Military and civil service personnel having similar job types and from comparable accounting and finance career ladders were compared on several attributes. The data reveal certain distinct differences between the two populations with the magnitude of the differences being highly variable as functions of specific job types considered. Generally,…

The purpose of the study was to compare the operation of the post-Korean conflict program of educational assistance currently being carried out by the Veterans Administration with similar programs and educational assistance that the Veterans Administration made available to veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict. The highlights of the…

Based on the premise that a change in teacher role is the primary means of upgrading the learning in schools, this curriculum guide focuses on the teacher's understanding of each student as learner rather than on the material to be learned. Some of the many topics explored are (1) student development of self-discipline and personal freedom; (2)…

This second volume of the Fresno Educational Master Plan describes seven major factors identified during the development of PROJECT DESIGN and considered crucial to effective educational planning for the future in Fresno, California: (1) Direction of future social change; (2) school management needs; (3) school district philosophy, values, goals,…

Of primary concern in this article are the long range qualitative effects that the recent Congressional cutbacks in appropriations for the 1969 educational and cultural exchange programs will have upon the national interest. Brief introductory sections cite the historical background of the American commitment to these exchanges and the immediate…

Described, in detail, in this speech is the implementation of the Silver City, New Mexico elementary school program to stress bicultural orientation and linguistic development. After brief introductory remarks concerning the identification of the bilingual problem and language teacher responsibility for initiating new bilingual educational…

Intended to provide administrators with information valuable in planning school involvement with the emotionally disturbed the text presents suggestions to a variety of questions on this subject. Questions on the nature and importance of the problem focus on emotional disorder, its relationship to behavior and achievement, and incidence, while…

Brief remarks about the nature of language study introduce this compendium of aims for different students and levels of instruction. The account considers language form, type, style, and use in the student's society, (2) educational requirements, (3) the student in specialized or general education, and (4) the instructional planner's effect on the…

Intended for college students and for teachers working with children who have not succeeded in school, the text presents research findings, brings concrete skills to the practioner, and attempts to clarify approaches to the problems of the field. The chapters, by different authors, discuss the following topics: ecological management of the…

To study the home environment of the Puerto Rican as it relates to the children's academic achievement, 45 working class families were interviewed and these variables were investigated: achievement, classroom behavior inventory in relation to academic achievement, the effect of bilinguality on academic achievement, the influence of examiner…

The diminishing status of Latin in the curriculum underscores the author's plea to Latin teachers to strive toward the implementation of nine suggestions concerning: (1) improved teaching, (2) professional cooperation, (3) institutes and workshops, (4) organizational support, (5) the Junior Classical League, (6) experiments and projects, (7)…

This final report of the Bilingual Education Conference presents an overview of the state of the art in America and position papers on various theoretical aspects of bilingual education. The work of over 40 leading specialists in the field includes discussions of research, theories, and operational programs. Extensive discussion of a typology of…

This Title 3 proposal outlines a program of parallel bilingual instruction for non-English speaking Mexican students and Spanish-speaking Anglo students in grades 9-12, designed to assimilate Spanish-speaking students within two years and to improve the Spanish skills of Anglo students. A descriptive section includes information on the community,…

The college English department is praised for its genuinely human concerns for student and faculty needs, participatory administration, and curriculum planning approaches. Contrasted variously with this model is the traditional, hierarchical department of English criticized for its unrelinquished emphasis on literature per se and a dearth of…

The issue of adult and continuing education in New Jersey has been examined as part of a Federal project (Project Next Step: Mutuality of Planning). National role, trends, and problems of adult and continuing education are summarized briefly in the first section while the next section includes a summary of the adult education programs in New…