The Council on Social Work Education's Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) stresses the importance of the implicit curriculum in shaping a school's culture. This timely article describes how the implicit BSW curriculum was developed at a large Southern state university using three Web-based projects: (1) a glossary of terms for…

The importance of investigating the sun's interior is discussed. One method for probing the interiors of some pulsating stars is described. The relationship between the sun's solar oscillation frequencies and the sun's solar cycles is discussed. A project to place six instruments around the world to observe the sun's oscillations (GONG) is…

Covering the period of June 1973 to May 1975, this report describes and evaluates a comprehensive K-12 career education program in the Somersworth schools in New Hampshire. The goals of the project were to increase (1) self-awareness, (2) decision making skills, and (3) awareness, exploration, and experience in a variety of career areas. The…

One of the significant results of the 92nd and 93rd Congresses was the statement in the Conference Report: H.R. 8395 clarifying the roles to be played by the federal state grant-in-aid program for vocational rehabilitation. The Conference Report states that the order of selection be modified to require serving first those individuals with the most…

This revised and updated directory contains detailed profiles of the 91 member schools of the Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities. The data are based on Peterson's Annual Survey of Undergraduate Institutions and each college has provided a one-page description. These detailed profiles include information on: background facts,…

The intern report on volunteer staff development for the 4-H Clubs in New York State briefly discusses the objectives of the internship program, the accomplishments of the author during her year's internship, and her evaluation of the program based on her experiences. The bulk of the report consists of five appendixes which present: sample reports…

The guide briefly describes the objectives and content of a career awareness course consisting of a nine-week block (approximately 45 sessions) which was offered to all Dickinson Area Vocational High School students during their sophomore year. It gives week by week suggestions for implementing the career awareness program, including seminars,…

Sustainability is a critical issue for out-of-school programs. Time-limited grants, narrow categorical funding streams, and difficult economic conditions leave program leaders in a continual struggle to find a stable base of resources to continue their program over time. In the face of these challenges, many out-of-school initiatives have…

This publication is the final report of an Environmental Inservice Experience for teachers. It is divided into four parts. Section I gives a general overview of the environmental education program. Section II includes research information about inservice training in environmental education. This is meant to provide background information and the…

A project was undertaken to identify the training and resources family support workers need to strengthen the programs they provide for young adolescents and their families. Results were designed to help shape the development of training and resource materials for family support workers nationwide. Potential survey respondents were on the Family…

The career awareness materials project concentrated on making visual aid materials and knowledge of their use available to the elementary school teachers in the Bethel (Oregon) School District. The program assisted staff members in developing new materials and made those materials available to other teachers in the District. The materials included…

The report represents a preliminary study of a three-month consultantship intended to review field experiences in selected Latin American countries for teaching rural families home management/consumer education concepts and to collect materials based on experiences. A detailed account is presented of the projects visited in Mexico, Argentina, and…

The report describes IMPACT (Instructional Management Program to Advance Curriculum Training), a program designed to provide graduate students in vocational and career education with curriculum development and revision skills. The first of seven chapters of the report describes the project with respect to the need for curriculum specialists, some…

This survey of existing American Indian parenting programs is part of a National American Indian Court Judges Association project to design a model process by which social service providers can offer effective parent education programs that are culturally relevant to American Indians. The report also offers profiles, including addresses and names…

BORN FREE is a project designed as a collaborative effort of university-based counseling psychologists and field-site educators to reduce career-related sex stereotyping in 14 educational institutions. This report describes the evaluation of the five-day 1978 National Summer Institute, a staff development training workshop for educational leaders.…