Adjudged offenders and predelinquent youths 12 to 18 years of age, from the United States, were selected for anticipated amenability to correctional change in this open-residential therapeutic environment. Each of four homes houses 26 youths. Each youth has a thorough assessment, explicit treatment plan, and primary counselor. All elements of the…

Before meaningful structural changes in the federal role in education can be made, a new style of action must be developed that would include streamlining existing patterns of national intervention so that priority emphasis is unmistakably placed on those functions appropriate to the federal role and supporting and increasing the capacity of state…

In early l976, the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges (MSBCC) undertook a self-examination of their operations, including: goals and legal responsibilities, organization/administration, planning and research, finances, state/national external influences and relations, relations with constituent institutions (program review and approval,…

This study attempts to develop a new approach to theories of organizational communication, which would apply to members of voluntary associations who are recruited largely through the use of mass media. A questionnaire was mailed to 355 members of Common Cause, an organization dedicated to "giving the people back their voice [in…

Aspects of educational television (ETV) covered in this report include its history, growth and development, noncommerical television broadcast stations, instructional television fixed service (ITFS), microwave relay system, television signal translators, cable systems, and the use of satellites. The report also outlines the Federal Communications…

This packet of evaluation guidelines and instruments, developed to aid the Kentucky Advisory Council, provides tools and guidelines for evaluating vocational education programs according to relevance of content, job entry skills, and employability skills. The first section is an overview of the evaluation procedures and describes the evaluation…

The present project is aimed at evaluating and describing the quality, uniformity and standards of vocational rehabilitation throughout the state agencies in the United States. The aim is to identify techniques, personnel, practices, programs and services that do and do not substantially contribute to effective vocational rehabilitation of…

The extent to which state agencies are implementing information systems and analytical methods for budget review are examined. Focus is on 17 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Trends in budget…

Examines the impacts of a computerized information system on eight neighborhood service organizations and their funding sources. Discusses how the new system changed interorganizational relationships and what effect those changes had on the integration of services. (Available from American Society for Public Administration, 1225 Connecticut…

Reports on a survey conducted in the Toronto area that was designed to investigate whether substantial differences exist in the attitudes of school librarians and public librarians toward combining school and public libraries. (Author/PF)

An interinstitutional combined study/work experience program for vocational-industrial and technical education teachers was conducted to provide participants with practical work experience in applied aerospace technology and to develop innovative teaching strategies for augmenting existing courses. The six-week program consisted of discussions,…

The Career Education Program (CEP), conducted at the Walter T. Helms Junior High School (Richmond, California), included the participation of grade 7-8 students, teachers and administrators, and professionals from outside agencies. The advantages and disadvantages of using the services of an outside agency in the career education program are…

In this paper the history and activities of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which was chartered in 1917 to promote better Black education and American race relations, are described as they pertain to the fund's financial support for and relationship with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Urban League. (WI)

The 1978 Civil Service Reform Act mandates federal executive development. Training policies will change because executive development is now part of the management-oriented Senior Executive Service, which will implement a performance evaluation system. Implications for the employee development community concern program expansion, funding and…