The problem studied was to determine student's need for more school job-placement services, job information services, follow-up services, and career occupational information in 10 cooperating high schools in a three-county program designed to prepare high school seniors and early school leavers to make a positive transition from high school to…

Information on creative writing programs was collected from 1042 out of 1200 American colleges and universities contacted. The following data is presented in tabular form: (1) undergraduate academic status of creative writing; (2) graduate status; (3) offering of a course or courses covering the "core" or basic literary genres of short story,…

This annotated bibliography contains 192 items on program planning, educational trends, legislation, and other matters within or relevant to the preparation of adult educators. General topics and national surveys appear in two brief opening chapters. The next two deal with formal education through graduate study and short courses, and with the…

This international reference guide to management education and executive development programs identifies and describes all major training programs, admission requirements, participant and program descriptions, teaching methods, curricula, faculty, costs, dates, and so on. It provides information for analysis and study of the international trends…

U.S. Office of Education programs in foreign language, area studies, and world affairs are furthered through the National Defense Foreign Language Fellowship (NDFL) program described in this booklet. The 1971-72 program and awards are discussed in terms of: (1) fiscal constraints, (2) program administration, (3) graduate fellowships, (4) languages…

The performance of 319 Missouri women on the English, social science, and natural science College Level Entrance Examinations was analyzed. The sample comprised women from metropolitan St. Louis and nine rural areas in Northern Missouri. The typical participant was married; was a high school graduate; had 2.8 children; had participated in informal…

The adult basic education programs sponsored under the Adult Education Act of 1966 provided basic education to about 485,000 adult students throughout the nation and outlying areas during Fiscal Year 1969. This is an increase of about 29,000 students (6%) over the preceding year. New enrollees represented about 56% of total enrollment during the…

Whether or not a student drops out of school is partly determined by his achievement orientation, two components of which (achievement motivation and achievement-related values) have their antecendents in the family. A stratified random sample by father's occupation was made of families of secondary school male graduates and dropouts in Ontario.…

The Marymount Manhattan College Community Leadership Program, which is a high risk admissions program, is taken as an exemplar of such programs. Although the author runs this program, it is considered impossible for any one person or even agency to actually run these programs. The Board of Trustees has approved the program and the necessary…

The 1968-69 Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program (ExTFP) in industrial arts was designed to orient and upgrade 24 urban teachers for a broad-base industrial arts program as described in the Galaxy Approach for Occupational Education. The program was organized to: (1) provide in-depth courses in technical areas, (2) provide short-term intensive…

A study was made to assess followup procedures for gathering information from graduates of public post secondary vocational and technical programs, and to develop an effective procedure involving a minimum of time and money. The procedure developed in this study was designed to supply data requested annually by the U.S. Office of Education. Fifty…

Funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the La Puente, California, continuation education project investigated (1) attitudes of former students concerning the success of the school in preparing them for entry into military service, (2) the minimal skills and knowledge required by each of the armed forces, (3)…

This 15th annual national survey of public elementary and secondary school statistics presents data as of fall 1968 for each State, the District of Columbia, seven outlying areas, and the 14 largest cities. Questionnaires completed by State departments of education provide data on the number of local school districts, enrollment by grade, high…

Feelings of Indians (Oneidas, Chippewas, Potawatomis, and Winnebagos) on factors of reservation life (education, community living, employment opportunities, and community problems) were surveyed through attitudinal studies conducted at selected Indian reservations in Wisconsin. Reservation families tend to be large, inadequately educated, living…

An inventory of continuing education activities in institutions of higher learning in Pennsylvania produced a 92% return of questionnaires (145) from private colleges and universities, junior and community colleges, state aided colleges and universities, state related colleges, and state universities and colleges. Activities were classified by the…