This report discusses the third year of a career education project that intended to aid school districts in establishing a collaborative relationship with business, labor, industry, and professional groups within the community and in obtaining permanent local financing of career education programs and to create a cadre of career education…

Using the systematic plan of the Public Education Project developed in Region J of North Carolina as its model, this guide presents in detail seven major steps in organizing a public education project for emergency medical services: (1) assessing needs; (2) survey methodology; (3) determining objectives; (4) media usage--both mass media and…

Under a mandate by the board of trustees, ad hoc committees at each of the nine colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District plus a district-wide committee were established to find methods to maximize the utilization of existing resources for counseling and guidance services. The colleges' recommendations highlighted the following…

Guidelines in organizing a staff development program in a community college are outlined. Initially, some kind of assessment must be made to determine program needs. Four areas to assess include: (1) administrative views and support; (2) present level of staff development activities; (3) institutional and personal/professional needs; and (4)…

These four case studies document the Research and Development Center's involvement in the implementation of Individually Guided Education (IGE) in the Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and the District of Columbia school systems. Attention is focused on the results of the Center's efforts to ascertain the strategies and conditions required for…

Developed as part of a research and design project for disadvantaged and handicapped vocational education students at Fresno City College, California, two management plans to assure compliance with affirmative action and sex fairness legislation are presented in this booklet: Plan 1, a generic plan of action to qualify for federal funding, and…

A summary of project activities for improving vocational teacher education department linkages with business, industry, and labor is presented in this final report. Described are goals and objectives of the project, the project planning committee, the national survey of vocational teacher education departments, the review of current practices, the…

This paper describes the development of a high school career program related to the Shadowing Experiences provided for counselors by General Electric. Nine Mini-Career Days, related to the different curriculum areas, provided students with at least four days of shadow sessions. Students attended the Career Days from their four morning class…

A set of strategies is presented which can provide local communities and programs with methods of enhancing their parent education activities. Staff members, realizing that effective parent education programs could not be limited solely to short-term activities and/or providing parents with a variety of materials, made attempts to increase parent…

Enrollment trends and zero-based budgeting techniques are employed to justify continued support of Rio Hondo College's Mexican American Cultural Institute. After introductory material discussing the usefulness of zero-based budgeting in assuring fiscal accountability, the report identifies three Chicano Studies alternatives: an Associate of Arts…

This report offers a title-by-title analysis of Public Law 95-561, the Education Amendments of 1978, as well as actual texts of the conference committee report and the legislation itself. Broken down by titles, the analyses cover technical assistance to meet special educational needs of children; basic skills improvement; special projects and new…

If primary medical care is to be provided to remote rural populations in developing countries, alternative and innovative delivery systems emphasizing community participation, use of paraprofessionals, and health education programs must be considered. A recent American Public Health Association study of 180 health projects in developing countries…

The purpose of this paper is to describe and illustrate the procedure for setting up a school-community relations program. The first chapter describes the following recommended components of such a program: using a programmatic approach, using the five school-community relations processes, and designating the primary responsibilities for the…

Part of a 10 booklet series on talented and gifted education, the booklet discusses developing and administering policy for talented and gifted students. Some aspects to be considered before implementing a new policy are considered, including social issues, administrative concerns, trends in talented and gifted programs, and instructional…

All approved occupational programs in Illinois public community colleges are listed in this inventory, as well as the occupational programs to be implemented in 1980, 1981, and 1982. A matrix identifies the colleges offering each of the occupational programs, which are listed according to Higher Education General Information Survey numbers. In…