Indian Hills Community College, faced with rising utility bills dues to inadequate insulation in the campus's older buildings, now utilizes a four-day week during the winter quarter as an energy conservation measure. Planning for the implementation of the four-day week, which began in 1976, was coordinated by an overall energy committee made up of…

A model is presented for constructing and evaluating an effective alumni volunteer program to aid in the student recruitment effort. A review of successful programs reveals certain common features and provides important touchstones for other schools looking for the principles and practices with which to organize their own efforts. The first…

Atlantic Community College (New Jersey) undertook to track the educational needs of adult students in its region. There were three purposes: (1) to improve and expand existing educational programs and services; (2) to gear potential new programs and services to specific community educational needs; and (3) to base all institutional plans on an…

This guide is designed to assist secondary school teachers in developing sequential drug education activities for infusion into the general curriculum, particularly in the communicative arts areas. The scope of the materials encompasses health habits, drug use and abuse, drug laws, and the pharmacology of drugs in specific sections by subject…

Despite the hopes of social scientists and civil rights activists that school desegregation would close the educational gap between blacks and whites, a full generation of effort has not resulted in parity between the achievement levels of black and white students. School desegregation alone is not the answer to ending achievement differences.…

Intended as a companion piece to volume 1 in the Methods Series, Communicable Disease Control Planing (CE 024 229), this first of six volumes in the International Health Planning Reference Series is a combined literature review and annotated bibliography dealing with communicable disease control in developing countries. The review identifies…

This four-part handbook is designed to aid teachers in planning, conducting, and evaluating vocational education programs for the handicapped (VEH). The handbook is based on identified competencies needed by VEH teachers in any area of vocational education. Part 1, on the operation of the program, includes chapters on laws pertaining to the…

THE PROJECT AIMED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM INTEGRATED WITH OTHER TREATMENT SERVICES AND IDENTIFY THE MAJOR FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY AND VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND MALADJUSTMENT. THE STUDY POPULATION INCLUDED (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 68 BOYS WHO RECEIVED THE FULL RANGE OF THE PROJECT IN-CARE AND…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS (1) TO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOR TEACHING EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (EMH) CHILDREN ARITHMETIC CONCEPTS AND (2) TO EVALUATE THE DEVELOPED PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE STUDY THE ACTIVITIES WERE DEVOTED TOWARD ACCOMPLISHING THE FIRST PURPOSE, DEVELOPING THE EQUIPMENT AND…

A CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION BOARD AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH WAS HELD IN APRIL 1966, TO (1) PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND MENTAL HEALTH LEADERS TO CONSIDER SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN THE TRAINING OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS, (2) PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS AND CURRENT PROGRAMS IN…

A CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION BOARD AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH WAS HELD IN APRIL 1966, TO (1) PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND MENTAL HEALTH LEADERS TO CONSIDER SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN THE TRAINING OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS, (2) PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS AND CURRENT PROGRAMS IN…

THE LITERATURE ON UNIT COST STUDIES IS REVIEWED, AND A UNIT COST STUDY IS MADE ON THE WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITIES. UNIT COST STUDIES ARE USEFUL IN FOUR WAYS--(1) THEY PROVIDE INFORMATION WHICH CAN BE RELATED TO THE GOALS OF EDUCATION IN MAJOR POLICY FORMATION, (2) THEY PROVIDE A BASIS FOR THE EVALUATION OF EFFICIENCY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, (3) THEY…

PART OF A LARGER REVIEW OF RECENT PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH RELATING TO NATIONAL DEFENSE, THIS SECTION COVERS STUDIES ON TRAINING FOR LEADERSHIP, COMMAND, AND TEAM FUNCTIONS, AND ON THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS ON MILITARY PERFORMANCE. STUDIES IN THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THIS SECTION ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL ASPECTS (LEADERSHIP)…

AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNIQUES ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF THE EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, THIS TEACHING GUIDE DISCUSSES TEACHER PLANNING, ADJUSTMENT OF INSTRUCTION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THESE STUDENTS, TEACHING TECHNIQUES, AND EVALUATION. PROCEDURES ARE LISTED FOR INSTRUCTION IN READING, WORD RECOGNITION, HANDWRITING, SPELLING,…

THE HISTORY OF PROGRAMS FOR ORTHOPEDICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IS REVIEWED, INCLUDING KINDS AND EXTENT OF SERVICES. GUIDELINES FOR ESTABLISHING AN ORTHOPEDIC PROGRAM ARE GIVEN AND THE TEAM APPROACH IS DISCUSSED. CHANGES IN THE HANDICAPPED POPULATION AND IN THE NEEDS FOR APPROPRIATE SERVICES ARE NOTED. THE APPENDIXES INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT…