ON AUGUST 1, 1964, HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION BEGAN A STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A REGIONAL DATA BANK FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PURPOSES. THE PLAN INCLUDED CONVENING A SERIES OF CONFERENCES OF EDUCATORS TO DETERMINE WHAT SUCH A DATA BANK SHOULD CONTAIN AND WHAT FORM IT SHOULD TAKE. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN…

Summary of proceedings of Regional Meeting of Experts on Information in Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (1982) includes an analysis of present situation in information units participating in meeting; formulation of network project (network concept, objectives, operational framework); and drafting of tentative plan of action…

THE FIVE PAPERS CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT WERE PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, JANUARY 25-27, 1961. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO EXAMINE THE STATUS OF RESEARCH IN COUNSELING AND TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH. RESEARCH ON COUNSELOR TRAINING…

THIS REPORT IS A TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS OF A PLANNING CONFERENCE HELD AT BOULDER, COLORADO IN SEPTEMBER 1958 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DESIGNING A LARGER CONFERENCE IN APRIL 1960. SPECIFICALLY THIS WOULD DEAL WITH MORE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF TELEVISION, RADIO, MOTION PICTURES AND RELATED MEDIA FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IN THE MOUNTAIN PLAINS STATES…

THE NEED AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A NUMBER OF "REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL MEDIA RESEARCH CENTERS WITH A PROGRAMMATIC ORIENTATION" WERE INVESTIGATED. A PLANNING GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED TO SERVE AS A STEERING COMMITTEE. CONFERENCES IN WHICH GROUPS IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN WIDELY DISTRIBUTED REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY PARTICIPATED WERE HELD…

Presents the state action goals for developing and implementing chapters and regional affiliate networks of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), and feedback from members about the NAME Leadership Institute's New Mexico conference. Other reports examine the process of leadership and the lessons on leadership that can be…

A CONFERENCE WAS HELD (1) TO ENCOURAGE COOPERATIVE PLANNING BY KEY REPRESENTATIVES OF EDUCATION AND STATE GOVERNMENTS FOR THE BEST USE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN THE FOUR NORTHWEST STATES OF IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON, AND (2) TO HELP MAKE POSSIBLE THE INFORMED USE OF FEDERAL MATCHING GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EDUCATION TELEVISION…

The University of Chicago's Teacher Training Conference provided for an examination of opinion and research from the field of adult basic education; practice in skill development and application; an experience of an urban community; and encounters which centered on personal, political, and educational ideology. This report describes the planning…

Examines the world response to population aging. Discusses national, regional, and international activities, such as conferences, campaigns to promote an active aging, employment projects, and community alternatives to institutional care. Policy responses are considered, involving employment, income, health, housing, family, consumerism,…

This presentation contains eight summary reports that provide information about major linkage activities initiated by the Ohio Board of Regents between the postsecondary education system and the business and governmental sectors. The regional and statewide activities are divided into two groups by the two phases through which linkage goals are…

Six workshops for nurse educators and school nurses were conducted to build consensus between the two groups and thereby enable both groups to work together to improve nursing education programs' ability to prepare graduates for practice as school nurses. Sixty-two school nurses and 69 nurse educators from 14 southern states attended the…