This study was undertaken to develop a model early warning system which could anticipate job openings generated in local communities by large Federal procurement contracts. Among the major findings from the cases studied: (1) projections of job openings were possible in all contracts considered, by the use of estimating techniques which are…

This study, an interim assessment, has attempted to understand the role of the Federal-State public employment service as a job search intermediary for insured unemployed workers. The conceptual role, the actual role, and claimant responsiveness to role change have been studied of three selected local offices in providing job search services to…

This publication reports the results of an effort to assess the consequences of targeting federal compensatory funds toward all elementary students showing low achievement rather than only to those who were first low income and then low achieving. The document deals first with technical issues--the suitability, feasibility, and cost implications…

The paper describes four alternative teacher training approaches offering Navajo Indian college students the opportunity to become certified classroom teachers within proximity of their homes and jobs on the reservation. Programs discussed include Navajo Tribal Teacher Education Program, Career Opportunities Program, Teacher Corps, and a…

This work has been done as part of the effort to plan the National Institute of Education (NIE). The report, one of a series, describes four different management systems used by the Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA, the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Air Force in managing programmatic research and…

This work has been done as part of the effort to plan the National Institute of Education (NIE). The report, one of a series, describes four different methods used by three Federal agencies--the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research--in managing fundamental research. Fundamental research…

The National Institute of Education is requesting a $25 million supplemental appropriation for the current fiscal year. Of this request, $16,250,000 would be expended to honor prior government commitments to ongoing programs. These commitments are primarily the projects being conducted at the regional educational laboratories and research and…

The Supplementary Educational Center for the Bottineau County Schools has completed its 6th year under Federal Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, program funding. This report serves as a summary of the Center as well as an evaluative report. Original objectives are reviewed to determine accomplishments. The 8 objectives are: (1) to…

The booklet acquaints individuals with the Federal education programs serving American Indian students. Included are brief reports on some of the innovative approaches to education--i.e., individualization and open classrooms--in Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools. It delineates the broad parameters of the BIA's efforts in school operation,…

This general review of the development and demise in popularity of the "audiolingual" method of teaching second languages in America underscores the impact of World War II on the changing needs of the country's manpower resources in the field of international relations. The author develops the thesis that the urgent need for speakers of second…

A sample of 120 low-income families receiving food commodities in 3 eastern South Dakota counties provided a socio-demographic overview of family characteristics; tested the Culture of Poverty approach for classifying rural, low-income families; tested the homogeneity among these families; and presented implications for policy-making and program…

The statement by the President of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe emphasizes reservation problems that need to be examined. Presented at a 1972 Civil Rights Commission hearing on Indian Concerns, Velarde's statement listed employment, education, the administration of justice, water rights, and medical services as areas for investigation. (KM)

The annual report of the Arizona State Economic Opportunity Office (SEOO) for 1972 is presented. The SEOO was integrated into the Department of Economic Security. It is now the Community Support Bureau of Resource Planning Division (CSBRPD). The unit provides training and technical assistance to communities, councils of governments, and public and…

The major thrust of Title III-B (Economic Opportunity Act) programs is to prepare migrant and seasonal farm workers for upgraded jobs and to prepare entire farm worker families for alternatives to farm work if they so desire. These alternatives, supported through projects for adult heads of households, emphasize skill training in preparation for…

This report aims to improve the administration of intergovernmental education by contributing information about specific and practicable ways in which such improvement may be accomplished. The study focuses on two important problems of Federal-State-local administration of elementary and secondary education: (1) inadequately coordinated and poorly…