This document reports proceedings of a conference attended by state department of education members, college deans of education, and school superintendents from Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois. Major contents are two addresses: (1) "The Future and Educational Personnel Development" in which Dean Corrigan of the U.S. Office of…

This study seeks to obtain baseline information about the relationships among medical technology education, certification, and job performance. The sample was 1,861 technologists who filed for the July 1962 certification examination. Information concerned: (1) performance in preclinical and clinical study, and in the certification examination, (2)…

This condensed version of a comprehensive task report sponsored by ESEA Title III, presents the essential findings of an assessment of educational needs for paraprofessionals and supportive assistants in Ohio. Dimensions of the study included a review of literature on the use and training of auxiliary personnel in other States, and discussions of…

As States move toward performance-based teacher education and certification, a determination of the function of the State must be made. Within the approved program approach, and along a continuum from decentralized control and decision making to centralized control, five models of certification can be identified: process, information,…

A report on the social studies curriculum in Virginia is the result of a study of the social studies program, kindergarten through grade 12, undertaken over a four year period. Special focus was placed on the four following areas: proliferation of elective course offerings in social studies at the senior high level; course offerings at grades…

Rapid technological change has created a great need for continuing education programs for those engineers not participating in advanced degree programs. The Engineers' Council for Professional Development (ECPD) believes an additional system is needed to enable the engineer, employer, and educator to measure and maintain continuing education…

A description of the current activities of the Far West Consortium for Development, Dissemination and Evaluation (DD&E) in developing a competency-based assessment system for educational research and development (R&D) professionals is presented. The taxonomy of competencies and the battery of assessment instruments being developed will initiate…

The thesis of this presentation is that continuing education has come of age. A broad national approach is being developed to bring to maturity the disorganized elements of continuing education programs. The engineering profession, in coping with the problems of rapid technological change, has made efforts to establish updating programs. To…

This paper reviews actions taken by selected states as they move to implement competency-based teacher education and certification systems (CBTE-CBC). Following a brief discussion of the role of the state in developing CBTE-CBC, three major issues are presented: a) the type of consortium procedures used, b) the manner in which competencies are to…

The study examined the general question of how the place of an occupation in the economic division of labor becomes shaped and defined. The shaping was seen as basically a political process, a utilization of power in various forms by interested parties acting with the conscious intention of gaining control over the economic activity of themselves…

The first 40 pages contain lists of health and hospital occupations, professional health organizations in Kansas, national health professional organizations, educational institutions in the State of Kansas, general hospitals in Kansas, and licensing boards for health professions in Kansas. Where applicable, names of officers, mailing addresses,…

The fields of dentistry, dietetics, medicine, medical technology, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, and social work are defined in the handbook. The entrance requirements, educational institutions, and licensure regulations in Texas are treated for each major and allied support field. The functions or types of…

This study documents the dissatisfactions with current certification and teacher preparation practices and examines some of the emerging alternatives. Under the category of "decentralization of the certification process," the author briefly discusses teacher advisory councils, the approved program approach, professional practices commissions, and…

The Talent Corps/college for Human Services is a chartered two-year action oriented educational institution which trains disadvantaged men and women from the poverty areas of New York City for jobs as new professionals in community agencies. The major achievements of 1969 were: the securing of a provisional charter from the New York State Board of…

After noting the deficiencies of the predominant system of traditional higher education and the growing need for professionals in the human services fields, the author proposes the Human Service Institute as an alternative model for professional higher education. The model is based upon the College for Human Services in New York City. The…