A detailed study was made of the Bureau of Community Development at the University of Washington and the voluntary groups it worked with to try to understand a major problem for voluntary organizations--implementation of a program. Information was collected through: reading of recent literature on the theory of community development and a detailed…

This handbook is planned for both new and experienced coordinators of management and other adult education programs, for school or adult education administrators, training directors, instructors, or speakers. Part One covers philosophy and perspective--objectives of adult education and the responsibilities and duties of the coordinator and the…

The extension staff handbook of ideas for young families consists of five sections: Young Family Profile, Identifying Young Families, Involving Young Families, Educational Approaches, and Keys to Successful Young Family Programs. The young family of the seventies goes beyond the traditional definition of family and reflects varied life styles,…

Fourteen articles from a Russian-language weekly newspaper define the Soviet program for educating workers in economics courses. The program functions through the Communist Labor Schools. Development of model training programs is reported by the CPSI Central Committee Propaganda Department. The public methods councils are charged with carrying out…

The major concerns of this study were to determine the extent of need for bio-medical electronic technicians and to determine what would constitute a functional technical core curriculum for training to fill that need. Following a review of medical and electronic literature, a survey instrument was developed and sent to hospitals, manufacturers,…

Designed as a survey of 124 Nebraska public schools offering vocational agriculture, the primary purpose of this study was to obtain opinions of school administrators regarding selected aspects of the vocational agriculture program. A secondary purpose of the study was to present these opinions in a form useful to state and local supervisors of…

Based on an evaluation system developed by a university educator in vocational education and used in the 1971 report of the Georgia State Advisory Council for Vocational Education, this description of eight evaluation needs for vocational education presents five directional goals, six goals for various educational levels, and six goals for…

Included in this report are the presentations made at a 4-day national conference regarding the role of trade and industrial education in meeting the nation's manpower needs. More than 175 leaders heard the following speeches: (1) "The Role of Trade and Industrial Education" by Michael Russo, (2) "Industry's Concepts of Trade and Industrial…

Designed to provide a practical approach to the rules and regulations governing implementation of the American Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (PL 93-638) in conjunction with the Johnson-O'Malley Act (JOM), this technical assistance handbook is written in comic book style. Using straightforward language, this manual…

The function of research is to perfect the tools of education and to manufacture new ones. Research opens up perspectives and informs teachers. The whole of the education system and all its components should be investigated if research is to be comprehensive and successful. Highly qualified teams of researchers are essential, bringing a variety of…

Reasons for the underutilization or misuse and the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of advisory committees in community college vocational programs are reviewed and discussed from the experience of community college administrators. The article also notes the duties of local advisory committees and how committees can be involved in college…

Racial bias in instructional materials is still a monumental and pervasive problem which can and must be dealt with. Here is a description of what one local group did to help correct the problem. (Author/RK)

A horticulture instructor outlines various methods of getting information from the horticulture industry for use in planning instructional programs to fill industry needs. He suggests that student learning packets to implement the program could be developed with the assistance of industry. (MF)

Advisory committees, with representatives of various campus groups, have been effective in developing and maintaining working relationships between campus communities and bookstores that serve them. A committee often has more clout when confronting the administration on issues or with specific requests. (MLW)