Describes the Personal Career Development Plan for graduate students which aims for the production of a program of graduate study that develops an articulated set of professional competencies that the graduate faculty consider for approval. (CT)

Explores decision making strategies by program administrators regarding coordinating the program development functions of their agencies. Discusses program origins, orientation of resource persons, planning committees, supervision, and situational influences. (CT)

Presents advice on organizing and publishing a school newspaper in the junior high or middle school English class. (RL)

Describes an intervention model developed and implemented in a secondary school with a high suspension rate and a disproportionately high suspension rate for minority group students. (FL)

Home economics programs must be reexamined in light of the increasing number of dual-career families. New programs tailored to meet their needs help to keep home economics on the cutting edge. Home economists must be flexible, creative, and willing to meet the challenges. (JOW)

Two-year colleges are competing successfully in American higher education, except for funding sources. While two-year colleges enroll over 36 percent of college students, they receive only 1.4 percent of total dollars raised. These colleges must take drastic action to compete for financial support. (MSE)

Explains the application of marketing concepts to private schools and suggests a basic marketing plan for Catholic elementary and secondary schools, which involves specifying the goals of the marketing effort and securing parent help. (SJL)

This article describes several levels of public relations and cites a few examples of each. The public relations programs are based upon the assumption that publicity about art education programs does not always change behavior or policy. Rather, publicity is a vehicle to support awareness and understanding of art education. (Author/KC)

The article presents a program planning model for getting the most "bang for the buck" out of migrant health services delivery in Colorado. Elements of the model offer promise as viable short-term solutions to complex care delivery problems, including overlapping manpower, inadequate hospital care linkage and information flow issues.…

The authors present a method for translating assessed needs into goals and objectives for program development and evaluation. The outline of a six-step process is followed by specific suggestions for the use of an adult basic education advisory committee to carry out the procedure. (Author/SK)

Examining the relationship of industrial arts to consumer education, this article (1) provides a list of goals for students in consumer industrial arts, (2) discusses program characteristics at the elementary and secondary levels, and (3) gives sources of implementation guidelines. (LRA)

Focuses on problems associated with program development for older adults. Dangers are exemplified by the inability of program designers to share expertise. Territoriality becomes central in determining who should develop and implement programs for and about older people. Collaborative efforts between gerontologists and educators are suggested to…

Outlines similarities and differences in the nature, structure, operation, perspectives, and problems of six graduate programs in applied sociology: Wright State University, Kent State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Maryland/Baltimore County, Drake University, and Washington State University. (DB)

Eleven papers focus on the issue of dissemination in special education. (CL)

Describes how the author worked with some rural Texas school districts to help plan and implement career guidance programs. A plan for developing an exemplary career guidance model for rural youth is also discussed. (CT)