This guide contains information pertaining to Georgia law, rules, regulations, and standards of practice for regulating proprietary schools in Georgia. Section 1 of the guide presents operation guidelines, including definitions, exemptions, general provisions, certificates of approval of schools, and appeals procedures. Section 2 presents minimum…

A study was undertaken of the relationship between performance of the North Carolina State Board Test Pool Nursing Examination and grades in university courses of study of 441 nursing students (1974-78). Data were collected for each of the Ss and factor analysis was used to determine independent variable groupings. For each independent variable…

The role of professional associations in facilitating minority access to graduate and professional education is addressed. Information on minority applications, financial aid, recruitment, and support activities was requested from 29 associations; 16 responded. The general posture of the associations appears to be limited to expressions of support…

This study investigated the state of mass media course requirements relative to secondary school social studies teacher certification, and assessed the university level secondary education department chairpersons' attitudes towards mass media education in general for 190 undergraduate secondary education departments. Slightly more than 95 percent…

A report is given of an evaluation of a consortium comprised of two suburban school districts, their respective professional teacher associations, and the University of Washington College of Education. This teacher education program is performance-based and field-oriented. The program, its rationale and development, are described, and actively…

A directory of educational institutions and training programs on Long Island, New York, is intended to meet special needs of women--retraining for new job skills, preparation for retirement, and education for mature women. It offers a comprehensive listing of universities, four- and two-year colleges, university extension programs, public adult…

Counselor education emerged from the period 1965-1968 with a more professional status. As with any developing professions, however, some areas have advanced faster than others. For example, areas such as the evaluation of counselor education programs, problems of professional ethics, and the counseling of children with special problems received…

This handbook was prepared to assist administrators and instructors of teacher-aide personnel to deal with the expanding recruitment, training, and utilization of paraprofessionals in education. Some of the objectives of the handbook are (1) to define the role of teacher-aide, (2) to establish guidelines for their preservice and inservice…

Rationale, application for training, and implications for practice are presented for a school psychology training approach that is part of a broader Transactional-Ecological Psychology (TEP) Training Program. The TEP provides an innovative and unified approach to training in the areas traditionally called clinical, community, counseling and school…

This report presents comparative data on standards and regulations for child care programs in Europe, Canada, Israel. Three models of child care systems are identified, and their implementation in eleven countries is described. Model I, the "anglo-American" model implemented in the United Kingdom and Canada, includes two or more parallel…

This module on record keeping in vocational programs is one of a set of eight on administration and supervision and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education.…

This publication provides statistical data and trends for all institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania. All institutions in Pennsylvania responded to this survey. The data were obtained directly from the institutions on schedules supplied by the State Department of Education in cooperation with the National Education Association's annual…

The high percentage of students failing State Board Examinations for licensure as registered nurses led to provisional accreditation being placed on the nursing program at Alvin Junior College (Texas). Teaching methodology was investigated as a possible contributor to these failures. A review of the related literature indicated that…

This study examines the quality of the education programs offered by colleges and universities preparing high school journalism teachers. Following a lengthy review of the literature dating to the 1920s, the results of a questionnaire survey on journalism education are reported. The questionnaire was mailed to 117 persons associated with…

Reported in the last of a series are summarized versions of approximately 110 bills relating to the education of exceptional children that were introduced in state legislatures in 1975. The report, produced by the Handicapped Children's Education Project of the Education Commission of the States, is said to make no attempt to present all bills…