These proceedings of a dissemination conference on occupational research in Texas contain the texts of five reports and the abstracts of twelve research projects dealing with various aspects of vocational education. In the keynote address, on free enterprise and vocational education, the role of vocational education in preserving free enterprise…

Communication within the foreign language profession and with the public is discussed. The responsibilities of national, regional, state, and local professional organizations in dealing with matters of articulation and standardization are discussed. Articulation means setting up common goals and ideals for foreign language learning and teaching…

Forty colleges and life insurance presidents met to discuss key historical and contemporary factors influencing fiscal management in higher education, including inflation, salaries, diminishing enrollment figures, energy costs, federal regulations and the increasing cost of research. Differences and similarities between business and academia were…

Thirteen author contributed papers are presented from a 1979 conference on disruptive, alienated, and incarcerated youth. Presenters represented fields of education, social work, public policy, and psychology. Included are the following titles and authors: "Juvenile Justice: Where We Have Been and Are Today" (R. Sarri); "Youth as a National…

The valid interpretation of information related to the outcomes of vocational education is a persistent and profound problem of the profession. Some of the reasons for this problem are difficulties of communication, problems of definition, problems of collecting and interpreting data, and lack of documentation. The primary problem appears to be…

The first convention of People United for Rural Education focused on creating awareness of the value in rural education and small schools. In two general sessions, recognized national leaders spoke on the following topics: the small school experience; rurally responsive teacher training; conventional wisdom in rural education; and past efforts and…

Recognizing the need for a new approach to the problem of federal/state jurisdictional overlaps in delivery of services to Indians, the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped contracted with the National Association of State Boards of Education and Indian Education Training, Inc. to conduct a series of national and regional conferences which…

Following opening remarks by Joseph L. Dionne, four sections of papers are presented. In part I--Testing and the Basic Skills--P. Michael Timpane and Judith Shoemaker discuss federal activities, Edwin L. West, Jr. discusses the coordination of teaching and testing, and Amelia Ashe describes testing and teaching of writing competency. Part…

Papers are on the topics of: perspectives on the place of institutional research in policy, programs, and politics (William H. Faricy, Virginia P. Mitchell, Paul L. Kenepp, Dwight C. Smith, Jr., Wendell G. Lorang, Jr., Ronald H. Stein); assessment and management in higher education (Jerry W. Brown, J. Barton Luedeke, Adolph Katz, James J.…

Selected papers and reports on discussions from a Conference of University Administrators are presented. Contents are as follows: "Performance Assessment and the Management of Universities for the 1990s"--extract from a paper by J. Sizer; "Opportunities to Assist the Career Development of Administrators in British…

This conference focused on two themes: research in testing and the cooperative research program, and testing in the language arts. The morning session was concerned with the impact of the federal Cooperative Research Program on educational research. Papers were entitled: The Support of Measurement Projects by the Cooperative Research Program.…

Conference proceedings are presented which explored the relationship of cultural pluralism to citizen education. Discussants included members of federal offices, national organizations, state departments of education, and private foundations from the U.S. Office of Education, the Office of Bilingual Education, the Council of Chief State School…

Speeches made by five keynote speakers, summaries of five forum sessions, and one paper are included in this collection of presentations at a conference on the application of computer technology in New Zealand. The keynote addresses include "Analysis of Key Factors for Motivation of Data Processing Professionals," by J. Daniel Couger;…

Although family planning services in rural America are becoming more accessible to women who need and want them, only one-fourth of low- and marginal-income nonmetropolitan women at risk of unintended pregnancy have been served by organized family planning programs. About 150 participants, generally providers of family planning services in…

This workshop was convened by the Office of Child Development (OCD) to identify research issues and to set priorities for research related to bilingual/bicultural early childhood development programs proposed by OCD. Workshop participants were researchers and persons with expertise in the development of bilingual/bicultural preschool programs. The…