This paper traces Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) vocational education coordination activities that have occurred in the past and provides suggestions for activities that can be pursued at the local school district level to help school districts participate in the funding opportunities available under CETA. It is designed for…

Ways and means are suggested by educational experts from 17 UNESCO member states for developing the Associated Schools Project in Education for International Cooperation and Peace. Launched in 1953, the project was intended to sensitize teachers and students to the need for peace and respect for human rights and to prepare them to accomplish tasks…

A study examined the dynamics of cooperation between public school adult education programs and business and industry. On-site interviews of nine public school adult education (PSAE) directors and ten representatives from the training and development sector of business and industry were conducted, and a survey and two followup surveys were…

The final report is presented of the University of the Pacific's Program for the Coordination of Academic Planning and Professional Development. The program has the following objectives: to facilitate personal and professional growth of faculty; dispense teaching incentive awards and research grants; administer faculty development leaves; generate…

This study focuses on the problems arising from the use of the mother tongue in education in Nigeria and the solutions that are being attempted. It is an extension of an earlier comprehensive review of the mother tongue as a means of promoting equal access to education. To outline the problems involved, the various bodies and institutions involved…

BORN FREE is a project designed as a collaborative effort of university-based counseling psychologists and field-site educators to reduce career-related sex stereotyping in 14 educational institutions. This is the second-year evaluation of the project. The report introduction states the purpose and organization of the report, describes the…

By describing and defending six assumptions about teacher education, the Pennsylvania Association of Liberal Arts Colleges for the Advancement of Teaching (PALACAT) defines the purposes, goals, needs, and foundations of teacher education. The role of research in teacher education and current practices in teacher education are analyzed, and a four…

The articles in this report describe efforts at using varieties of process consultation to stimulate renewal in urban schools. Process consultation is a strategy for improving the group and intergroup procedures used by school personnel to reach their educational objectives and to solve their own problems. Emphasis is on the ways teachers,…

A concise overview is presented for those seeking information regarding continuing education in nursing. The following questions are discussed: What is continuing education? Why is continuing education necessary? What is the official position of the American Nurses' Association regarding continuing education? Who is responsible for continuing…

An adult evening education program called SPHERE (Spokane Higher Education Regional Enrichment), which is a consortium of seven private and public institutions of higher learning, illustrates much on the subject of external communication linkage as it applies to schools. External and internal communications problems between member schools are…

Addressing the theme "200 Years of Indian Education--What Now--Where Now?", these transcripts of the 17th Annual Indian Education Conference (Arizona, 1976) include comments, questions, and definitive statements of professionals in the field of Indian Education. Presented by workshop title, the seven workshops included in this document…

The Special Committee to Assess University Policies and Plans was assigned the task of assessing the goals, policies and plans of the Ontario university system for the remainder of the 1970s and 1980s in the light of the competing governmental priorities, possible financial prospects and the anticipated numbers of qualified students. The proposals…

Discussed is a total systems approach to the problems of personnel policies and practices in higher education administration. It is noted that of the three basic management functions--planning, budget, and personnel--the personnel function has been the slowest to adapt to the process of rapid change. Adoption of a new philosophy is needed that…

Reports from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Council of Europe, the European Communities, and the Nordic Council of Ministers are contained in this bulletin. They are contributions to the Ninth Seesion of the Standing Conference of…

This study reports data collected during a state-wide investigation into the current and future junior college needs of the people of Oklahoma. Factors investigated include current and future population, student enrollment, and economic patterns; manpower distribution and needs; existing and required educational services; financing; and existing…