Tennessee's career education program of 1975-76 was based on the following objectives: (1) provide orientation to state department of education personnel on how to effect incremental improvements in K-12 career education with an emphasis on grades 7-12; (2) provide in-service career education for selected local education leaders and assistance to…

A model is proposed for a rural industrial education outreach center which would function on a regional basis providing supportive services to several Alaskan school districts in the areas of needs assessment; identification, purchase, and distribution of instructional materials; design of competency-based programs; teacher orientation and…

Based on technical assistance materials prepared for Project ASSERT (Activity to Support the Strengthening of Education through Retired Technicians), this handbook is designed to provide colleges wishing to implement a retiree's volunteer program with guidelines and information. The material is organized into eight major components: determine…

This report describes Minnesota's thirteen Council on Quality Education (CQE) Early Childhood/Family Education programs from the perspective of external evaluation researchers. Data were obtained from personal on-site interviews with 40 program staff members; personal interviews with 40 local program Advisory Board participants and local school…

A Teacher Corps project intended to develop and implement a program of individualized instruction at a local middle school is described. The program is based on the assumption that each student is, in some way, a gifted student. The project adapts educational research in the area of gifted student instruction to a middle-school teacher-student…

Findings are reported of a workshop held to identify the priority needs of postsecondary occupational education in the 1980s and to develop a list of research and development topics based on those needs. Changes and trends identified by the panel are listed under six societal force areas: demographics, technological advances, the economy, the work…

Components of the Reading/Writing Skills Center (RWSC) at General College, University of Minnesota, are described and assessed in this paper. The paper discusses changes made in the RWSC during 1978-79; procedures followed when students first come to the RWSC; the training and responsibilities of the undergraduate RWSC tutors; student evaluations…

Staff development in higher education is discussed in these papers in terms of its definitions, scope, and future activities. Most of the papers were originally prepared for the working party on staff development at the Fourth International Conference on Higher Education, University of Lancaster (August 29-September 1, 1978). The first three…

Followup studies of graduates of the Tennessee Technological University have been conducted and reported since 1973. This report presents the findings of the seventh year of the project. The first chapter contains an overview of the total operation and a summary of the major purposes of the project. Chapter two contains a presentation and analysis…

THE FIRST PART OF THIS REPORT IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROJECTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE ACTIVITIES OF 100 PERCENT OF THE PROJECTS ARE REPORTED. INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECTS WAS EXCHANGED AMONG LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND VISITS TO COMPARABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN…

THIS MONOGRAPH IS INTENDED TO DISSEMINATE TO THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY THE BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF A RECENTLY DEVELOPED PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ENTITLED PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT). PERT IS A METHODOLOGY FOR PLANNING THE DIVERSE ACTIVITIES IN EITHER LARGE OR SMALL PROJECTS. STEPS OF THE PERT TECHNIQUE…

DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT IS A PROJECT WHICH OFFERS INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES INSTRUCTION THROUGH EXTENSIVE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES, INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS, AND ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. THE PROJECT, STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE, WILL ULTIMATELY BE HOUSED IN A SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED RESOURCE CENTER WHERE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS,…

THE PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING BEHAVIOR DERIVED THROUGH LABORATORY STUDY CAN BE EXTENDED TO EXPLAIN MUCH OF THE COMPLEX LEARNING REQUIRED IN INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. A REVIEW OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN LEARNING INTRODUCES FOUR BASIC CONCEPTS--DRIVE, STIMULUS, RESPONSE, AND REINFORCER--AND DISCUSSES CLASSICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING…

THE AIMS OF THE MCKINLEY SCHOOL WERE TO INCREASE ACHIEVEMENT IN BASIC SKILLS, TO ENRICH AND ENLARGE THE EXPERIENTIAL BACKGROUND OF THE CHILDREN, TO ESTABLISH A CLOSER LIAISON BETWEEN THE SCHOOL, THE HOME, AND THE COMMUNITY, TO DISCOVER LATENT TALENT, AND TO DEVELOP POTENTIAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE EACH INDIVIDUAL'S SELF-IMAGE. THE TEACHERS'…

Papers and summaries of discussions from the 1979 forum of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems are presented. Contents are organized into three sections: (1) the links between long-range planning and short-range budgeting, (2) the relationship of program review and evaluation to academic planning and budgeting, and (3)…