The Task Force on Resource Development of the Cooperative Extension Service, Louisiana State University, decided to utilize the leader identification technique as a means of assisting the parish rural development committees in the rural development process. The technique is a procedure to stimulate effective citizen participation to identify…

This paper looks at the issues and problems involved in the evaluation of competency-based teacher education programs. A major fallacy of CBTE programs is that they are based on the following implicit assumptions which have little theoretical or empirical support: (a) that there is much more agreement than the literature indicates on the goals and…

The marathon is a specific form of the psycho-process cluster which has its own identifiable characteristics, the basic one being intensity. The primary objective in structuring the marathon is to intensify physical and emotional contact in order to precipitate, encourage, and accelerate the process of behavior change. Myths which have evolved…

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of the employment counselor as a vocational counselor to dropout discussing such topics as: (1) functions, (2) problems of dropouts and their counseling implications, and (3) counseling the dropout. Included in the functions are: (1) representing the Employment Office in coordinating all programs…

The purpose of this report on educational research activities in Quebec was to provide a basis for planning and coordinating this research in the province. Four different populations: deans, professors of education, graduate students in education, and educational researchers in contexts other than faculties of education were studied. The general…

Aimed at a society which is forced to make decisions relative to their total environment, this pamphlet discusses a few of the problems associated with restoring and maintaining an environmental relationship conducive to the health and well-being of man. The topics covered include: air pollution, noise, solid waste, the urban environment, drinking…

General guidelines are provided for planning and conducting study discussion groups. First, the value and the importance of discussion are asserted, followed by a consideration of how leadership, individual needs, and program content affect participation. Problems in communication, and those relating to the strategy and tactics commonly used in…

This report describes the findings and recommendations of a study of guidance and pupil services in Massachusetts. Its purpose was to identify guidelines and directions for continued development of pupil services in Massachusetts. The first chapter gives the scope of pupil services including: (1) guidance, (2) counseling, (3) remedial help, (4)…

The text of four papers read at the hearing of the Canadian Commission for the Community College, October 1969, are included in this report. Each paper is preceded by a short abstract, and the papers review the following topics: (1) the role of the community college in meeting community needs; (2) the philosophy and function of the community…

A description of the College Board's College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) presents a statement of its purpose; its five major objectives; a list of prospective users; the role of colleges, business and industrial organizations, and certification and licensing agencies in determining the nature and character of the program; and a description…

Education's investment in technology is massive. There is growing interest in something called technology assessment, or the evaluation of the environmental consequences (usually second order consequences) of human activities and actions. The investigators conducted a study of the literature of technology assessment to determine the applicability…

The "pioneers" of the alternative school movement (schools that have now been in existence from two to five years) have experienced many difficulties in putting their ideas into practice. This report contains a discussion of a conference that focused on the difficulties that have been encountered in involving students, staff, and parents in…

Over the last decade the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) has stimulated and sponsored research related to the status, problems, and future prospects of Mexican Americans in Texas. This document lists the over 40 reports which were part of 6 TAES research projects. It also contains relevant TAES and Texas A&M research reports…

The institutional research that has been carried out continually on many campuses and the kind of educational accounting that is being demanded of higher education are not one and the same. Neither is accountability synonymous with management information systems. This paper attempts to clarify the differences among evaluation in higher education,…

Though Dubois tried to begin a series of scientific studies on the Negro problem in America more than 70 years ago, only recently have attempts been made to present a true history of the Black man in institutions of higher learning. Until that time, the experience of the Black man was defined in Euro-American terms, or in most cases was completely…