This report presents information on the environmental education objectives, activities, accomplishments, and plans of forty-four agencies of the Federal Government. The agencies were sent a short outline of what might constitute a useful report and asked to submit a report, in narrative form, of about 1500-3000 words. The agency reports contain an…

This report describes a program sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation that attempted to help practicing educational administrators take advantage of available materials and resources to improve their leadership and management skills. The program centered around four Educational Management Development Centers consisting of school…

The assistance of Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Public Health Service, St. Anselm's College has undertaken a change in the structure of its nursing training curriculum. The instructor has been transformed from a dispenser of discrete parcels of knowledge to a manager of the learning environment, and the student has been…

Some of the career education activities which have taken place during the first year of a comprehensive K-12 program involving 780 students in six schools are summarized in the report. The program, developed for a rural community (Milford, Nebraska, population 1.850), had six objectives designed to produce career exploration and involved practical…

The annotated bibliography on mainstreaming program descriptions contains approximately 110 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1955 to 1974 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). It is…

The General College of the University of Minnesota has a course of study for the training of legal assistants and legal administrators. In 1974 the General College Legal Paraprofessional Program was evaluated by a team of visitors representing the American Bar Association (ABA). The visitation was part of a ABA pilot project to test guidelines and…

The treatment and care of the mentally ill and developmentally disabled is now and has been the subject of volatile public debate. This paper is the result of an attempt by the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities to reorient public focus to concentrate on the major issues involved in delivering effective treatment…

The need for management skills in engineering professions is discussed. An engineering program designed to prepare students for technical management is described and compared to a typical program granting a Master's of Business Administration. Institutions with programs are listed. (MLH)

All asPects of professional engineering in India are discussed, including the structure of basic, technical and professional education, the pattern of engineering curriculum, the role of professional societies, the role of industries, and recommendations and conclusions. Comparisons are made between these aspects and those now existing in the…

The third report of the greater Milwaukee area career education project documents the phase 3 activities and accomplishments of the project, from October 1974 to July 1975. The following objectives were accomplished. Contact persons have been established in each district to promote career education. Three one-week workshops, two adult career…

The report describes the accomplishment of the objectives of a project, the overall purpose of which was to disseminate a video-taped adult basic education teachers training program (Basic Education: Teaching the Adult) to interested institutions of higher education in 10 educational regions. The 10 objectives dealt with conducting regional…

The report describes a workshop for adult basic education teachers in Ohio which utilized the teacher training television series, "Basic Education: Teaching the Adult." Responses from teachers identified the two clusters of content presented: (1) measurement/diagnosis of student learning and individualized instruction, and (2) teaching reading and…

This book is a collection of 11 essays that present the experiences and views of individuals who have played major roles in large-scale curriculum development projects. The opening chapter examines conceptions of curriculum, provides an overview of the curriculum reform movement since 1950, looks at some persistent dilemmas facing the curriculum…

The Academic Common Market is an interstate agreement among Southern states for sharing academic programs. Participating states are able to make arrangements for their residents who qualify for admission to enroll in specific programs in other states on an in-state tuition basis. Thus far, the arrangements have been limited to unusual graduate…

These two booklets comprise a new program by the Jaycee's called Operation THRESHOLD. Patterned after the U.S. Jaycees Family Life Development Program, these booklets focus primarily on prevention. They employ a group discussion format to elicit responses from people on how we influence and teach children. The responsible use and nonuse of alcohol…