Ways in which young people have delivered needed services to their communities and have improved on previously established systems for delivering these services are described. The forty projects suggest some of the ways to provide teenagers with learning experiences that meet their own particular needs and, at the same time, offer a genuine and…

Women's relatively poor representation in the top and middle levels of business necessitates renewed attention and action. Labor market demands are changing, and two major forces prevail: more women are looking for new fields of employment, and more businesses are seeking "qualified and promotable" women. Cooperative education programs are needed…

This unit is designed to provide junior high school students with an understanding of the problem of vandalism in an effort to instill positive attitudes toward their environment and to increase their awareness of the impact they can have on the quality of the various environments of which they are a part. It traces the historical origin of the…

The magazine attempts to interpret what is currently happening among the North American Indians, especially understanding the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation. The magazine is recommended for high school students. This magazine includes 12 articles on Indian life: culture conflict; inner city Indians; religion; government role; a list of 25 resource…

Initially, the Spanish Emigration Institute (Ministry of Labour) endeavored to meet the educational needs of Spanish emigrants. However, this proved to be inadequate as the number of emigrants rose. Therefore, in 1969 the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Education and Science divided the responsibility between them and set up a Schools…

This document presents a review of what higher education agreements say about dues checkoff and union security. This study involved review of contracts negotiated by affiliates of the three national organizations, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the National Education…

In this paper, the authors attempt to provide a basic outline of what is known about the determinants of success or failure in school financial elections. The research, conducted since 1960, comes from several academic disciplines, employs a wide variety of techniques and methods, and is geographically representative of the United States.…

This compilation of abstracts reflects documents that concern supervisory and administrative theory, skills, and methods, including models, procedural steps, research reports, and bibliographic information. Based on document resumes in issues of RIE through July 1973, the following information is presented for each document: personal or…

This text is one of a series of three handbooks, each intended to provide busy educational executives with a brief, practical overview of one major issue or movement. This book aims at helping administrators become acquainted with the broad dimensions of the accountability problem, showing them some of the ongoing alternatives as well as those…

Little has been done to clarify the role responsibilities of the assistant principal; his position is generally looked upon as an internship program leading to the principalship. A survey was undertaken of assistant principals in selected junior and senior high schools in Oregon to determine the administrative responsibilities of assistant…

This report presents comprehensive, standardized, statistical, and descriptive educational information for 194 States and territories. The information was compiled from responses to questionnaires sent to country representatives and is designed to contribute to the comparative study of education by marshalling a large amount of material normally…

The process of education will be fully understood only by studying it as a process, as a few anthropologists and sociologists have begun to do. The problems of inner city education need more such studies, especially longitudinal investigations of the processes by which exceptional teachers and schools succeed in the education of impoverished…

A 1968 national survey investigated the characteristics of 229 Cooperative Extension community resource development (CRD) workers, along with their perceptions of area and community problems and approaches, competencies to perform certain tasks, relationships with other development oriented agencies, and preferred criteria for evaluating programs.…

This proposal lays out terms for the granting and regulation of cable television franchises for the city of Chicago. The responsibility of franchisees to the public is outlined. The structure and supervisory responsibilities of the Cable Television Commission are described, and the role of the mayor and city council members is suggested. With…

Recommended procedures and essential facts for a planned student registration campaign in New York City Schools, as well as suggested teaching strategies and instructional aids supporting a broad-based senior year preparation for the 18-year-old franchise comprise this document. The suggested teaching strategies involve large and small group…