A Navarro College, Texas, study determined the quantitative and qualitative needs for developing skilled manpower for the solar industry and secondarily identified the (present) solar industry manpower populations and tasks performed by solar technical and skilled workers. Results from three initial working groups addressing equipment, market…

In 1981, a study was conducted at Kirkwood Community College (KCC) to assess community attitudes towards delivery systems and programs, such as community education centers and course offerings via telephone and television. A telephone survey was conducted of 500 residents in non-metropolitan areas of the college's service district requesting…

The second part of a study compared health and social service needs of older persons residing in public housing and older persons residing in the neighboring community. A survey was conducted of 461 residents in four buildings supported by the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) and 422 residents age 62 and older living within five blocks of one…

A model was designed for staff development in a small school district comprised of 1300 students, 86 teachers, five administrators, and one elementary, one middle, and one high school. The central unit of the model is the Inservice Continuing Education Committee (ICEC). Membership in the ICEC includes representatives from the school, the school…

This program guide is designed to assist vocational education and other interested agencies and institutions in establishing a coordinated and comprehensive system for the delivery of education and training to older persons. It consists of eight sections. Section 1 presents an overview of the purpose and organization of the guide as well as an…

An Illinois study identified the important questions regarding the fundamental problems bearing upon the vocational education needs of blacks in the state. Following a review of literature to gain perspective, seventeen persons qualified by experience and position to address the questions were interviewed to refine the focus of the research.…

A differential funding method for statewide higher education planning is examined, and a case study is presented. There are three basic dimensions or parameters by which higher education funding formulas may be differentiated: course level, discipline cluster, and institutional type. It is suggested that the only effective way to logically address…

Designed for both parent committee members and project directors, the handbook of technical assistance materials on Indian Education Act (Part A) entitlement programs for public schools contains five major sections. Section I is introductory material. Section II, "The Parent Committee," covers elections, meetings, records, and bylaws.…

A study examined current and alternate mechanisms for alloting federal vocational education funds to states. The approach to analysis was based on a conceptual framework of a range of policy choices that variously defined the federal role in vocational education. Within this framework factors indicative of states' needs for vocational education…

Guidelines in this publication are concerned with the provision of counseling as a related service for handicapped children, and are written to assist school personnel in discharging their responsibilities when the Committee on the Handicapped (COH) determines that a pupil requires counseling. Legal authorization for such counseling is reviewed…

A telephone survey was conducted by Diablo Valley College (DVC) in 1979 to determine the characteristics of community residents and their opinions concerning DVC's programs and services. In addition to demographic data (i.e., length of residence in Central Contra Costa County, age, size of household, head of household's employment and marital…

Three Washington state agencies, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Council for Postsecondary Education, and the State Board of Education, cooperated in gathering data on the potential impact of the Council's off-campus plan for the inservice training of kindergarten through grade 12 certified personnel. The study evolved…

The purpose of this handbook is to provide local administrators with some basic guidelines which will enable them to conduct a needs assessment in their areas. The handbook contains a description of the model, sample forms, procedures, and techniques that a local administrator will need in order to conduct a needs assessment. It is divided into…

In the summer and spring of 1980 Mercer County Community College undertook a large-scale employer needs assessment project, during which 1,140 Mercer County employers were contacted in order to: (1) assess employers' practices and preferences in the recruitment of personnel; (2) determine employer satisfaction with the College's ability to educate…

This compilation presents the proceedings of a conference on Indochinese refugee families. The papers included in the volume are the following: (1) "Counseling Vietnamese Women in Transition," by Tran Nhu Choung; (2) "Preliminary Nutritional and Demographic Assessment of Hmong Refugees in the Area of Puget Sound, Washington,"…