This monograph, the first of a series of monographs for health planners, focuses on both State and area-wide health manpower planning. Content is presented in four chapters: Chapter I briefly provides background information about the monograph. Chapter II presents the concepts used and the setting within which they are applied. Chapter III…

The final summary of the progress, accomplishments, findings, and recommendations of a project to develop and implement a management information system for long-range planning of vocational education at the local level is presented in this report. Goals and purposes of the original proposal are stated and their development traced in research, work…

This manual is divided into three major parts. Part One explores the role and process of planning delivery services to the aging, including leadership. Part Two offers several methods for carrying out each of seven steps delineated in the planning process, and describes their application to the delivery of services for the aging. Part Three…

Discussed are components and methods of presenting effective inservice programs for special education teachers. (CL)

By creating new programs for special categories of students and special interest courses for the community at large, community colleges have more than kept their enrollments up. They have called into question traditional definitions of students, curriculum, and faculty. (Editor)

Article investigated solutions for storing and releasing pets used for learning processes in the classroom. (RK)

Reviewed are the implications for local Wisconsin school district of state legislation mandating the education of all handicapped children (Chapter 89). (CL)

Two programs of social work education are discussed for their usefulness in this country. One is designed for students lacking the prerequisite credentials for admission. The second is designed for women lacking conventional time availability due to child-rearing responsibilities. (Editor/KE)

A computer assisted instruction system designed and developed on a minicomputer for teaching the principles and operation of software systems is described. (Author)

A National Health Insurance (NHI) bill is discussed. Such a law would address primarly two issues: financial coverage for catastrophic illness and some broadening of entitlements for ambulatory care. Current need, financial support, Federal and local planning and priority objectives are reviewed. (Author/EB)

Describes three aspects of a preventive dentistry project developed by the West Virginia Home Start Program in Appalachia: the initial workshop and followup in-service training sessions for project staff and the implementation of dental practices in private homes. (SDH)

Article suggested that if teachers are adequate to the task, all manner of lessons can be drawn from pets. These run the gamut from math to language skills to social sciences to sex education. (Author/RK)