TOPICS COVERED IN THIS HANDBOOK INCLUDE THE SCOPE OF THE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CANADA (DETERMINING INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY NEEDS, COURSE AND PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS, MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAMS UNDER THE ADULT OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING ACT, AND ACTIVITIES UNDER A BROADENED PROGRAM), THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PLANNING, ORGANIZING, AND ADMINISTERING AN…

AMONG THE POINTS OF CONSENSUS EMERGING FROM THE SECOND CONSULTATION ON CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR MINISTERS WAS THE DECISION THAT FINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMING RESTS WITHIN DENOMINATIONS, ALTHOUGH ECUMENICAL AID MAY STIMULATE IT. CENTRAL COORDINATION OF EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS BY COOPERATING DENOMINATIONS IS DESIRABLE, BUT CENTRAL…

The major findings of Vice President Mondale's Task Force on Youth Employment were obtained from a review of current programs, interviews with youth, and conferences involving national and community leaders. First, youth employment problems and opportunities are unevenly distributed. Without a bold new initiative, the 1980's are likely to…

The conference had three stated major goals: (1) to provide an opportunity for migrant personnel to share and exchange information in mutual areas of concern; (2) to promote interstate cooperation and to ensure continuity of interstate programs for migrant children; and (3) to promote esprit de corps of the conference by the use of the keynote…

Developed by the National Association of State Boards of Education/Louisiana Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)-Education task force, this position paper describes the potential for CETA/Vocational Education collaboration, particularly CETA-Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA)/Vocational Education coordination, in…

A number of policy questions has emerged as a result of various efforts to improve special education and vocational education services to handicapped students at the secondary level through linkages among general education, special education, and vocational education. These questions reflect recent research findings which demonstrate that the…

Work plans and questionnaires completed by program leaders supplied information for this directory, which describes 900 projects initiated by the 50 states and Puerto Rico under Title V of the 1972 Rural Development Act; it includes a personnel index and a detailed subject index. The entries, arranged alphabetically by state, include a map of…

A report of migrant education program activities for the 1978-79 school year, this document describes identification of eligible students, recruitment, and project development, operation, and evaluation. Chapter 1 discusses progress made in meeting program goals at the state level. These goals, in order of priority, are program continuity, summer…

To serve educators and administrators interested in planning curriculum articulation in vocational education, this resource guide addresses problems and procedures basic to that effort. It offers applicability and generalizability across vocational programs, from pre-vocational through college levels; to "external" resources, such as…

DEVELOPED AS AN AID TO COLLEGE PERSONNEL IN SELECTING CLINICAL FACILITIES, THE GUIDE ALSO SERVES TO ASSIST OFFICIALS OF COOPERATING AGENCIES TO UNDERSTAND THE TYPE AND QUALITY OF FACILITIES NEEDED. BASIC CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDE THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND THE ATTITUDES OF THE PERSONNEL OF THE POTENTIAL COOPERATING AGENCY TO THE…

PROJECT ENABLE (EDUCATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION FOR BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT) WAS A ONE-YEAR PROJECT FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN SEPTEMBER 1965 IN WHICH VOLUNTARY SERVICE AGENCIES IN 59 CITIES MOUNTED PROGRAMS TO HELP POOR PARENTS IMPROVE CHILD REARING PRACTICES, USE EXISTING COMMUNITY RESOURSES, AND IDENTIFY THEIR MOST…

THE FISCAL YEAR 1967 CALIFORNIA PLAN FOR THE EDUCATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN INCLUDED 21 PROJECTS REACHING 9,671 CHILDREN. BILINGUAL TEACHER AIDES AND COLLEGE-STUDENT TEACHER ASSISTANTS, MANY OF WHOM WERE MEMBERS OF MIGRANT FAMILIES, WERE USED SUCCESSFULLY IN THE VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. EACH EDUCATIONAL CENTER IN ONE REGIONAL PROGRAM INCLUDED…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE ATTITUDES OF 19 PAIRS OF WISCONSIN GROUPS TOWARD EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES, FARMING PRACTICES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL PARTICIPATION. EACH PAIR OF RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS CONSISTED OF ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HOMOGENOUS IN ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION, AND ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HETEROGENOUS IN THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS. PERSONAL…

This report attempts to identify effective strategies that might be used by city and school administrators in planning, initiating, and coordinating comprehensive deprived neighborhood manpower and education programs. It is the result of a 4-day workshop of leaders in local government and school systems, held in late 1967 at the University of…

A bulletin listing training available for interagency use is published annually by the Civil Service Commission. Information includes names of agencies offering interagency programs, general course descriptions, enrollment requirements, enrollment fees, addresses of office offering course and training site, dates and length of courses, and a place…