This study evaluated the objectives of the preservice elementary teacher education program at the University of Rochester; proposals for improvement of the program were also gathered. (BB)

Counselor education suffers from a lack of emphasis on evaluation of counselor training programs. In response to this problem, a systems analysis-based approach to evaluation is presented and discussed. The approach, which involves performance testing and system monitoring, has sufficient flexibility to be used in programs with divergent…

Establishment of an effective communication system, quality programing material, and development of viewer expectation of the programs are essential for the use of educational television in continuing dental education. (Editor)

The author argues for development of community profiles to serve as the basis for value decisions and a system of participation accounting to evaluate the progress of the community services program. (Author/RN)

Describes 5 levels of parent involvement in schools (audience, teacher of the child, volunteer, trained worker, and participant in decision making), with details of a follow through program that tries to involve parents at all levels. (Author/SP)

Argues that most of the underlying assumptions of presently recommended solutions to the problem of heroin addiction are unreasonable, unwarranted, or at least open to more than one interpretation. (DM)

The participating students were provided with membership in a group which had psychological reality, were given some reference facts with which to compare themselves, and were given some intellectual tools by which they might better understand the stresses acting on them. Evaluation of the pilot project was generally favorable. (Author)

Describes the planning, content, and evaluation of a college credit course in which 12 industries provided lectures and tours for 25 science teachers. Suggests guidelines for developing similar programs. (PR)

Discusses efforts to develop a systems model for the collection, processing, summarization, and comparison of cost data on the basis of sections, students, and instructional areas for vocational education in junior colleges. (JS)

Campbell, Claiborne, Hancock, and Union counties have elected to meet their educational responsibilities through a cooperative. (NQ)

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program of the Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture, seeks to improve the diets of low income families using paid nonprofessional workers called program aides, supervised by professional home economists, to deliver services. (Author/JM)

Gives the background of the creation of the Emergency Employment Act and assesses its impact. (DM)