Teacher and student dissatisfaction with a traditional approach to technical education has led one Canadian college to develop the ACT (Applied Civil Technology) Program, a self-learning system in which the student makes his own structure by scheduling the paths he desires to follow to reach the ultimate goal. (Author/AJ)

The author offers a history and philosophy of the evaluation concept. She discusses the growth of educational evaluation, institutional evaluation and its relationship to planning, program and faculty evaluation, and evaluation models. (CT)

This description of the vocational education system in Newfoundland, Canada, includes a discussion of its structure, previous history of vocational teacher training, assumptions underlying the program, the normal program for diploma, and lists complementary courses in areas of teaching specialization. (LAS)

The Alberta Vocational Center, planned to serve the training needs of a burgeoning area, is under construction by students, including several women; a heavy industrial campus and a downtown campus will serve a wide variety of needs. Academic courses, apprenticeships, and many types of job training are already being offered. (AJ)