In an effort to develop a new approach to comprehensive college and university planning, Colgate University and the American Foundation for Management Research (AFMR) undertook a joint study that involved (1) an intensive investigation of planning practices at selected colleges and universities, (2) a review of the available literature on…

State and national consultants for the migrant education programs under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, are available as resource personnel to assist State or local agencies in the development of educational plans and programs, both short and long range, for children of migratory agricultural workers. Information is given on how…

Representatives of business, industry, agriculture, government, and education participated in the symposium, sponsored by the Ohio State University College of Education with the purpose of studying how leaders in these areas might join in a coordinated effort to make it possible for every citizen of the state to develop a vocation. Papers were…

This paper traces the origin and development of the British Columbia provincial adult education organization during 1953-62. A series of biannual conferences for those interested in adult education began in late 1954. A more formal structure, the British Columbia Adult Education Council, was created in 1957 and continued until 1962, when it was…

This report of the Special Ad Hoc Committee on Private Vocational Schools, created in 1968 by the Educational Coordinating Council, presents information regarding accreditation of private schools, service provided by these schools, and official recognition of the schools. Recommendations were: (1) representation of proprietary schools on the…

Four perspectives of the changing role of the college presidency, given at the 1973 Summer Council of Presidents of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, are presented in this report. Various issues are discussed including the role of the president, educational finance, coordination, and governance. (MJM)

This document portrays the rationale, scope, and basic assumptions underlying the planning for and coordination of postsecondary education in Michigan. Michigan's postsecondary institutions must address a pluralistic society. In addressing the diverse learning needs of the state's citizens, the primary responsibility of the planning and…

The Statewide Measures Inventory is essentially a list of items of information, along with concise definitions and other information of interest relevant to statewide postsecondary education planning and management. It has been designed primarily for use by state level postsecondary education planners and decisionmakers. The primary objective of…

This paper on Thesauri in Educational Documentation attempts to show by description and analysis the difference in application between thesauri and classification schemes as indexing languages in documentary information systems, and from this to infer possible future developments. First, the differences between the pre-coordination and…

The program for the semiannual Cooperative Program Seminar, held October 9-10, 1973, in Washington, D.C. is presented in this document. At this seminar plans were made to broaden the program focus from just consortium concerns to include the full range of interests in systems of interdependence in postsecondary education. These proceedings, to the…

This study analyzed wrist, elbow, and hip actions of golfers who were accurately driving a golf ball a maximum distance. Electrogoniometry and cinematography were used to measure wrist, forearm, elbow, and hip actions during the downswing of 10 low-handicap golfers who were attempting to drive a minimum of 225 yards within a 50-yard corridor.…

This report documents the operational efforts of State Research Coordinating Units in the United States and Puerto Rico for the first six months of the 1973 fiscal year. The purpose of the report is to provide information which will serve to alert project directors, vocational leaders, and educators to the research and developmental activities…

In an alphabetical listing by States, the report summarizes the research activities of the State Research Coordinating Units (RCU's) conducted under Section 131 (6) of Part C of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 during the first six months of fiscal year 1973. The report's purpose is to provide information that will assist States to be…

The first year of The National Right to Read Effort, which was proposed as a coordinated endeavor to make it possible for all students to attain the skills and desire necessary to read to the limits of their capability, was a year of planning. The National Reading Council was formed in order to mobilize and coordinate the skills and resources of…

Reflected in this plan is the commitment to a comprehensive approach to environmental education by the Washington State Office of Public Instruction. It was developed with the philosophy that rational decisions regarding environmental management can be expected only when the general public acquires an understanding of the interdependence of all…