Reviews four different approaches to evaluation--decision-oriented, applied research, value-oriented, and systems-oriented--and suggests how each may be applied to the evaluation of instructional programs. Nine references are listed. (Author/CHC)

Provides resources for teachers who wish to establish programs of peer or cross-age tutoring. (FL)

Environmental management is defined and four barriers to its incorporation into economic growth as related to Third World development assistance are identified. Recommends incorporating environmental and social assessments in project planning, improving administration coordination, and developing new training skills and diplomacy. (DC)

Program reviews for alumni administration are advocated. Cooperative planning; creating a formal study committee for sorting out ideas, getting preliminary direction, reviewing past programs, and discussing possible changes; program evaluation; and encouraging change are discussed. (MLW)

The concept of public relations and its importance in a vocational education program are described in this article. Such program elements as research, planning, finance, administration, and evaluation are discussed. Public relations efforts concerning staff members, administration, students and alumni, parents, organizations and agencies,…

Examines several elements of developing a school career resource center: assessment of school's career development activities and materials; administrative support; plan of action; location; interest sections; information on education, careers, self-assessment, special interests; selecting and gathering materials; advisory committees; public…

Maintains that managing change will be the foremost characteristic of college administration in the 1980s. Presents nine issues to be confronted by community colleges in the coming decade. Emphasizes the need to foster innovation and creative thinking in programs and services. (CAM)

This national study of 929 correctional facilities reports on the status of vocational education programs offered by 384 of the institutions. Also discussed are the 34 standards developed for planning and and evaluating correctional vocational education programs. (LRA)

The English study monitored the first stages of an integration plan involving nine handicapped 12-year-old boys. The study pointed out the need for coordination between the special school and the special unit of the mainstreamed school and for an adequate curriculum for the students at the mainstreamed school. (PHR)

The second in a three-part series outlining Greenville Technical College's developmental studies program, this segment discusses the growth and functions of the Developmental Studies Division's counseling service, the Student Success Center. (Author/DR)

A project was conducted to develop an instructional model for a course in basic marketing. Topics for the course were identified, a literature review was performed, and a strategy was developed. It was concluded that such a model would improve methods of teaching and curricular design. (CT)

One approach to achieving more particular guidelines for evaluation is to isolate one kind of extended campus program, in this case the extension of academic degree programs to military installations, to focus on its specific problems and then to base evaluation on an individual program's success in surmounting obstacles to academic quality.…

The problems of student personnel workers are often compounded by inadequate planning, uncertain outcomes, and lack of accountability. The authors propose that management by objectives may provide a reasonable solution. (Editor)

Reports on how teachers are involved in Florida's teacher centers and what teachers have to say about the accomplishments and problems of those centers. (Author/RK)

Explains the growing awareness of the need to convey distressing information effectively, and the response in the form of an increased interest in teaching and learning how to break bad news. Provides 12 tips on the development of an educational program to meet this need. Contains 27 references. (DDR)