This report describes the conceptualization, development, and evaluation of a handbook (CE 016 432) for project directors responsible for implementing career education products. Divided into five chapters, this document contains a chronological review of development activities, including the use of the prototype version in schools. Chapter 1…

Right to Read is a national effort to develop and improve the reading skills of all citizens through the coordinated involvement of every segment of society. This report summarizes the program operations, program support, and agencywide and national coordination activities of the organization during fiscal year 1978. It then details the activities…

This report is designed to aid probation and parole administrators, planners, program operators, and line staff by highlighting programs and practices throughout the country which appear to have special promise. The scarcity of evaluative data and the limitations inherent in a study of this kind forced heavy reliance on subjective assessments in…

Descriptions of the policies and procedures used by 11 colleges and universities in the administration of institutional investments and endowments are presented. In addition to statements of investment goals, policies and procedures for deferred giving and social responsibility in investment are included. Statements are reproduced exactly as…

A project was conducted to supplement the process and product evaluation of four Vocational Education Personnel Development Centers (VEPDC) through mail surveys of a representative sample of the clients of the Centers. (These Centers are located at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The University of Pittsburgh, The Pennsylvania State University,…

This sourcebook represents a compendium of documents from museum education specialists and volunteer agencies concerned about the training and management of volunteers. The first section of the twelve-part document discusses issues which should be considered prior to initiating or changing a volunteer program. Documents within the section include…

THIS NEWSLETTER DESCRIBES THE NEW JERSEY PROGRAM FOR INSTRUCTION OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN IN TERMS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND THE REGULAR SCHOOL, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND THE MEDICAL PROGRAM, NEW JERSEY STATE REGULATIONS, CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF…

THIS GUIDE CONTAINS GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING, DEVELOPING, AND ADMINISTERING SPEECH THERAPY PROGRAMS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL IN ESTABLISHING, SUPERVISING, AND PROVIDING PROPER EQUIPMENT FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL SPEECH THERAPY PROGRAM ARE DESCRIBED. THE ROLES OF THE STATE SUPERVISOR, THE SCHOOL…

THIS WAS ONE OF FOUR SEMINARS CONDUCTED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. OBJECTIVES WERE TO DEVELOP (1) A CONCEPT OF THE ROLE AND THE ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN STATE PROGRAMS, (2) AN UNDERSTANDING OF A FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR CONDUCTING A PROGRAM OF…

A study team was convened to examine the current status of the delivery system for social services to the elderly in Orange County (California) and to consider the potential of senior centers in fulfilling the role of delivery "focal point." The team was further asked to develop a desirable service delivery system for Orange County as…

Presented are 54 papers offered during the 1980 Workshop of the Association of Interpretive Naturalists at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. These papers, which relate to the conference theme "Integrating Natural and Cultural Interpretation," are organized into three categories: (1) Operations, (2) Management, and (3) Research. Representative of…

This collection contains the 30 papers presented at the 1979 Reading Center Conference on content area reading held at West Virginia University. The papers are presented under the following topics: aiding reading/thinking skills, reading in specific content areas, motivating extended reading, meeting student needs, and administering content area…

The theme of this special journal issue is diagnostic reading instruction. The first of two main articles discuss ways to teach reading in a diagnostic-prescriptive way and the second deals with how to select a reading instruction approach for the mainstreamed child. Regular journal features discuss research on assessing readers' strategies…

Effects of variations in the structure of targeted employment subsidy programs on the attainment of program objectives are explored in this paper. First, the objectives that underlie targeted subsidy programs are outlined in relation to individual program characteristics and the economics of such programs are discussed. Then the wide range of…

One of 33 self-paced industry services leadership development (ISLD) modules, this module contains three sequential learning activities on closing a training program. (The type of industry services program for which these materials were developed would involve provision of job training by public agencies for new or expanding private industries.)…