As a consequence of changes to the 175-day rule governing the length of the school calendar, many colleges are considering moving to alternative calendars. To assist in the deliberations on the multiplicity of issues involved in such a change, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges is offering a set of recommendations regarding…

This tool is intended to work in conjunction with Kentucky?s Standards and Indicators for School Improvement. Together, these two documents allow districts to identify opportunities for improvement and provide guidance for maximizing those opportunities through planning and the development of the district improvement plan. It includes a glossary,…

Analyzes a 2-volume report on continuing and part-time education put out by the Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education. The report contains recommendations to the Massachusetts legislature that they make continuing education programs self sufficient through appropriations and a system of vouchers and tax credits. (DN)

The most striking feature of Tynemouth's approach to the question of reorganization was the extent of teacher participation. Focus of the plan was a scheme of nonselective secondary education. (Author/WM)

Higher education is becoming a voluntary self scheduled activity, pursued by individuals from all social strata throughout their lives. Argues that increase in continuing education will accelerate the erosion of the ivory tower university. Reports on a workshop concerned with new approaches to planning for the adult student in higher education.…

Author feels it is in the interest of the educational institution to channel those apparent desires to communicate into positive communication and a resultant public relations program that brings about programs and policies of benefit to, and desired by, our publics. (Author/GB)

The fact that the college had no money to pay for the program, which was designed to improve physical liabilities and self confidence of handicapped children, failed to discourage the author, the president of the Essex Community College (Maryland). (Editor/RK)

Author discusses cultural liberation and the process of emancipation necessary before masses of people can participate in a genuine cultural democracy. (GB)

This special insert in Music Educators Journal is directed to every music educator to stimulate planning for Music In Our Schools Day, March 13, 1975. (Author)

Article discussed the principal and the methods at his disposal for school evaluation, the needs for school improvement, and the results of coupling leadership with external agencies, such as the North Central Association. (Author/RK)

There is a pressing need for informational gathering activities designed to facilitate the decision-making activities of State and local vocational education planners. Management Information Systems are suggested as the rationally planned means whereby the information is received and transmitted. (Author/SA)

Effective long-range planning by vocational administrators concerning job opportunities for their graduates requires assessment of immediate and future occupational demands. The authors suggest that the demand component Manpower Manual developed by the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education Management Information System will give…

In response to the increasing emphasis on career education, the author calls for programs to train "vocational school psychologists." The contributions of such psychologists to the school program would be in the areas of assessment and consultation. (RP)

In the German Democratic Republic educational planning has to guarantee the realisation of several constitutional mandates: admission to universities and colleges in accordance with the principle of achievement, with the requirements of society, and with reference to the social composition of the people and equality of the sexes; the right to work…

The university can become a flexible and effectively functioning social organization; one which serves a society with ever-changing demands and one which attracts and motivates a quality faculty. (Author)