This is the report of a feasibility study on the subject of a formal association between the Drama Department of the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Chapter I, the Introduction, states and defines the problem and presents the objectives and procedures of the study. Chapter II deals with questions of…

This report focuses on the increasing number of problems clustered around state coordination of academic programs in community colleges. State directors and their staffs are becoming concerned with preventing duplication and ineffectiveness and with positive long-range planning. Data are based on questionnaires mailed to state agencies responsible…

Development, demonstration, and research projects, supported by the Administration on Aging's Research and Development Grants Program, have two major objectives: to stimulate community efforts in behalf of the elderly, and to develop solutions to many social and economic problems of the elderly. As of September 1, 1969, 117 projects had been…

This book describes models to coordinate student characteristics with educational environments, and describes how teachers can be trained to provide such environments. It is divided into five chapters. Chapter I discusses general characteristics of matching models, objectives, characteristics of the person, characteristics of the environment, and…

This information manual from the Coordinating Council for Higher Education in California is divided into three sections. Section one contains the Donahoe Higher Education Act, Council Special Rules of Order, Council Membership, Method of Appointment and Terms of Office of Council Membership, Council Members' Addresses, Council's 1972-73 Budget,…

This report summarizes research activities of the State Research Coordinating Units conducted under Section 131(b) of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 during the second half of fiscal year 1971 and includes a final analysis of the entire fiscal year. The purpose of the report is to facilitate exchange of information and reduce…

In the summer of 1970, a study was undertaken at Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon, in an attempt to explore the effectiveness of certain organizational patterns in teaching a large class at the undergraduate level. This document presents the final report of the study, which is organized as follows: Chapter 1 presents a review of related…

This document offers the results of a questionnaire designed to discover how the administration, staffing, and funding problems of Black Studies programs are handled at 10 major universities across the U.S. The institutions surveyed are: Atlanta, Duke, Howard, Lincoln, New York, Princeton, Rutgers, Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Yale. The organization…

THE HISTORY AND FUNCTIONS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN TEXAS ARE PRESENTED IN OUTLINE FORM. AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART SHOWS RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PUBLIC AGENCIES SERVING EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN. (MY)

THE EXTENT OF CONTACT BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHERS AND THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE LIBERAL ARTS WAS INVESTIGATED TO LOCATE THOSE ORGANIZATIONAL CONDITIONS IN UNIVERSITIES WHICH WOULD PROMOTE THE EXCHANGE OF THE INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES OF BOTH GROUPS. THE DESIGN OF THE STUDY INCLUDED SURVEYING THE CONTACTS WHICH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHERS HAVE WITH THE…

A description of the organizational structure of a system for districtwide organization of staff and a process for curriculum development, coordination, and evaluation. (Author/MLF)

Public library services and programs for children and adolescents from preschool through 18 years are discussed. Topics include library material selection for adolescents and public relations within the schools and through youth organizations. (Author/MBR)

Chronicles the work of various American Theatre Association members to obtain a grant from the Alliance for Arts Education to fund a status study of the theatre opportunities for and by senior adults. Theatre News American Theatre Association, Inc. 1029 Vermont Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Subscription Rates; one year, $5.00; two years,…

Observing that a lack of focus in rehabilitation research has resulted in a conglomeration of diverse problems, methodologies, interpretations, and applications, the author suggests striving for unification of effort throughout the field by overcoming three impediments in three areas (political, logistical, and heuristics) and by building…