Summaries of research and production activities for "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company" are provided in this quarterly report, as well as information on the Children's Television Workshop's community education services, public affairs, personnel, and merchandise products. A table indicating foreign countries in which…

The Transfer Programs Outcomes (TPO) system developed by Oakton Community College (Illinois) focuses on the evaluation and communication of community college transfer students' perceptions of selected senior institutional characteristics. The objectives of the program are (1) to develop an effective, rapid feedback method for follow-up of…

Thirty-five representatives participated in a joint meeting to share information about the Allied Health Professions Projects and paramedical education at League Colleges, and to plan for cooperative work. In an informal summary, B. Lamar Johnson outlined areas of possible cooperation that he believed would emerge from an examination of the…

Representative approaches used in programs in special education in the United States are presented. An overview is given of the types, definitions, numbers, and prevailing practices for serving exceptional children in the public schools; various approaches to developing area programs (contracting for service, organizing a special district, and…

The purpose of the project reported here involving six high schools and one community college in California was to implement and evaluate consumer education curriculum models comprised of instructional modules developed by teachers in each of the participating schools. After presenting a brief overview of the project, this report describes the…

Project TRAIN (Training and Reinforcement to Answer Individual Needs) is an inservice training program collaboratively conducted by the University of Hartford and the Hartford Public School System. The project serves a large innercity elementary school populated principally by low income Spanish speaking and black students. The immediate objective…

This monograph represents the outcome of a two-day workshop on Career Education Curriculum Development held on the campus of Des Moines Area Community College (Iowa) in 1976. The first section, by Joseph A. Borgen, presents specific ideas about leadership roles and techniques for career education curriculum development. Included are discussions of…

Three workshops were held for the purpose of identifying principal competencies in four roles involved in the administration of community education: superintendent, district coordinator, principal, and building director. The first workshop provided initial lists of competencies by roles. The second workshop produced the list of edited competency…

This book, by the creator of the Clark County (Nevada) School District fast foods program, describes a fast food program that was introduced into the schools and the rationale that prompted its creation. The program is based on "combo" lunches that consist of a sandwich, salad or fries, and milk or a special "milk shake." This…

The document presents a three-level model management and evaluation system for the Los Angeles Community College District's programs for the handicapped, which meets local college, district, and state-level management and evaluation needs. Nine sections discuss: (1) the educational philosophy of the community college and the handicap programs; (2)…

The current role of the Department of Labor's Manpower Administration as determined by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) is described. CETA shifts the responsibility for training and job placement services from the Federal government to States, cities, and counties which operate their own programs using funds provided by…

The Council for Cultural Cooperation is intended to promote interaction among European nations and to initiate cooperation in remodeling educational systems. At a 1974 Brussels conference, participants discussed the moral obligation of European governments to promote sociocultural community development directed toward a greater measure of…

Presenting its past, present, and future expectations, the Navajo Junior College anc the forthcoming Navajo Culture Center are described in detail in this publication. College information relative to the following is presented: (1) History and Origin; (2) Philosophy; (3) Objectives; (4) Purpose of the Navajo College (to serve the Navajo…

An occasional, independent publication of the Unesco Regional Office for Education in Asia contains reviews of recent publications and studies, brief reports on programs and projects, and notes on Asian documents related to education. The first section of reviews of recent publications and studies examines documents on education in Bangladesh ,…

The document presents a teacher directed work education inservice packet that describes programs developed by the Pima County Developmental Career Guidance Project. Information regarding the project and two of its programs is provided: (1) Work Experience, aimed at providing tenth through twelfth grade students with an opportunity to spend…