Major trends revealed from an analysis of 46 collective bargaining agreements are discussed. The most obvious trend involves the agent with whom college faculty affiliate, with the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers dominating. It is shown that the bargaining model developing in higher education is closely…

With declining enrollments and the tightening economy outdistancing the process of normal staff attrition, more and more administrators are faced with the painful process of informing professional employees that their services are no longer required. Higher education officials are taking steps to make student-teacher programs more competitive and…

Prepared by the Association of College and Research Libraries Ad Hoc Committee to Revise the 1959 Standards, these standards are designed to assess the adequacy of libraries serving liberal arts programs at the bachelors and masters degree levels. They may also be applied to small university libraries. They attempt to synthesize and articulate the…

This study was initiated in 1964 under the sponsorship of the Cooperative Research Program of the Office of Education to develop and supply data useful to policy makers and planners of training programs for research, development, and diffusion personnel in education. The first task was the construction of a logical structure to account for the…

This survey, performed under the authority of the New York State Library Services Plan Act, Project 30, 1964-1965, was conducted to determine the System's reference needs, including book, personnel and building requirements. Emphasis was to be placed on Rockland County and its libraries, and these requirements were to be related to the development…

This article, in two parts, presents information as a foundation for an integrated approach to utilization and employment of Alaskan manpower in the construction and maintenance of the trans-Alaska pipeline, and the continuing exploration and development of the petroleum fields. The four primary manpower sources for petroleum related employment in…

In the event that anticipated shortfalls in the recruitment of qualified airmen for certain electronic specialities materializes, data on existing job requirements in terms of electronic aptitude requirements should provide the basis for any selective lowering of the minimum AFS standards. This report considers the relative electronics aptitude…

This document assesses the impact of two-week in-service training programs provided for eligibility workers in Kentucky Public Assistance Offices. Approximately 15 trainees participated in each of the three training sessions. Each trainee was a State employee who was required to conduct interviews to determine eligibility for medical assistance,…

This report reviews the programs and projects of the Mississippi Association of Developing Colleges (MADC) during the preceding year. The purpose of this study was to determine the needs of the colleges of MADC and whether or not their needs were in compliance with their objectives. The total programs of the seven member colleges were investigated…

In view of the facts that career education has entered the threshold of the educational system and that relatively little has been done beyond some preliminary planning at the graduate teacher education level, a workshop was conducted addressing the problem of student, planning, and implementation needs of career education and their implications…

Personnel Simulation (PERSIM), a computerized model developed to trace the flow of faculty through the processes of entry into, engagement within, and withdrawal from an education agency, is described. Major topics discussed include: 1) PERSIM's capabilities; 2) the development of a data base for the model; 3) the integration of PERSIM's…

The Commission on Instructional Technology identified several formidable obstacles which have prevented the successful use of communications technology in instruction. Many of these obstacles are particularly relevant to the organization and staffing of educational communications centers at colleges and universities. Educational communications…

A committee drawn from two British organizations, the National Educational Closed-Circuit Television Association and the Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians, submitted a report on the question of training at all levels for personnel engaged in closed circuit television and allied fields. The report defines several kinds…

This is the report of a survey of the patterns of supply and demand of educational personnel in the United States in 1973. Current trends for the different levels and specializations of educational practices, including pupil personnel services, are tabulated as to current needs (charts are included in the text). There are also comparisons of…

The need for a comprehensive, coordinated plan of vocational-technical education personnel development in the state of Michigan prompted the establishment of guidelines for a study. Teacher education funds provided finances, and after a director was appointed the study began June 1970. This report supplies background information necessary for…