Designed as a guide for state- and local-level vocational education program administrators, this monograph presents a schema for recruiting and selecting students for secondary vocational education programs. It also describes noteworthy recruitment and selection strategies and techniques suitable for adaptation in local schools. Section 1 is an…

The Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) 1978-79 Recruitment Program seeks to increase the pool of students who wish to attend college rather than compete more aggressively for those students who have already decided to participate in higher education. A special adjunct Retention Program has been developed to enhance the entire recruitment…

These ten guidelines offer approaches for the development and implementation of multicultural materials. The approaches reflect the cooperative, shared roles of administrators, teachers, and parents in a school and community. Steps one and two involve identifying a core planning team and participants. Steps three and four identify strategies for…

To increase the enrollment of women in trade programs by 10%, one community college designed a model for and held a one-day exposition fair to acquaint students and staff with nontraditional vocational programs for women. The replicable model, prepared as a guide for others planning similar career fairs, consists of eight major steps, relevant…

This manual is designed to help meet the present and future educational needs of community groups, membership organizations, and voluntary associations in preparing volunteers in health, welfare, education, or cultural or civic affairs. Elements of program planning, selection and recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation are covered, with…

Cultural pluralism is the rationale currently used for implementation of American Indian or Native Studies, but the practice of Indian Studies has always been an inherent part of Indian cultures. Problems currently facing Indian Studies include: belief by some that Indian Studies most properly belongs in the home; inadequate and/or erroneous…

Covering the period January 1 through June 30, 1975, this second semi-annual report on the Applied Fishery Science Program operative at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska presents information regarding program progress and Alaska Native students involved in science education. Specifically, this report details: Planning and Coordination…

The document presents a comprehensive plan for developing Cowley County Community College and Vocational-Technical School into a stronger community institution. It currently has over 1,400 students enrolled in a variety of general, occupational, and continuing education programs with more than half of the students coming from five counties in…

Aimed at organizations of all sizes and types, this manual is intended to show methods for the most effective use of student volunteers of all ages in programs which will benefit both the volunteers and the community. Chapter 1 examines the nature of the student volunteer movement, the roles which students can assume, and the attributes of the…

Part 1 of this document reviews literature written by or primarily addressed to university adult educators, and provides a topical index to the accompanying 144 item annotated bibliography. Divided into 22 brief sections, Part 1 draws out and summarizes the major policy level issues and concerns discussed in the literature, elaborates its summary…

The feasibility of the proposed program for preparing local school instruction coordinators was related to the following criteria, all of which were defined in quantitative terms: (1) Instructional leadership is deficient or needed, (2) Schools are willing to employ instructional coordinators with a primary responsibility for providing…

Intended for migrant project administrators and other professional workers, this document contains recommendations developed from a nationwide study for evaluating the utilization and effectiveness of health aides (indigenous workers) in migrant health programs. Recommendations are provided for five major phases of activity essential for effective…

Prepared by local vocational administrators and teachers, this is one of five manuals resulting from the Illinois Occupational Curriculum Project. Designed to assist teachers and administrators plan and evaluate occupational, technical, and career education courses and programs, this manual contains activities for accomplishing program…

A survey questionnaire was mailed to all active Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in the summer of 1975. Based on an internal analysis of the 3,479 respondents (a 66% return), the following findings represent the manner in which PCVs perceive their volunteer experience. Perceived volunteer accomplishments and morale are very high. Volunteers believe…

Addressed to leaders of defender offices and inmate legal services programs, this document provides information with which to implement the paralegal concept. Stated objectives of the manual are as follows: (1) To tell administrators where successful projects are, (2) to steer administrators to other sources of information, (3) to describe optimum…