This survey is part of a larger study which was initiated to gather data for the planning of state-wide post-secondary programs in Wisconsin and to assess the state's needs for educational institutions and facilities. A questionnaire, administered to 57,349 high school seniors in the spring of 1968, collected data on: post-high school plans for…

This curriculum guide will aid administrators, supervisors, and teachers in post-high school institutions in planning and implementing programs designed to train recreation program leaders. Contents of the suggested 2-year curriculum cover: (1) background of the program, (2) general considerations such as selection of students, faculty, advisory…

Twelve research reviews in this issue pertain to comprehensive planning in vocational and technical education organized under these topics: (1) "The Systems Approach" treats a Pennsylvania approach to state-local Program planning and an Oregon Planning Programming Budgeting Systems institute, (2) "Program Planning" includes a discussion of the…

The Official Conference Guide provides key information necessary to assist businesses and other organizations in planning successful meetings. Volume 1 examines top meeting places in the United States and Canada, grouped according to regional location, presents factual information on them, and evaluates their suitability for meetings. Evaluations…

The attitudes of professionals, businessmen, teachers, principals, and extension personnel toward establishment of programs of vocational-technical education for occupations concerned with conservation, protection and regulation, and recreational utilization of agricultural resources were studied. Attitudes concerning the importance of selected…

This report is a summary of the activities of the Researdh Coordinating Unit (RCU) of Nevada which carried out a variety of research and development activities for vocational education. In the area of developmental research, the RCU conducted a survey of vocational-technical education needs and recommended improvements for the program both on a…

The paper presents short descriptions and an existing program example for 29 innovations in the personnel services. The topics chosen as innovations represent a wide range of concerns of counselors and other pupil personnel workers in various educational levels. (Author)

Seven models of elementary, secondary, and college level programs which use students as aides to counselors and teachers are presented. The programs selected emphasize the effectiveness of student-to-student programs which focus upon academic, social, or personal adjustment problems under the supervision of a trained adult. Action possibilities…

The second half of a two part survey dealing with available programed instructional materials, and the use of these materials in schools is reported in this volume. The information will assist the potential user of programed materials in handling the parameters with which he is most apt to be concerned: cost, size of experimental population, most…

This paper concerns itself with a diverse set of applications of the Operationalization of Fuzzy Concepts (OFC) procedure -- a systematic method for breaking a fuzzy statement of intent, a goal, or a fuzzy concept, into observable, measurable components. The paper assumes that the reader has some prior familiarity with the technique. The…

Reviewed in the speech by John Ottina, the U.S. Commissioner of Education, are trends in the federal government's role in education for the handicapped and current federally funded projects serving the handicapped. Noted is program growth from subsidies for just two facilities 20 years ago to the current annual budget of $300 million to support…

Western Kentucky University is engaged in testing an evaluation system designed to obtain objective, quantifiable data on graduates of its teacher education program. Each year 20 elementary and 20 secondary participants are randomly selected at the beginning of their student teaching experience. Participants are observed during their preservice…

The document presents a conceptual framework and program plan for R&D in career education prepared for the National Institute of Education, based on a fundamental premise that R&D requires a focus on operationally definable problems. The focus suggested is the responsiveness of career education to the problems experienced by individuals as they…

This three-part document presents material regarding Continuing Education Unit (CEU) pilot projects. The first contains a memorandum to CEU pilot project coordinators, a report form, and special instructions. The second, a National University Extension Association report, defines the CEU as "ten contact hours of participation in an organized…

There is currently a renewed emphasis on planning stemming largely from the accountability movement in education. The accountability factor suggests that current and future educational planning could perhaps differ from past planning. These differences could possibly manifest themselves in a wider inclusion of lay persons and groups in the…