An outline is provided of Food Service 225, a course offered at Orange Coast College dealing with the organization and management of food service departments within health care, community care, and school feeding programs. The outline first presents a course description, which covers prerequisite course work, the role of the course within the…

In terms of federal precedent, Indian education can be said to represent the avant-garde. Federal involvement in Indian education began in 1890 with tuition payment on a per capita basis for Indians attending public schools and continued with provisions of the 1934 Johnson O'Malley Act and the 1972 Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This…

Designed to provide instructors and students with reliable and scientifically validated information about alcohol and other drugs, this curriculum guide presents lessons in six major areas: (1) drugs and traffic safety; (2) alcohol: what it is and how it works; (3) alcohol: use, abuse, and moderation; (4) drugs other than alcohol: types, uses, and…

Defining reverse discrimination as hiring or admissions decisions based on normally irrelevant criteria, this book develops principles of rights, compensation, and equal opportunity applicable to the reverse discrimination issue. The introduction defines the issue and discusses deductive and inductive methodology as applied to reverse…

Compiled are data on 61 accrediting bodies recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and/or members of the Council of Specialized Accrediting Associations. Among the information given for each association: title, address, telephone number, principal officers, a brief description of its history, boards or associations represented by…

Prepared for the state legislature, this document is intended to supply practical information to help law makers and educators better understand the planning processes and cooperative efforts that currently exist among the public schools in the 18 counties of southwest and central Minnesota. Parts One and Three describe the planning process that…

The Adult Basic Education (ABE) program conducted by the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was evaluated. Data were collected via staff interviews and record reviews during site visits at ABE facilities located in five of six district comprising the Trust Territory. Focus of the evaluation activities was on program administration,…

A STUDY OF 10 SCHOOL DISTRICTS TESTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT CLASHES BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS' UNIONS ARE DUE LARGELY TO THE CONFLICTING PERCEPTIONS OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR'S LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR AS DESCRIBED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR HIMSELF, BY THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND BY MEMBERS OF THE TEACHERS' UNION. ACCORDING TO THE LEADER BEHAVIOR…

INTERVIEWS WERE HELD WITH SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS IN A SELECTED SAMPLE OF 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, DRWN FROM A NATIONWIDE LIST OF 108 DISTRICTS WITH HISTORIES OF COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS, TO STUDY THE VIABILITY OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AS A MEANS FOR DETERMINING WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. BECAUSE OF…

THIS IS A REPORT OF A CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND ATTENDED BY SPEECH AND HEARING SUPERVISORS IN STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION, AS WELL AS SPEECH AND HEARING PROFESSIONALS IN LOCAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS, IN COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAMS, IN FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND IN NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. ADDRESSES AND DISCUSSIONS WERE…

LACK OF FINANCES, QUALIFIED PERSONNEL, AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING MADE THE PROBLEMS OF EDUCATING THE 250,000 COLORADO ADULTS WITH LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS OF FORMAL SCHOOLING DIFFICULT TO ATTACK. UNDER THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964, A COOPERATIVE EFFORT WAS BEGUN BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER AGENCIES TO…

A TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR ADULT BASIC EDUCATION LEADERS COVERED CONTENT, PURPOSES, AND OBJECTIVES OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, CHARACTERISTICS OF UNDEREDUCATED ADULTS, AND WAYS OF IDENTIFYING, REACHING, AND INVOLVING POTENTIAL STUDENTS. SOCIAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND CIVIC COMPETENCE, AND INCULCATION OF DESIRABLE HEALTH PRACTICES AND ETHICAL VALUES WERE…

THIS REPORT OUTLINES PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND PROGRESS MADE IN THE STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TRAINING PROJECT. INITIAL DIFFICULTY IN SECURING FEDERAL APPROVAL AND FUNDS FOR PREVOCATIONAL OR BASIC EDUCATION WAS ENDED BY THE AMENDED MANPOWER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT. HOWEVER, DIFFICULTIES, MAINLY IN REORIENTING PREVOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL…

The manual is designed for use by trainers of special education teacher aides to provide a competency based course which will enable teacher aides to assist in the implementation of the requirements of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). The first section provides background information to give trainers the grasp of…

At the White House Consultation with Rural Women held in June 1980, over 250 women from all walks of rural life and from 12 other nations responded to the Carter Administration's rural policy on small farms, health, employment, communications, education, housing, food, agriculture, and land and energy issues and made recommendations for action for…