Funded under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, this project was conceived to provide occupational counseling on an individual basis in the prospective student's home. The project is planned as a 3-phase, 3-year project. The objectives of Phase I were to develop a unique, individualized approach to the recruitment of students, and to…

A survey of the opportunities for the study of the 2-year college in 82 U.S. colleges' and universities' schools of education included the following information: courses offered, present and projected enrollment in courses, list of colleges and universities offering professional education courses and programs relating to the 2-year college, and a…

Extensive data is presented which clarifies the number and percentage of persons who complete high school and college. Historical trends for the elementary, secondary and college levels are included. The report takes note of a number of growth and constraint factors: (1) wars, depressions, and the higher social cost of post-secondary instruction;…

Past experiments in lengthening the school year have produced mixed results, with savings being realized only over a long period of time. However, increased tax pressure, school overcrowding, and the need for additional educational programs contribute pressures for change. Extended educational opportunity through better utilization of facilities…

Using data gathered from 15 local agencies, this study sought to identify the number of physically handicapped individuals who could benefit from educational experiences in existing technical and occupational programs in the city colleges of Chicago. Answers were sought to questions such as the following: (1) What are the categories of…

The purpose of the present study was to review the present status of black students in California higher education and to make recommendations for the formulation of the Master Plan for California regarding the access of blacks to higher education, the retention of blacks in higher education, and black graduate education. Some of the…

This long-range Master Plan for higher education in Tennessee includes a series of recommendations concerning the development of quality higher education in Tennessee during the next decade so that comprehensive, high quality educational opportunities are provided at the lowest cost. Eight major goals for the state were arrived at during the…

Eight professionals discuss the need for well planned educational opportunities for adults in this publication of the Adult Education Association. Practical suggestions are offered for planning and carrying out educational projects by volunteers and professionals. The articles deal with such aspects of adult education as individual needs and the…

Quotes and writings of students involved at the Federal Youth Center in Ashland, Kentucky are used in this report to show how they feel about the Newgate Project at the Center and about a course called Personal Development. Newgate has increasingly stimulated the prison environment in a positive manner to enhance the confinement situation of the…

The Second Careers for Women conference is discussed as to its evolution and place in the scheme of continuing education programs for women. The keynote address, "A Decade of Innovation," by Martha Sturm White is reproduced, and summaries of 15 workshops are provided. The workshop summaries depict the situation for adult women seeking…

Provided was an analysis of 10 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) regional hearings held in 1970 on education of the gifted; three major sources of information explained to have been used in the analysis were the state survey form, oral testimony given at open hearings, and written testimony submitted for the record from the 10…

This document provides an outline of the Research Training Fellowship Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Emphasizing the scientific foundations of military medicine, the course aims at preparing medical corps officers for careers in laboratory research or clinical investigation and teaching. The intent is to give officers who…

The major issue covered in this report involves the unequal distribution of GI Bill education benefits in different states. It is noted that since differences in state tuition charges are not recognized, veterans in Eastern and Midwestern high-tuition states have a harder time using education and training opportunities than veterans in Sunbelt…

The emerging educational brokering service, functioning between adult learners and educational resources, aims to help them find their way into formal postsecondary education via counseling, advocacy, assessment and referral services. This monograph presents nine major issues concerning the educational brokering service: (1) definition and…

Results suggest that SES is a greater determinant of participation in private and semi-private out-of-school educational opportunities than is ethnicity. For public area activities use was fairly similar except for the Asian American's reported greater use than the black Americans. Neither propinquity nor parental attitude is related to use.…