Papers presented at the Third Annual International Institute on the Community College are provided. In these papers, many facets of accountability are discussed: goal-setting, assumptions about learning, instructional modes, educational management practices, student development, instructional resources, and the systems approach. In addition, panel…

This is a report of the proceedings of the 1971 Northern California Educational Conference. The Conference was small in scale, with less than one hundred participants; short in duration, lasting for only a part of a day; but presented two main speakers. Participants were particularly stimulated by being told that making the educational environment…

Article represents the general consensus of various educational developments relevant to the growth of community and junior colleges that educational delegates discussed at an annual meeting. (RK)

A discussion of current issues and problems in the area of business education as well as research materials produced in the field are presented in the document. The materials are divided in four sections. Section 1, The Role of Business Education at Various Educational Levels, provides an overview of the roles and functions of business education…

The proceedings of an institute held to perform an indepth study of articulation problems in selected occupational areas (health occupations, electricity, electronics, and business education--accounting, office practice and procedures, and data processing) in the schools of Hawaii are presented. The ultimate objective was to propose a written…

The 33 subcommittee reports and recommendations contained in this volume represent the results of the Governor's Task Force on Education's examination of the state of education in Kentucky. Reports cover such topics as school administrators' concerns; auxiliary services; baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees; community colleges;…

The WICHE project on Extended Degree Programs aimed to contribute to the development of sound and successful extended degree programs as one segment of postsecondary education for adults. The conference had several basic goals: (1) to foster communication among persons involved in such programs throughout the region; (2) to propose varied…

The 1974 National Symposia for Professors of Educational Research (NSPER), which concerned the evaluation of teaching, are summarized. Each session consisted of three components: (1) a Teacher Appraisal for Improvement workshop, focusing upon methods for appraising teaching, (2) a discussion of the criteria which should be used to evaluate…

Summaries of five keynote addresses and proceedings of task forces of a conference on postcompulsory education in the 1980s, attended by educational theorists and planners from 30 nations, are presented. The opening address by Lord Asa Briggs provided a worldwide overview of postcompulsory education, and Burton Clark spoke about academic…