This book, intended for school administrators, provides a comprehensive account of how computer information systems can enable administrators at both middle and top management levels to manage the educational enterprise. It can be used as a textbook in an educational administration course emphasizing computer technology in education, an…

These two reports present information and considerations to help California community college administrators in planning ahead. First, Edward Shenk discusses the effects of Proposition 13 (California's tax reform initiative) on community college funding and missions. He provides an overview of the changes brought about within the community…

This curriculum guide consists of guidelines and materials for use in developing a competency-based medical record education course for students in a medical record administration or technician program. Covered in the individual chapters are curriculum design; the role and responsibilities of medical record practitioners; the affective domain and…

This handbook is designed to guide the adult basic education (ABE) teacher who is just beginning to work in an individualized learning center. Strategies are presented to aid these teachers in coordinating the simultaneous instruction of many adults while maintaining an individualized approach tailored to meet the needs of each student. Ten…

A report is presented of a meeting sponsored by the University Advisory Council of the American Council of Life Insurance on company-college links. A brief outline is presented of each of five innovative programs developed and implemented by business groups and colleges. As background to the projects, attention is also directed to some of the main…

This case study describes the development of elementary social studies methods courses appropriate for two new alternative Michigan State University teacher education programs entitled "Learning Community" and "Multiple Perspectives." The "Learning Community" program prepares teachers to teach school subjects effectively while focusing upon the…

The 1974 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Measurement Award was presented to J.P. Guilford at the ETS Invitational Conference. Irving Kristol, in "Moral and Ethical Development in a Democratic Society," called for the restoration of authority within our major social institutions, especially schools. Martin Trow examined the effects of the college…

This document contains two of the three supplements which accompany chapter 1 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630). The first supplement contained in this document includes the following materials: articles of incorporation and bylaws; statement of…

The curriculum guide presents the activities component of the Human Development Program for the third grade. The Human Development Program (HDP) is an affective curricular approach developed by psychologists to help teachers instill responsibility and self-confidence in children. Following a brief overview of the HDP and explanation of the Magic…

This third in a series of six learning modules on student vocational organizations is designed to assist the secondary or postsecondary vocational teacher in understanding and carrying out responsibilities as a student vocational organization advisor. Some of the responsibilities covered are assisting in the election and installation of officers…

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…

Youth employment is the focus of this compilation of 11 working papers (by selected specialists) developed to aid the National Commission for Manpower Policy (NCMP) in its ongoing efforts to develop a national manpower policy. An introductory section comments on the overall needs/conclusions revealed by the policy papers. Policy paper titles and…

This publication is a guide for teachers who conduct parenthood education classes as part of the secondary consumer and home economics program in Alabama. The parenthood education program guide is divided into four units covering the following competencies: understanding the family; developing maturity and independence; developing parenting…

This monograph contains seven papers from a workshop for pre- and in-service administrators and teachers serving special needs students. In "Identification Factors and Criteria for Determining Disadvantaged: Definition of Terms" Edgar I. Farmer, Sr., sets workshop parameters and defines terms. Royce Bland, in "Suggested Techniques…

A study examined those competencies needed by local administrators of Michigan vocational education programs at the secondary and career-education-planning-district (CEPD) levels to carry out effectively their duties and responsibilities. The Administrator Task Inventory, a survey to identify and verify the importance of and the need for training…