Study indicates, "that a school can evolve a program that serves to make students regard themselves in a positive light. (Author)

Developmental program was well received by parents, teachers, and children. It was felt that offering instruction to children at young age is advantageous because of their more academic approach to subject matter. (Author/CJ)

An Administration spokesman calls upon vocational educators to evaluate their role in education and manpower training in terms of contemporary circumstances. Excerpts from his address are published here. (Editor)

For higher education, the increasing number of nonprofit managers represents a graduate-level audience that may be as significant as the audience of business managers who emerged from private industrial corporations at the turn of the century. Yet colleges and universities have responded slowly to the needs of the third sector. (MLW)

Selected research studies useful for planning, conducting, and evaluating school staff development are reviewed, and a set of eight features common to the research is outlined. (MP)

The comprehensive professional training program of a multiprogram child care agency is discussed in terms of its value for staff members in their day-to-day work with emotionally disturbed and handicapped children and their families. (Author/RH)

The contemporary context and some recent trends affecting college program reviews or evaluations, current options in purposes and practices, and impacts on programs and institutions are discussed. It is recommended that the process be viewed as a contribution to the general knowledge base for campus constituencies rather than as "right answers"…

Attempts to analyze crime control program development and relate it to several independent variables which might be associated. Results show that often crime control programs were developed at the Associate degree level and appear to duplicate or approximate the police training academies. (Author)

Contains the final report of the 1980 Meeting on the Evaluation and Development of the UNESCO Associated Schools Project. The report reviews conference activities and includes recommendations for the further development of the project in elementary and secondary schools and its introduction into selected institutions of higher education. (AM)

Analyzes the major factors in the failure of student retention programs in community colleges by using an eight-phase hypothetical retention model which is compared with 18 principles of planned change. Concludes with generalizations and explanations for retention program weaknesses. (WL)

The authors examine and evaluate the introduction of mixed ability teaching at Pond Street Comprehensive School and draw conclusions on organizational change. (SJL)