The key to successful management of staffing during decline, this paper says, is advance planning. It suggests several steps to take via analyzing, prioritizing, economizing, and publicizing before reduction in force hits the school. Administrators should make projections and predictions on enrollments, revenues and expenditures and facilities and…

BOTH THE TEACHER-COORDINATOR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION OF A COOPERATIVE PROGRAM AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS INTERESTED IN INITIATING A PART-TIME COOPERATIVE PROGRAM CAN USE THIS GUIDE. IT GIVES A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION AND THE NEW CONCEPTS PROPOSED IN THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 AND THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT.…

ANNOTATED REFERENCES ARE DIVIDED INTO GENERAL INTRODUCTIONS TO PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION (INCLUDING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LEARNING PRINCIPLES), USER GUIDES (CASE STUDIES), PROGRAMERS' MANUALS (INCLUDING DEFINITION OF OBJECTIVES AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS), AND REFERENCES FOR PROFESSIONALS EXPERIENCED IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION (THEORETICAL AND ANALYTICAL PAPERS).…

EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY MUST WORK AS A TEAM AND SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TRAINING THE WORK FORCE VITAL TO THE NATION'S ECONOMY. ADVISORY COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN USEFUL IN MEETING THIS RESPONSIBILITY ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE EXTENSIVE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF SUCH COMMITTEES ON THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS…

THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO AND CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COOPERATED WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HEALTH CAREERS PROJECT BY ESTABLISHING PROGRAMS TO PREPARE PRACTITIONERS TO TEACH IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN (1) OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTING, (2) DENTAL ASSISTING, (3) OPHTHALMIC DISPENSING, AND (4) MEDICAL RECORD,…

The guide is intended as a stimulus for the establishment of training programs for newly employed attendants and as an aid to the development of on-going in-service training. The instructor should select those subject areas which meet the needs of the institution and its residents. It is expected that additions and deletions will be made. The body…

Forty persons attended this workshop, designed to identify consultants and orient them to the needs of community colleges and technical institutes when developing, revising or upgrading mechanical technology programs. Presentations by some of the nation's leading technical educators were followed by discussion periods and critique, both of which…

The Planning-Programing-Budgeting System (PPBS) uses techniques of systems analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and program budgeting in the administration of large, complex organizations. Some university administrators hope to improve their institutions' internal management through the PPBS approach. The basic program categories of the university are…

THIS PUBLICATION IS A REVISED AND UP-DATED EDITION OF A PUBLICATION, "FIRE SERVICE TECHNOLOGY CURRICULA SURVEY," BASED ON A SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 1966 BY THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE ADMINISTRATION INSTITUTE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTAINING THE SCOPE OF THE FIRE EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE NATION'S INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. A DIRECTORY OF INSTITUTIONS…

Administrative behavior in implementing educational innovations is defined in terms of selecting, installing, evaluating, extending, and improving innovations in the administrator's system. It is suggested that on the basis of relevant facts, knowledge of alternative procedures, and careful plans, an administrator can select an educational…

Two regional workshops were held to expedite development and improvement in the scope and quality of project training in distributive education. The activities center around the development of instructional projects for high school level distributive education students. Each workshop consisted of about 42 hours of formal instruction, 30 hours of…

Committee reports and group discussions are presented for a conference called by the Office of Education. The committee on organization and development considered a statement of objectives, the development of a sound program of training that will sell itself on merit, the approach of developing a new program as a merchandising problem, the…

The newly formulated staff development program for professional university adult educators at the University of British Columbia entails the establishment of basic competencies, a seminar and independent study (selected readings) program, and regular staff seminars to help to enable supervisors to clarify and practice new learning. Basic tasks and…

The Canadian Association of Extension and Summer School (CADESS) lists in its Directory of Personnel, the Canadian universities giving extension and summer school services, and the subject areas or divisions covered. Included also is information concerning the interests the organization is intended to serve, the objectives as stated in the…

The development and use of simulation models to provide administratively oriented planning tools for campuses is discussed based on work previously done at the University of Washington on student/space/density relationships. These relationships are extended toward development of simulation models of relationships between student academic programs…