The guide outlines activities through which students, teachers, and administrators can initiate and implement a program providing an opportunity for parents and others in the community to visit the school and receive instruction from area experts on consumer education topics. The suggestions are based on experience at Western Illinois University…

The study of vocational education success measures and related concerns in Washington State is based on surveys of employers, graduates of vocational programs, current students in vocational programs, and local advisory committee members. Current vocational students regard the quality of present programs more highly than do either vocational…

Pursuant to its responsibilities to advise the Commission on Civil Rights, the Maine Advisory Committee's hearings, investigations, and recommendations relative to Federal and State services for American Indians in Maine are detailed in this report. Dealing first with policy and law as manifest in: (1) Self-Determination; (2) Federal Indian…

This project's six objectives were: simultaneously broadcasting in the States of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota; developing a program series on restorative dentistry; finding a library source to house and distribute the videotape material; establishing cooperative working relationships among the respective State dental…

The report is intended as a guide for persons at the State, county, and local level who contribute to statewide policy for vocational education. Principles of vocational education are listed. Policy statements concerning program, personnel, fiscal operation, and evaluation are included in an attempt to isolate and delineate some of the factors…

The report presents emerging trends, future outlook, and potential legislative provisions for career education. Two basic assumptions by the year 2000 are the recognition of education as a lifelong process with open entry/exit and the disappearance of traditional distinctions between learning in a formal setting and learning in the work place. The…

The report reviews vocational education activities in Ohio for fiscal year 1975 and makes recommendations for the improvement of the vocational program. Goals for vocational education in Ohio are outlined, and the State's delivery system is described according to planning, organizing, operation, leadership, coordination, and evaluation. A chart…

Areas in which program evaluation is available and the manner in which it is carried out are examined. They include: (1) the use of professional analysts for technical needs and requirements; (2) the use of market price to measure efficiency of business services; (3) the use of management evaluation programs prepared by outside agencies; (4) the…

This faculty handbook, prepared for the 1974-75 session, is organized into four main sections: government of the university; policies and practices; student relations; and services and facilities. The information on government deals with administrative personnel, committees, and general organization. Policies and practices are outlined with regard…

The major responsibilities of the committee whose background and activities are reported here were: (1) to examine and review data on Title 1, Elementary Secondary Education Act programs in the school district and on the basis of this review and evaluation to advise the school district, Title 1 Parent Advisory Council, the State Department of…

The purposes of the first annual Pennsylvania conference on postsecondary occupational education were to consider the role of area vocational schools, 2-year colleges, and senior colleges in a total program of occupational education; to provide participants an opportunity to exchange ideas on the various typics; to improve the expertise of the…

The Presidential Task Force on Career Advancement reviewed post-entry training for Federal employees in professional, administrative and technical occupations. Training was found to be good; but in this report needed improvements are deliberately highlighted. The Task Force found that all of its recommendations can be carried out under the…

This guide is designed to give adult educators a brief overview of group methods and techniques. The following 24 are covered: audience reaction teams, brainstorming, buzz sessions, case studies, colloquies, committees, conferences, conventions, demonstrations, discussion groups, field trips or tours, forums, institutes, interviews, lectures or…

The Fund for Adult Education (FAE) was established by the Ford Foundation as an independent organization in 1951 and existed for a decade; its purpose was to support programs of liberal adult education which contribute to the development of wise and responsible citizens for a free society. In the first year, the Fund began a program of study and…

In 1965, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives provided for the establishment of a citizens advisory body to (1) make a comprehensive study of the vocational rehabilitation program and vocational rehabilitation needs, and (2) formulate goals and make specific recommendations for arriving at these goals. Among…