducting or administering services to the handicapped and disadvantaged in Alabama under Public Laws 94-142 and 94-482. The information contained in the handbook is compiled from answers to questions on…

This training manual, one of a series of eight, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in agriculture to conduct a workshop on sex equity as it relates to their future programs for vocational education teachers and administrators in the agricultural service area. The workshop's intent is to help these…

This training manual, one of eight in a series, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in home economics to conduct a workshop on sex equity as it relates to their future programs for vocational education teachers and administrators in the home economics service area. The workshop's intent is to help these…

This training manual, one of eight in a series, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in industrial arts to conduct a workshop on sex equity, as it relates to their future programs, for vocational education teachers and administrators in the industrial arts programs. Following an introduction which provides…

This training manual, one in a series of eight, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in technical education to conduct a workshop on sex equity, as it relates to their future programs, for vocational education teachers and administrators in the technical education service area. The workshop's intent is to…

Testimonies are presented from U.S. Senate hearings on oversight of Title III of the Higher Education Act, Developing Institutions Programs. The new eligibility criteria established by the Education Amendment of 1980 for schools seeking to compete for grants under the Title III institutional aid programs are being reconsidered. The institutional…

An analysis of the procedures states have adopted to distribute federal funds for vocational education under the 1976 Amendments to the Vocational Education Act shows that there is widespread confusion and variation among the states. While the Act specifies that a formula must be used for distribution of funds, the exact criteria for determining…

In order to determine the impact of the Veterans Administration (VA) on occupational education, this report examines the VA training programs and the changes that have occurred in them over the years in the larger context of changes in American education. Presented first are brief descriptions of and detailed 1967-1980 enrollment figures for the…

Intended to provide basic information to policymakers and education-for-work planners, this report addresses both past history and possible directions for linking job training to economic development. In a discussion of the nature of economic development both international issues and economic development in the United States are covered. Discussed…

Designed for use in high school and adult education programs, this manual was developed to help marketing and distributive education teachers to develop or upgrade community/work-based programs; and to assist teachers who operate these programs to use legal operational practices and to meet the occupational needs of their students and communities.…

Forty-four representatives of American Indian tribes and the state of Arizona participated in the 2-day conference on reservation school districts. Terrance Leonard explained the legislative history and workings of Johnson-O'Malley funding, described supplementary Johnson-O'Malley programs, and commented on the Indian Education Act. Dr. Kenneth…

Background information and findings are presented for a study of Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) progress toward equal opportunity compliance as of 1979-80 and of the interaction between three "subcultures" in the history of this compliance. Chapter I identifies these "subcultures" as the advocates, adversaries, and…