This final report discusses two training institutes on problems of school desegregation and disadvantaged students, held in 1965-1966 for secondary school personnel in Oakland, California. The institute used a team approach which involved 30 participants in discussion, work, and study groups. The document presents the final reports of the teams…

The purpose of this inquiry was to identify the current business policies and procedures of high school newspapers in the United States and to determine whether such an appraisal could be used to achieve higher standards in both education and journalism. Most of the data was gathered in early 1968 by questionnaires sent to 548 public and 68…

The prevailing concept today is that the student activity program is a vital part of the total school curriculum. In order to present a study of factual material and opinions regarding the general status of the student activity programs in Wisconsin, a questionnaire was sent to the administrators of the 501 public and private senior high schools…

There is valid criticism that contest debate practices constitute both a reality gap between contest debate and actual public communication, and a closed feedback loop among coaches, judges, and debaters. However, remedial and preventive action is possible if forensics directors are highly motivated to work within a broad program of communication…

This report examines student activity scheduling procedures in the nation's high schools and investigates the prevalence of student activity directors assigned to these schools. In addition, it provides 11 sample job descriptions for student activity directors as submitted by responding school systems. The data reported in the document are based…

The results of a survey conducted in 1971-72 to examine the nature and scope of high school speech institutes are discussed. The author examined responses from 52 schools (out of a total of 82 to whom questionnaires had been sent) on such factors as institute dates, financing, events included, staffing, and recruitment. Although 20 different…

In this paper the author discusses some of the new approaches for securing student input into school governance. Some of these approaches are the principal's cabinet, the superintendent's cabinet, and the student school board. The author feels, however, that at the present time there are too many attendant obstacles in making students full-fledged…

This guide offers teachers and senior high school students the simple facts of how he can make a difference in the operation of the two-party system in the United States at the precinct level. It also attempts to show that students, teachers, the school curriculum, and our American political structure definitely need large numbers of high school…

Reports conclusions and implications from a study to assess the worth and conduct of Future Farmers of America (FFA) contest activities in Texas, as perceived by secondary school principals, parents, current FFA members, and teachers of vocational agriculture. (MF)

The author presents the "pro" side in the special feature debate, that the kind of collegiate student organization for preservice vocational agriculture teachers should be the Collegiate Future Farmers of America (FFA). He lists organizational requirements and reasons for his belief. (MF)

Student activities directors assist student development through campus programs. (Author)

This study is the third in a series (EJ 068 961, EJ 130 474) of state surveys of middle schools in the upper midwest states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The total data cover the period from 1970-1977. Presents some of the composite findings regarding organizational, curricular, and instructional practices. Methods of pupil…

The Future Homemakers of America/Home Economics Related Occupations (FHA/HERO) program is a cocurricular activity broadening the home economics curriculum through both in-class and extended class activities. This article presents the background of an FHA/HERO study and delineates the program goals. (BM)

The validity of the constructs underlying the Clark-Trow Typology of College Student Subcultures--academic interests and non-academic interests--are confirmed. However, there are indications that the involvement with ideas dimension does not discriminate satisfactorily among the four student groups. (Author/MV)

Considers the problem of social control in educational organizations and some conditions under which relatively homogeneous distributions of school relevant behaviors and attitudes develop. The issue concerns the focus of social control: does the college act as the general unit of normative control or do subunits? (Author)