The major purpose of the clearinghouse is to provide employment assistance and supportive services to adult and juvenile offenders on parole or work training release from corrective institutions in Washington State. Summarized in the annual report are major program activities and evaluation of problem areas. With the aid of Manpower Development…

An overview of the proceedings covers library networks; network levels (national, regional, state, and local); network roles, activities, and services; legal, organizational, and constituency issues; funding and budgeting; technical issues; and network interrelationships. There are summaries of four major speeches which deal with the national…

Fifth in a series of five, the document identifies and discusses some important issues relating to cooperative adult education programs. Issues under consideration include: (1) scope of cooperative education for adults; (2) cooperative adult education and work; (3) why do industry and education cooperate; (4) who benefits--who pays; (5) the…

Discussed are current and proposed Georgia interagency programs for delivering mental health services to behaviorally disordered (emotionally disturbed-socially maladjusted) children through age 21 years by 1976. Considered in a brief overview of state programs are services (such as the Georgia Psychoeducational Center Network) for elementary and…

The report of a 1974 cooperative study focuses on current educational service delivery for 708 visually impaired (VI) Kansans (up to 21 years old). Provided is a summary of data from unified school districts (USDs), state services for the blind (SFB), and institutions on such topics as age, sex, geographic distribution, handicapping conditions,…

In the past schools and colleges have tended to set themselves apart from the world of business and industry. Today, the national organization of resources for career education is receiving a new thrust. The vocational and educational needs of today's students are growing national concerns. The lack of emotional preparation for work as well as…

A 27-member advisory committee was appointed in 1966 by the Governor of New Jersey to create a written plan that would assure comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services by 1975 for all handicapped people who could benefit from them. The state was divided into seven regions and seven regional committees identified major needs and barriers…

This document presents discussions by legislators and educators on the degrees of responsibility and authority that State planning and coordination agencies should be assigned in the design of a sound growth pattern for higher education appropriate to the needs of modern society. Some of the issues raised touch on (1) the proliferation of Ph.D…

The 1968 report of the Nassau County Vocational Center for Women presents the Center's role in providing educational and vocational information and specific referrals to women returning to occupations outside their homes. An analysis is made of the women who enter the labor market and is related to the women now in Nassau County and to the jobs…

A Fiscal Year 1968 report is made on employee training in the Federal service. The first section describes purposes of training (staff utilization, improved public service, occupational flexibility, and others) and resulting benefits. Part II summarizes the extent of participation in specific agencies, sources of training (internal, interagency,…

This followup study of the field test and evaluation of selected adult basic education systems was begun in July 1966 and carried out in California, New Jersey, and New York, where the earlier study had been held. The study focused on the impact which the field test and other education and/or training programs had on the participants in terms of…

This booklet contains descriptions of 150 urban action programs being conducted by Young Men's Christian Associations throughout the United States. Planning principles are included to assist those who wish to adapt the programs to local situations: involvement of people in planning; use of local indigenous leadership; planning in collaboration…

This conference report deals with the roles and objectives of adult basic education in manpower development; educational personnel and technology; educational innovation; and special problems in teaching disadvantaged adults. Office of Education activities involving regional university resource specialists are described, as is the learning center…

This report contains a summation of the data collected on the Fiscal Year 1973 Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965 projects in the State of Illinois. The report covers many issues which are relevant to the Title I projects. Such issues are: participation of local educational agencies, program objectives, results of the instructional…

Provided are 19 presentations made to 200 participants in a conference on issues of mainstreaming, career education, and teacher education programs for urban handicapped children. Noted are four conference objectives such as improving communication within states between educational agencies and large city special education (SE) personnel.…