The Rural Manpower Service's objective is to provide the State's rural people "equity of access" to all programs administered by the North Dakota Employment Security Bureau. It provides services to agriculture, business, government, and workers in meeting their employment and manpower needs. Functional supervision and direction to the…

Three police training programs varied markedly and present a selection of models appropriate to different circumstances and training needs. The New Jersey Police Training Commission provides for supervisory training through the use of mobile classrooms staffed with trained professional teams, equipped with modern teaching aids, and experimenting…

A historical case study is presented of the creation of elementary schools for the nomadic tribes of Fars Province in southern Iran (Persia). A brief historical review of the educational opportunities and socioeconomic background of the Fars tribes is given. Additionally, the gradual expansion of the impact of bringing education to the previously…

This study traces the historical growth and significance of adult education and reviews the historical, educational, and cultural development of Charlotte, North Carolina. The program in adult music education is focused on the following areas: a formal course in general consumer music; informal groups and ensembles; the community chorus; the…

An exploration was made of trends in continuing education at the University of California (Berkeley and Los Angeles), Michigan, Michigan State, Oregon State, Wayne University, Illinois, Harvard, New York University, the University of Chicago, and several other universities. The university was discussed as basically a community of scholars, and an…

On October 2-4, 1968, a National Seminar on the University in Urban Community Service was conducted in the Center of Adult Education at the University of Maryland, sponsored jointly by the university and the Division of Adult Education of the U.S. Office of Education. On the first day, participants heard from, and interacted with, selected leaders…

Control of public education in the United States is vested in the citizenry. Evaluation is a necessary function of control. The gap between occupational and general education must be narrowed by recognition that both may contribute to occupational choice, competence, and advancement, and also to the objectives of general education. As unsystematic…

The Community Centered School Support Program, also known as the Bingham Project, is not a new idea but rather a more structured application of an old concept. The plan assists small rural schools with inadequate guidance funds to establish a career information program at a minimum cost using the community, a heretofore untapped resource. The…

Relying on the conviction that, in the unrepresented and improverished section of our cities, involvement of parents in the education of their children is an essential step on the way to a better life in a fairer and more equal society, this study describes the achievements and limitations of this principle in action as discovered by an individual…

Increased environmental problems indicate a need for educational programs to meet the goals of environmental quality. Such programs would stress ecological concepts, appreciation for the outdoors, knowledge of appropriate outdoor recreation activities, an understanding of the interrelationships between nature and humanity, the development of…

Prepared for the National Dissemination Project to suggest ways in which community colleges might better serve the needs of minority and disadvantaged students, this report discusses outreach and inreach programs. The three purposes of the paper are to: (1) describe the outreach function of recruiting high-risk minority, and disadvantaged…

This guide is the result of a consolidation of three separate, closely related dissertation studies designed to provide information for preparing a planning guide for drafting and design technology programs. One of the studies was of the Texas Junior College drafting and design curricula, another was of the buildings and equipment, and the third…

Prepared by the Public Health Service to clarify the role of health professionals and subprofessionals in the home care field, this guide is directed to dietitians and public health nutritionists who are involved in planning, directing, carrying out, and evaluating the nutrition aspects of medical care programs for patients at home. Program…

The purpose of this study was to construct an instrument to be used in the collection and evaluation of data upon which to base decisions regarding the scope and character of vocational programs in individual high schools. Following a review of pertinent literature, a list of categories of information needed was drafted and organized under four…

The two main objectives of this project were: (1) to create a meaningful cooperative effort between the Kent County Vocational Technical School District and the Milford School District for the purpose of expanding vocational education, and (2) to establish a system to serve as a model for future expansion of vocational education in Delaware.…