A change in policy of the Defense Documentation Center (DDC) with regard to supplying hard copy and/or microforms of reports caused problems to users of the DDC Technical Report Service. Discussions among users of the service, a questionnaire survey and committee reports summarized basic user concerns, provided selected statistics and a look at…

This report summarizes accomplishments in 1969, describing Federal programs and policies, and new programs implemented to meet those policies. The report describes the priorities that have been selected in the Federal Marine Science program during 1969. The first chapter reviews the steps taken by the Federal Government during 1969 to advance and…

This report specifically assesses the courses described in Publication No. 4 of the Commission on College Geography, "New Approaches in Introductory College Geography", 1967. It does not attempt a comprehensive evaluation, and the testing instruments described are not models to be applied to all courses. However, it does demonstrate a…

Research papers on behavior modification, presented at the 94th annual meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency, are cited in Volume 2 of a two part series. Presentations by James Gardner, Maurice Dayan, Luke Watson, Robert Wahler, and Robert Conrad are given. Volume 1 (EC 031 272) deals with theoretical papers and complements…

Library programs at U.C. Berkeley, San Jose State College and U.C.L.A. are presented together with an introduction by Associate Professor Harlan, U.C. School of Librarianship. At U.C. Berkeley the experimental program has involved twenty-two librarian-instructors and has reached 825 students. At San Jose, a "team teaching" approach involving the…

Included are six papers describing environmental education programs at the AAAS Conference on Environmental Education Councils: Cooperative Science Education Center, Inc. (Tennessee); Fernbank Science Center (Georgia); The Tilton Experience (New Hampshire); Evaluation of Proposals for Environmental Education Councils (New York); Florida…

The objectives of the study were: (1) to experimentally determine the effect of each CFSTI announcement medium on the average demand per report; (2) to experimentally determine the effect of the selection process, isolated from the effect of the special announcement media, on the average demand per report, and (3) to use (1) and (2) to study how…

Over 300 scholarly papers are presented here. The papers are divided into 40 sections covering such topics as memory, sensory development, learning, conditioning, behavior theory, attitude development, clinical assessment, perception, and psychophysiology. Although the papers are in the main aimed at other professionals in psychology, many of them…

The highlights of a conference which brought together educators and experts in systems applications are presented here. The central topic of discussion was the possibility of major curriculum revision in the light of the recent emphasis on a systems approach to education. The papers presented stress the view that the emphasis in the future must be…

The Pacific Northwest Conference on Higher Education has provided a forum for debating the foremost issues facing higher education in Canada and the United States throughout the period of reassessment and charting of new or different directions. The keynote address to the conference examines the common assumption that higher education has a…

This document reports on the findings of the task force on coordination, governance, and structure of postsecondary education. Major conclusions are: (1) The states have the preeminent responsibility for postsecondary education. (2) Each state should insure and promote a variety of postsecondary educational opportunities. (3) Particular attention…

This conference was sponsored jointly by Valencia Community College and the Institute of Higher Education of the University of Florida. The presentations of the conference speakers and panelists are provided here. In keynoting the conference, Gunder Myran offered a description of "community-based education" as the ideal future of the community…

Information related to the budgets of Cypress College and Fullerton College is provided in this report. The sections of the report are: Budget Agreements, 1974-75, North Orange County Community College District: Definitions and Formulas (Cypress College and Fullerton College); Budget Procedure, Cypress College (Capital Outlay Budget, Operations…

Data are presented for applicants taking the test of the General Educational Development Testing Service (GEDTS) under these categories: United States, states and territories, VA hospitals and GEDTS offices, Canada and provinces, and high school level GED testing at official centers from 1949-1973 for veterans, nonveterans, and unclassified…

Presented in this document are the proceedings of the conference to mark the dedication of the Henry Chauncey Conference Center at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey. Included in the document are the opening remarks by William W. Turnbull; Higher Education is a Chauncey Business by Roger W. Heyns; Higher Education in a Steady…