Problems raised and solutions proposed at a conference on improvement of education for handicapped children are extensively listed under the following categories: preparation of personnel, developing leadership and coordination of programs, research, information dissemination, scope of special education, labeling, rural area services, terminal…

This report describes the conceptual design of a regional information system, developed in support of the Denver Regional Council of Government's established comprehensive planning work program. It includes a discussion of system objectives, available data sources, recommended system content, software and system maintenance requirements,…

This annual report covering the period June, 1969 to June, 1970, is an evaluation of Project Outdoors, a Title III ESEA funded environmental education center in southeastern Connecticut. Evaluation embraces the major thrusts of the project, that is, developmental work with teachers at the Natural Science Center and local school sites via…

Reports on the AMS Conference on Communication Problems in the Mathematical Sciences which was organized by the Society's Committee to Monitor Problems in Communication is presented. The scientific program of the conference included a number of special addresses and five panel discussions. Among the items discussed were (1) the need for founding a…

The report opens with a brief overview of higher education in 1969-70, including such items as the rapid increase in enrollment, the continuing education program, the need for a comprehensive development plan, the availability of construction funds for 2 new universities and a dental school, legislative limitation on the State System's growth by…

The invitational conference sought to create an atmosphere in which public library administrators and youth services librarians might freely discuss and reach consensus regarding a definition of the appropriate role of Florida public libraries in service to youth in the decade ahead, appropriate, realistic objectives for public libraries' youth…

The two-cassette tape recordings in this set contain the proceedings of a session at the 1969 meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science. One of the two papers summarized the major results of a survey of the status of educational research and development in the United States in the Fiscal year 1968. The findings of the…

This document contains twenty recommendations put forth at the Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use and Conservation of the Resources of the Biosphere under the direction of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). The conference was held at the UNESCO House, Paris,…

Transcriptions of papers presented during a conference at the University of Wisconsin during July, 1968. "Liability and School Facilities" is the topic of the first paper, followed by presentations and seminar discussions concerned with--(1) Legal Aspects of Construction; (2) Legal Aspects of Operating Facilities; (3) Legal Aspects of Long Term…

The objective of this project was to increase the quantity and quality of research and available information on the education of disadvantaged youth, through conferences and seminars, consultation services, and the development of the Information Retrieval Center on the Disadvantaged (later ERIC-IRCD). Proceedings of conferences in the following…

The progress reports on the second STINFO (Scientific and Technical Information) Conference show developments in various areas of research. The conference stressed the importance of past and future improvements in technology, management, user analysis, coordination with governmental agencies on various levels, evaluation methods, selective…

This report gives information regarding the mathematical classroom activities for the first six grades at Estabrook School from March 1964 to June 1965. A brief progress report is given regarding the instruction provided to teach such concepts as addition and subtraction, symmetry transformations of squares, open sentences and graphing,…

Reported is the result of research on combinatorial and algorithmic techniques for information processing. A method is discussed for obtaining minimum covers of specified cardinality from a given weighted graph. By the indicated method, it is shown that the family of minimum covers of varying cardinality is related to the minimum spanning tree of…

Papers on "Current Issues and Their Implications for Practical Nurse Programs" included in the document were authored by Margaret McLaughlin, Ruth B. Edelson, and Kenneth G. Skaggs. Summaries of presentations by Robert M. Morgan and Helen K. Powers are also included. (JK)

The general purpose of the conference was to provide a select group of 145 leaders in vocational and technical education with the opportunity to address the following crucial issues: (1) Who shall be served by post-high school vocational and technical education? (2) How can essential educational personnel for post-high school vocational and…