On October 16, 1968, the 90th Congress passed Public Law 90-576 to amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963. The authors of this article, in their positions in the U.S. Office of Education, have been actively involved in planning the implementation of Part F of Title I, entitled "Consumer and Homemaking Education." They present here…

Describes present and future computer assisted instruction systems developed by a systems group. (LN)

Focuses on ORT Israel, a project to develop and test programed materials for Israel's vocational high schools which successfully introduced programed instruction to that country. (LS)

An instructor-designed course to help industrial arts students express themselves in reports and in day-to-day business or industrial communications. (GR)

Cooperative effort, initiated in 1963, enables highly qualified students to earn both the B.S. and M.D. degrees in five calendar years after high school graduation. (IR)

Distinguishes between executives, administrators, and managers, and their differing training needs. (BH)

This paper focuses on the catchment area, administration, continuity of care, staffing and funding of community mental health centers. A companion paper explores the area of planning for services. (Author)