The 23rd Annual Central Regional Research Conference in Agricultural Education was attended by 67 participants and guests representing 12 states. This report contains summaries of major presentations, including: (1) "Research Strategies for the Seventies," by John Coster, (2) "Project REDY," by L.J. Phipps, H. Thomas, and D.L. Williams, (3)…

The conference was designed to give teachers and administrators an opportunity to exchange ideas about the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program, ask them for feedback concerning recommendations for improvement of IPI, and provide them with information concerning the future developments of IPI. Fourteen workshop sessions on various…

This study sought to determine the extent to which selected publications of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food were received by farmers in the Province on Ontario, Canada. Investigations were made of relationships between various social and demographic characteristics of respondents, and their receipt of these publications. A…

A summary is presented of the remarks by the principal speaker regarding the purpose of the School Facilities Council Meeting. Lists are provided of various topics concerning school planning and design, which were presented by--(1) manufacturers and suppliers of educational hardware, (2) architects, and (3) school superintendents. A summary is…

In late July of 1972, a consortium of five organizations conducted a conference on the eighth Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) under the sponsorship of the National Center for Educational Statistics in the Office of Education. The conference had two very broad areas of concern: (1) to consider ways in which HEGIS data may be…

The author states that consultants generally pursue two goals: establishing communication with the consultee and helping the consultee to become a more effective problem solver. Consistent with these goals for the psychological school consultant are personal construct theory and attribution theory. Personal constructs refer to the dimensions, both…

This project was a community environmental education effort undertaken in an urban neighborhood, aimed at enhancing the understanding residents have concerning the social and spatial structure of their neighborhood, and thereby improving their ability to act effectively for environmental change. Nearly 100 residents participated in a four-month…

The aim of this paper was to set forth some of the results from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Science Project, and discuss their bearing on the teaching of science in Australian schools. The following factors are considered in this paper: (1) the influence of home background, (2) sex differences,…

The results of a study carried out to devise alternative systems of accountability for postsecondary education and its components, as well as to devise criteria and methods of evaluation to determine effectiveness and progress in meeting goals, are reported. The body of the report is a summary of subcommittee reports on the following:…

This book provides a comprehensive description of instructional development agencies and summarizes the proceedings of the Conference on Instructional Development Agencies in Higher Education held at Michigan State University in May 1971. Chapter I discusses the characteristics of instructional development agencies, including activities,…

Compiled in this newsletter are activities, viewpoints, reports, book reviews, and conference proceedings emanating from the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Principle items deal with viewpoints of politics and conservation and the International Workshop on Environmental Studies in Higher Education and…

In addition to general session addresses and the dialogue at 14 workshops, these proceedings include the treasurer's report and lists of committee members, board of directors, exhibitors, and participants. Workshop topics are: "A Good Manager--From a Personnel View,""Effective Use of Specialized Consultants,""Public Utilities,""Computer…

Statistics are presented relating to the domestic dollar sales of audiovisual and other non-textual materials to educational institutions. The scope of the data compiled this year has been broadened to include sales by type of customer and number of units and to cover new categories of media such as games, manipulatives and realia.…

Documentation of the Coursewriter II Function FCALC is provided. The function is designed for use on the IBM 1500 instructional system and has three major applications: 1) comparison of a numeric expression in buffer 5 with a numeric expression in buffer 0; 2) comparison of an algebraic expression in buffer 5 with an algebraic expression in buffer…

This document presents a summary of the proceedings of the 58th annual meeting of the Association of Urban Universities. Following a historical introduction, member institutions, officers 1971-72, and committee are listed. The program for the conference, various addresses and reports of the committees are included. (MJM)