One of the products developed by the Home and Community-Based Career Education Project, the career development series booklet contains information and practical suggestions on five major areas of career development: self-assessment, exploring the world of work, finding appropriate training, overcoming obstacles to entering a career, and looking…

The Oregon Small Schools Program began in 1963 as a means of serving the needs of Oregon's 215 school districts with 1,000 or fewer students. Coordinated by the state department of education, the program provides assistance to small schools in identifying and delivering services available from other state agencies and from the communities. The…

There are many varied and urgent needs calling for the development of a comprehensive adult education system offering a wide diversity of educational programs for adults including, but not limited to, college-level work, providing new educational opportunities, and requiring new and effective instructional approaches. Underlying the system…

Rules 20:13:12 through 20:03:22 are interpretations by the commission of SDCL Chapter 20-13, as it covers education. 11 new Chapters read as follows: 20:03:12--General; 20:03:13--Public Education. Each educational institution shall ensure that members of its community are informed of the South Dakota Human Relations Act of 1972 as amended as it…

This paper argues that the fundamental problem of individual inequalities in school success should be solved. Individual inequalities exist because present forms of schooling serve only a fraction of the different individuals in the population and because of the absurdity that precociousness in young children sets the standard for school success.…

Supplement Number 2 of the "Annotated Bibliography--Educational Opportunity Programs" (formerly "Educating the Disadvantaged Child") has been prepared for use by teachers, administrators, school personnel, and the public concerned with implementing effective educational opportunity programs. It concentrates on materials to…

Since the 1950's a number of large-scale intervention programs have been created to promote equality of educational opportunity among diverse social groups through the provision of additonal resources to the educational environments of selected students from disadvantaged backgrounds. At the secondary and postsecondary levels, such programs have…

Most of the people who are involved in higher education recognize that corporate interest in developing significant, job-related educational opportunities is growing. The motivation to provide corporate educational programs ranges from the need to improve skills to an interest in responding to legal and social responsibilities by expanding…

To determine trained manpower needs and training resources in the clean water field, data were gathered from interviews with state and federal agencies as well as the Water Pollution Control Federation, from prior manpower reports, and from Bureau of Census employment data. After analysis of present manpower resources and future requirements,…

Part 1 of this report on the status of women at the University of Chicago deals with women on the regular teaching faculties, their numbers and locations, potential pools of faculty women, recruitment procedures, promotions and reappointments, cases of alleged discrimination, nepotism, work patterns, reported satisfactions and dissatisfactions,…

The 11 research reports are reviwed under these topics: (1) The Situation in the United States, which reviews reports of the labor force activity of married women, study of dual careers, women in junior college, and attainment versus expectations of women, (2) The Situation in England and France, and (3) New Ideas and Programs for Women, which…

A system for career advancement in the community action agency must be based on the fundamental principle that it is the responsibility of the community action agency to develop the full potential of the nonprofessional staff. The agency must take the initiative on several aspects of its policy and program. Nonprofessional employees must be able…

This report was prepared as a background paper for a national study of changes in the accessibility of higher education fromm l958 to l968. It out- lines four major barriers to higher education: the financial, the academic, the motivational, and the geographic. Efforts to reduce these barriers have included (1) the creation of junior colleges; (2)…

The following topics are the subject of capsule summaries of Upward Bound (UB) program techniques that make up the major portion of this book, having been compiled from information submitted by project staff, consultants, and others who have seen Upward Bound in action during the past four years: recruiting students; curriculum, including…

Results are presented of a survey of British top executives (largely from smaller companies) as to general difficulties and specific educational or developmental needs facing experienced business managers. First, a definition of an experienced manager is elaborated, followed by familiar managerial types, conditions conducive to learning, the…