The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science held a Mountain Plains Regional Hearing in Denver, Colorado, on September 18, 1974. Witnesses gave testimony about university, state, public, medical, school, and Indian reservation libraries, as well as library education programs, networks, systems, cable television, and programs for…

The North Dakota Employment Security Bureau provides equality of services in all programs administered by the Bureau to rural area residents throughout the State. It also provides services to agriculture, business, government, and workers in meeting their employment and manpower needs. The Supervisor of Rural Manpower Services provides supervision…

Prepared by the Division of Nursing, this source book on South Dakota's nursing needs and resources is a compilation of existing data supplemented by information from field visits. Information for guiding development of a long range nursing plan is included for these topics: (1) Profile of the State, (2) Population Characteristics, (3) Health, (4)…

This report is based on a study of new institutional arrangements and organizational patterns for continuing education in the United States during 1969. Two related parts give findings of questionnaire surveys and interviews in ten middle-sized New York State urban areas, and findings of a national study based on interviews, visits, and current…

Subcommittee reports are presented on university extension education for younger women (under 25), mature women, and minority women. Recommendations on student and personnel recruitment, student orientation and counseling, curriculum, reorganization, special facilities, community service, research, evaluation, and job placement are also set forth.…

A 27-member advisory committee was appointed in 1966 by the Governor of New Jersey to create a written plan that would assure comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services by 1975 for all handicapped people who could benefit from them. The state was divided into seven regions and seven regional committees identified major needs and barriers…

This report summarizes information from an extensive study of university adult education conducted through questionnaires sent to the Association of University Evening Colleges, National University Extension Association institutions, and a sample of liberal arts colleges, plus interviews with various officials in 18 colleges and universities.…

This third of four volumes of the final report on the Educational Laboratory Theatre (ELT) Project provides an on-the-scene account of the Project's history at its Los Angeles site, from the point of view of the school-system people involved. Useful to planners of future cultural programs in its presentation of the practical difficulties of…

Embracing 750 items on adult education research and investigation (mostly dated 1969 or 1970), this annotated bibliography covers adult learning characteristics, program planning and administration, learning environments, instructional methods, curriculum materials and instructional devices, personnel and staffing; education of specific clientele…

It is assumed that a greater understanding of the complex interrelationship between the individual student and his environment will result in more intelligent and effective use of institutional resources in total educational programing. The first of four articles calls for increased research on students because it is felt that the adequacy of…

A five-day adult basic education workshop was held at Somerville, Tennessee, in February of 1970 for 21 teaching and administrative personnel of the Fayette county Manpower and Economic Development Administration. This report of the workshop contains only: edited presentations of the instructional materials; group reports prepared by participants;…

The papers composing this document were presented during the Workshop for Teachers on Adult Basic Education, which sought to provide participants with an understanding of the adult learner, insights regarding program planning, and techniques and procedures for effective teaching. They were intended to provide experienced adult educators with a…

In contrast to evolutionary or natural change and homeostatic or adjustive change, a planned program of change designed to move education in a new direction, and accordingly called "neomobilistic change," provides for the realistic achievement of educational improvement. The two primary criteria of this model are relevance and impact. Reasons why…

Extensive planning in relation to the establishment of an outdoor education center in the State of Florida is reported. The proposed outdoor education center, designed to enrich the public school program if instruction in such fields as conservation, recreation, and resource-use, is outlined. The report contains an account of socioeconomic…

This report of the functioning of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title I, in New York City was prepared under contract with the Board of Education. The study is descriptive rather than evaluative and the major effort was focussed on collecting the data upon which further intensive analysis will be based. However, certain…