This paper discusses 43 autonomous and semiautonomous centers on The Pennsylvania State University's main campus. It deals with (1) the history and origin of the Penn State centers, and notes that the centers established between 1887 and 1955 generally represented areas in agriculture, engineering and technology, life sciences and the physical and…

This report focuses on the essential need for statewide higher educational activities, regardless of the agency or agencies involved in this effort, and discusses in the introduction some of the issues that make it particularly urgent at the present time. The first section of the report makes recommendations intended as guidelines for drafting…

Rural areas traditionally have been at a disadvantage financially compared to urban areas. With their relatively high unemployment and low average incomes, they have experienced a drain of skilled people. The only hope for successful development planning is through multi-county cooperation in order to attract necessary skilled personnel. To…

This report summarizes research activities of the State Research Coordinating Units during the second half of the 1972 fiscal year and includes a final analysis of the entire fiscal year. The purpose of the report is to facilitate exchange of information and reduce duplication of effort among the states by providing awareness of the research and…

This semiannual report summarizes research activities of the State Research Coordinating Units conducted under Section 131(b) of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 during the first half of fiscal year 1972. The purpose of the report is to facilitate exchange of information and reduce duplication of effort among the states by providing…

The relationship between high schools and colleges during the 20th century has been at best a weak one. College professors and high school teachers belong to separate professional organizations, and rarely do conferences involve both types of educators together. Thus, a communication gap exists that has at its base a problem that students are…

The term cooperative education is generally associated with a school and work program in which student-learners receive supervised payroll experience as part of the school curriculum. Steps in planning a program include surveys of community resources, student aspirations, and existing curriculums, and evaluation in terms of the criteria for…

An overview of the programs of library service to the blind, physically handicapped, and institutionalized is presented. State library agency coordination and funding are included. (Author/MBR)

This study described several brief behavioral measures which, with further validation, could be useful in predicting the deaths of older adults within a five-year period following testing. Such tests can be used in routine biomedical examinations, alerting the physician to possible problems in the future. (Author)

The paper reports on a study in which it was shown that the sensori-motor capacities of 10-year-old intellectually handicapped children (n equals 18) are more correlated to mental development than to physical growth and development. (Author/SBH)

Infants who have had opportunities for considerable gross motor exploration on varied surfaces may show appreciation for the subtleties of horizontal space earlier than infants who are carried extensively, but the overall results suggest greater similarity than difference in sensorimotor functioning of American and Indian infants. (Author/AM)

Workshop and conference improvement becomes a function of planning, linking, evaluating and following up on all aspects of the workshop experience. (ABM)

Presents a model for designing interorganizational coordination (IOC) systems, based on the premise that different contexts support varying degrees of interorganizational coordination. Identifies key contextual dimensions that administrators should consider in designing an IOC program and suggests guidelines for selecting the appropriate level of…

Interorganizational coordination is related to different forms of interaction in the relationships among the organizations, depending on whether the basis of the relationship is mandated by law, based on a formal agreement, or is voluntary. (Author/IRT)