Progress on projects within the overall program of the Cooperative Project for Educational Development (COPED) are described in this interim report and some tentative target dates for completion are indicated. The working documents include a report on data processing and a description of data feedback models developed by the Michigan COPED staff.…

Career exploration is a process through which individuals learn about the range of educational and career options available to them. The career exploration model described in the document was produced to unite a variety of programs, activities, and procedures which have been used to facilitate career education primarily in Baltimore City and in…

A total of 21, masters or doctoral candidate, experienced teachers participated in this full-year teacher education program conducted at Ohio University. The specific objectives were to provide teachers with: 1) a systematic program of study; 2) a substantive background in economics with emphasis on the analytical methods; 3) assistance in using…

Career education is a bold design for education effecting a blend of academic, general, and work skills learning so that individuals passing through the school system will be ready for economic self-sufficiency, for a personally satisfying life, and for new learning experiences appropriate to career development and avocational interests. The…

This description of major activities and accomplishments of the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of the States (V-TECS) since the second progress report of May, 1975, is designed to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the processes and procedures used by the consortium in achieving its major goal: The production of catalogs…

Student Services organizations must develop greater effectiveness to become facilitators of planned change. For higher education to be both available and meaningful, changes are required in Student Services programs and practices. Student Services professionals have a great deal of expertise to offer in the development of educational programs that…

This report is intended to complement a much briefer companion volume, "A Research Agenda for Year-Round Schools: Executive Summary." Together both volumes fully describe the second phase of a national study of year-round schools (YRS) that was initially begun by the National Council of Year-Round Education in 1975. The bulk of this…

This Training Manual for Student Service Program Development is being published by the WICHE program Improving Mental Health Services on Western Campuses as a result of work done on a grant from the Experimental and Special Training Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health. The manual presents processes used during on-site campus…

The Manufacturing Education Curriculum Project's feasibility study concerned with industrial arts curriculum development in manufacturing for the senior high school level is described. The need for an industrial arts curriculum which meets and reflects present and future trends is discussed in the introduction, followed by a review of the…

This book consists of 14 selected papers that focus on the broad topic of educational planning. All the papers were originally presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Australian College of Education, which was held in May 1971. Titles of the papers include "People, Policies and Planning,""Planning for Effective Education:…

Presents a model for an instructional system for low-achieving students, including such elements as proactive preenrollment, entry-level assessment and mandatory placement, basic skill development, articulation with subsequent courses, instructional prescriptions based on assessment, content-based instruction, exit testing, and student behavior…

Describes field experience, integrative, collaborative, systems approach, and institute bilingual teacher training models. Also provides a description and evaluation of a teacher training model at Wayne State University. The study shows that "facility stretching" will strengthen teacher training programs and train teachers who have a greater…

An allocation model for teaching and nonteaching staff developed at the University of Utrecht is characterized as highly normative, leading to lump sums to be allocated to academic departments. Details are given regarding the reasons for designing the new model and the process of implementation. (Author/MLW)

The sequential career component, developed at The American University with cooperative education as its focal point, serves as one model by which a career dimension may be added to a traditional liberal arts curriculum. The career center and cooperative education program are described. (MLW)

This report describes how expanding Universal PreKindergarten (UPK) services in New York City's Community School District 11 (CSD 11) demonstrates how a community school district can work with early childhood programs in the community to integrate early childhood services and public education in the northeast Bronx. The report examines the roles…