Written by a planning team representing 10 schools in the Portland, Oregon area, the program assessment and planning guide is intended to be an instrument for planning and measuring the achievement of career education programs for grades K-12. Its format is designed to separate problems into a priority ranking and list them by the year to help…

This publication is composed of four parts. Part I, The Final Report, consists of the program foundations, description of the target group, description of resources, analysis of processes developed, creating the resource role, creation awareness, developing a problem solving orientation, curriculum integration, evolution of the group process,…

This 43-item selected bibliography organized under the headings of The Need for Programs, Descriptions of Programs, The Development and Operations of Programs, Reports of Evaluations of Programs, and Information Sources, was developed to assist school districts in planning and implementing exemplary programs of intensive training in job-interest…

A study was undertaken of organization development (OD) programs, from the point of view of the organization members who plan and conduct them, to gain information for meaningful planning by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). A questionnaire was returned by 103 of 450 randomly selected OD practitioners. Most respondents had…

This survey attempts to acquire feedback for University of Georgia graduates with regard to the impact of their college experiences on their careers and on their personal and social development. Information was obtained by means of a questionnaire. This feedback could be used by the various constituencies that make up the university in many…

This document is a summary report of a 3-day conference held in November 1972 by the Health Occupations Teacher Education Program within the Division of Vocational Education of the University of Georgia. The conference focused on an emerging issue in health occupations education, articulation of programs. Basic problems in the health field are job…

To determine the continuing impact of Head Start experience, this follow-up study compared (1) the behavior of children who had Full Year Head Start (FYHS) experience under three different types of agencies, and (2) within each agency, where possible, the behavior of children who did not have FYHS experience. Subjects were 102 FYHS children and 39…

More than 100 individuals attended a 2-day conference on developing dental auxiliary utilization (DAU) programs. Presentations included in this report are: (1) "How the Dean Implements the DAU Program," by James English, (2) "Some Objectives of a DAU Program" by Charles Barr, (3) "Role of the Supervisor in a Dental…

This report describes a federally-funded national conference on career education held in Columbus, Ohio, which focused on the professional development of educational leadership personnel. Centering on the development of individual university-based teams through the involvement of selected leaders in a series of national conferences, the April 1972…

This study is one of two containing the findings and summary of an evaluation of the Work Incentive Program (WIN). A national survey, involving 50 projects, the study focuses on three aspects of the program which include: (1) the degree to which the WIN population represents the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) population, (2) the…

This study reviews the evidence on the impact that manpower training programs have had on the earnings of the poor, in order to assess the likely success that greatly expanded training programs would have in reducing the amount of public assistance payments and the size of welfare roles. Between 1963 and 1971, the Federal Government obligated 6.8…

A training program was held in November 1970 for selected Delaware supervisors, administrators, department chairmen, and State Department of Public Instruction personnel to instruct them in the skills needed to write performance objectives. Participants were expected to develop and field test sequences of their choice and to serve as resource…

This position paper raises concerns, states positions, and makes recommendations about the way in which adult education and career education relate and coexist. The concept of career-oriented education for adults is supported, but concern over program direction prompted statements of position relating to career education research, curricula…

A project was devised to develop and test a revision model for systematically designed educational materials based on the literature and on previous procedures. The model divides the revision process into content changes and procedural changes, and decisions are based on data collected from measures of student performance and attitudes and on…

This progress report attempts to provide as much information as is possible for the benefit of Project Newgate's Advisory Council. In order to give an overview of the Project's achievements, problems, and significance, reports are included from different segments of the program including teachers, tutor counselors, Newgate students, the director,…