This guide is designed to be a catalyst for social change, and to transform attitudes, policies, and services concerned with suicide prevention to reflect current knowledge. It involves a comprehensive and integrated approach to reducing the loss and suffering from suicide and suicidal behaviors in the United States. Representing the combined work…

The author describes nine highway safety occupations. To continue improving highway safety programs, each State will require more and/or better-prepared technicians and paraprofessionals in each of these categories. Postsecondary educational institutions can provide this preparation in response to specific local and regional needs. (Author/AJ)

I/D/E/A's Individually Guided Program pulls together promising practices and new concepts to make a school "everything it could be", claims the author of this article. He describes the elements of this program and how a school can consider adopting it. (Editor)

Discussed seven concepts dealing with the further enhancement of cooperative education programs. (Author/RK)

Lack of standardization of terminology in business education, curriculum problems, and outmoded preparation of business teachers are among major problems of business education today. (Author)

The information in this article is based on data collected from 79 computer installation directors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta. The findings of the survey should be useful in developing and improving data processing programs. (JS)

Describes the development of Mississippi County Community College's (MCCC's) solar energy system. Explains the functioning of the campus's computer-controlled photovoltaic concentrator system, MCCC's cooperative agreement with the Arkansas-Missouri Power Company, program funding, the integration of the solar system with other building components,…

Traces Amarillo College's involvement in instructional television (ITV) programming from the creation of a degree program in radio-television in 1955 to its current arrangement with the local cable television system, through which ten college-credit telecourses, several locally produced programs and series, and special satellite-network…

The article explores the cultural context of a new bilingual education program in a small Southwestern town through the use of ethnographic research. The ethnographic perspective focuses on how a bilingual program can be seen as operating in the three fields of individual classrooms, school administration, and community. (Author/NQA)

Examines obstacles to and errors in establishing faculty evaluation and development programs. Presents 12 guidelines for overcoming obstacles and avoiding errors, including the identification and enlistment of high-level administrative support; responsiveness to faculty concerns; and the establishment of development centers, advisory boards, and…

Discusses the importance of occupational program reassessment in resource allocation and program planning. Provides suggestions concerning reassessment planning, goals, and systematic implementation. Recommends a reassessment structure that promotes objectivity. Identifies the areas that should be evaluated, and provides examples of measures of…

Defines marketing and discusses the eight steps of the marketing process. Emphasizes the necessity of having one individual or committee responsible for coordinating marketing functions. Notes that marketing's success depends on its acceptance by all levels of the institution. Lists the benefits of implementing marketing in a community college.…

Considers the major issues that arise from the use of standard marketing techniques by community colleges. Urges the evaluation of college objectives before planning and implementing a marketing program and presents a general set of model objectives. Provides questions to be answered in the evaluation of the marketing program. (DD)