The principal objective of the international conference reported here was to bring together people involved with the promotion, development, support, coordination, and funding of volunteer programs to exchange ideas and experiences. Part I is a short paper on the historical perspective of voluntarism. Part II, a summary of conference proceedings,…

Designed to aid in the orientation of personnel newly assigned to the Office of Manpower Utilization (OMU), Marine Corps Headquarters, this manual provides a brief overview of Marine Corps Task Analysis (TA) by presenting the basic steps in this process, which are (1) construct a task inventory, (2) administer self-report inventory, (3) analyze,…

The Financial Aid Office at the University of California, Berkeley, commissioned a small pilot study to field test the use of student journal expenditure diaries to verify the adequacy of financial aid student budgets. The technique was considered successful and will be continued. Expenditure Diary Survey forms are included. (JT)

Guidelines for starting a public school adult education program are presented and discuss the collection of basic data on community characteristics, community involvement, program administration and funding, curriculum, teacher hiring, program-school relationship, enrollment, policies, and community advisory board. (LH)

An argument is presented for locating instructional materials development units in university departments of agricultural teacher education. Reasons given include the expertise in research, writing, and evaluation existing in those departments. (JH)

The author describes a prototype consortial structure demonstrating the benefits of college cooperation in Birmingham, Michigan, where five universities jointly offer continuing education courses in a vacant city school building. The arrangement provides many courses to a wide variety of students at low cost. (MF)

Presents a literature review of the analysis of the administrative systems of various environmental programs related to water quality and pollution policy. A list of 70 references published in 1976 and 1977 is also presented. (HM)

The Minnesota Independent School Fund, Inc. (MISF) came into being in January 1976 and was created to promote corporate support of nonpublic secondary schools. Describes MISF's development including some key issues and proposed solutions which were discussed at its initial meeting. (Author/RK)

Points to research findings that have implications for the staffing and administration of college-level study skills centers. (GW)

Information regarding noncredit continuing education offerings for adults was gathered through on-site interviews conducted at ten institutions of higher education. Results are reported in the following areas: administrative structure, the developmental process for noncredit programs, program promotion, program evaluation, relationships between…

Outlines and describes the five basic steps used in Texas to set up and operate an outreach center for continuing education in nursing. These steps consist of the following: (1) establish and clear policies with administration of sponsoring institution, (2) select outreach center personnel, (3) select advisory committee, (4) plan program offering…

Discusses the advantages of correspondence education in England and the Netherlands, the development of correspondence education in both countries, and the more recent developments of the Open University in England and the Foundation Inspection of Education by Correspondence (ISO) in the Netherlands, the former enlarging educational opportunities…

Advocates the continued administration of public relations courses within the journalism curriculum. (RL)

Reports the results of developing and pilot testing assessment procedures for evaluating the level of program implementation of administrative and leadership roles in an innovative early childhood education program. Subjects were school principals, educational program specialists, and classroom teachers in five urban schools. (Author/BB)