This study sought information about selective service rejection in Delaware, specifically rejectee characteristics, reasons for rejection, and the high rejection rate in Delaware. The basic design was a modified case study method in which a sample of individual records were examined. Differences between this sample and national samples were tested…

The Virginia Community College System established an ad hoc committee to review its testing program. Each member college was polled as to the areas of skills, potential, or aptitude it desired measured in each of seven curricula areas. The detailed responses of each college are included in the report. The committee established the following…

Designed to be of value to supervisors, office managers, and executives, this book gives a broad introductory background to the functions of selection, training, and supervision of office personnel. Under recruitment and selection, it covers sources of future employees, use of the application blank, testing, checking references, and interviewing.…

The purpose of these guidelines, prepared by the Audio-Visual Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries, is to supply basic assistance to those academic libraries that will assume all or a major portion of an audio-visual program. They attempt to assist librarians to recognize and develop their audio-visual responsibilities…

The values, selection, and presentation of literature for young children are described in this pamphlet. The values discussed are educational importance and self-concept and interpersonal relationship development. The selection criteria include defining a good book, identifying types of literature which appeal to children, and noting the level,…

A study of the selection of supervisors and of their formal training in Great Britain shows that lack of reliable methods to measure job performance causes difficulty in developing training programs. Qualities of the successful supervisor must be identified; this involves measuring knowledge in areas of technology, wage and production systems, as…

This chapter is designed to aid in the understanding of trends toward developing more effective programs of selecting and preparing educational supervisors. A survey of present policies and procedures in the selection of personnel for supervisory positions shows that the selection process could be significantly improved simply by setting up and…

The Howard University Institute for Youth Studies conducts a project in Washington, D.C., to train disadvantaged young adults, aged 22-35, as subprofessional group leaders, counselors, trainers, or supervisors for work with enrollees in an entry level Human Service Aide (New Careers) training program. The program is also meant to include youth and…

Financed by a three-year demonstration grant, this inservice training program for selected AFDC (Aid to Families of Dependent Children) workers in Washington State was undertaken to improve the quality of casework services, to develop caseworkers having greater knowledge and skill, and to provide special training for workers with the potential but…

The regulations for employee training of the Federal Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture are enumerated in this manual. The responsibility for employee training, factors for selection of employees for training, procedures for authorization of training, and contributions and awards for training are described. Provisions for…

A report on the Adult Basic Education teacher-training institute held at Mississippi State University, July 21-August 8, 1969, contains edited presentations of several of the instructional consultants, the contents of the final reports of the four work-study groups, and the results of an extensive evaluation of the institute. Areas covered were:…

Based on the firm conviction that integrated schools are vital to our efforts to provide quality education for all children, the New York City Board of Education has continued to assume a leadership role in developing and supporting programs aimed at reducing minority group isolation. A variety of techniques has been employed: selection of sites…

This case study highlights a typical example of the kind of gap that exists between centralized planning and implementation. Despite the existence of fairly sophisticated central planning machinery in Ireland and an active desire for reform on the part of the government (with an explicit policy on school location, buildings, curriculum, etc.), the…

The challenge of student evaluation in the area of vocational and technical education is viewed by the author as being highly related to the problem of measurement. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the instruments currently used to measure student attainments and/or attitudes. Following a discussion of general aspects (amount of…

The overall goal of the study was to determine if a new text in electronic communications should be written, and if so, the nature of its content, depth, and format. A review of current related studies and study objectives are presented. A questionnaire was mailed to 50 post secondary technical schools, with 40 responding. Seven major objectives…