The development of a nontraditional system of education, in addition to maintaining the existing operation, may be the best solution to the economic and enrollment problems facing junior colleges today. This article identifies the elements that influence the development of nontraditional educational services, and suggests modes of implementation.…

The 1978 Civil Service Reform Act mandates federal executive development. Training policies will change because executive development is now part of the management-oriented Senior Executive Service, which will implement a performance evaluation system. Implications for the employee development community concern program expansion, funding and…

The regulations implementing Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) raise several concerns about their implications for the learning disabled secondary student. (PHR)

The article describes and analyzes the physical, attitudinal, and behavioral barriers that deny severely retarded students equal access to vocational education, and discusses as a solution the prevocational training of such students in those skills and behaviors necessary for entrance into a vocational training program. (DLS)

Factors leading to dissatisfaction with planning processes are identified, barriers to successful planning are described, and proposed solutions suggest a set of minimum characteristics applicable to all academic planning systems. Implementation of a program review system is discussed. (Author/LBH)

Explores ways that journalism administrators can reverse declining enrollments by developing courses for graduate programs in sports management. (RL)

Reviews program development, program content, and student experiences in a political science internship program for students from the University of Michigan (Dearborn) in legislative/administrative offices of the Ontario Provincial or Metro-Toronto governmental offices. (AV)

Bibliographic references list 300 randomized field experiments undertaken to study programs in schools, hospitals, prisons, and other social settings. The bibliography provides evidence supporting the feasibility and the broad scope of randomized field tests conducted by economists, sociologists, psychologists, and educational researchers.…

The study reported is a nationwide comprehensive analysis of the availability of training and the problems associated with the development of effective state programs for operators of water supply and wastewater facilities. (CS)

The composition and functioning of three specific models of student involvement in university health services are examined for ways in which such involvement may facilitate smoother program operation and meeting of student needs. (Author/MJB)

A former school superintendent and student of that post for over three decades examines the circumstances affecting the schools' chief executive officers, suggests the nature of management skills they require, and explores new approaches to their professional preparation. (Editor)

The author discusses the philosophical rationale for career education via structured exposures in a school program and proposes a theoretical paradigm for such a program specifically for secondary deaf learners. Such a career education program model implemented in New York State used the four channels of career learning maturation described in…

The chairman of the National Commission on Allied Health Education, an independent body, discusses a study to be made by the Commission of the growth in the allied health field and changes in allied health education that will be necessary in the next decade. He notes the issues to be addressed, task forces to work on the problems, and the…

Consultation with community mental health agencies is necessary, the rationale being that: (1) traditional approaches of therapy are expensive; (2) consultation can interrelate total existing social service networks; and (3) community change requires cooperation between community agencies and community resources. The consultant and consultees can…

To determine the extent to which multiservice centers serve the varied needs of the senior population, this study examined users of a Senior Center and three groups of nonusers: persons only attending a nutrition site, former center participants, and persons who never participated. Differences were found in life styles. (Author)