Outlined is a Title III early childhood at home project which involves a team approach to the education of 40 handicapped and 75 nonhandicapped rural, disadvantaged children, their parents, and/or babysitters in West Virginia. It is noted that four teams consisting of a teacher and paraprofessionals visit homes to instruct baby sitters or parents…

International studies are still underdeveloped on most college and university campuses, and present levels of activity are jeopardized by financial, organizational, and other problems. This book identifies the weaknesses of existing programs, points out where improvements are most needed, and recommends steps for carrying out changes. (MJM)

A description is provided of a conceptual model for a data secure system. The discussion first offers a formal working vocabulary and next, using the intuitive idea of a dichotomy between permissible and impermissible accesses, formalizes the idea with an Extended Logical Data Base and with protection specifications and patterns. These…

This publication is a collection of abstracts from volumes 6 and 7 (1971 and 1972) of "Oral Research Abstracts," selected because the abstracts contain information relating one of the social sciences with dentistry. The compilation is intended to be useful to epidemiologists, public health workers, and all those who have an interest in…

Twenty elementary and secondary schools from throughout the five-county Southeastern Pennsylvania region were selected from 44 applicant schools to receive grants for Local Action Programs of environmental education. Included in this booklet is a resume of each of these programs. Information specifies program name, school name and address, program…

This evaluation report is concerned with Phase 3 of the Three Phase Primary Science (TPPS) course piloted in Papua, New Guinea, primary schools in 1969 and which was to be taught in all primary schools in 1973. Phase 1 is a series of activities; Phase 2, a series of simple experiments for the pupils. Phase 3 is a series of more formal experiments…

This is a script that was designed for a set of mediated materials intended to introduce the concepts which are basic to competency-based teacher education (CBTE). The materials consist of 115 35mm slides, a 22-minute cassette audio tape, and this script. Each page contains two columns: one for visual descriptions, the other for audio. The audio…

This document outlines, in detail, the Vocational Readiness Package for young girls, which is a week-long program utilizing simulation games and role-playing, while employing peer group counseling techniques to dramatize the realities concerning women in marriage and careers today. After three years of using this program, the authors have compiled…

This catalog is a compilation of training course and educational program descriptions in abatement and pollution control scheduled by the Environmental Protection Agency. Descriptions of programs include prerequisites, class size, and length of time with the content goals. Also given is general information concerning tuition fees, waiver requests,…

In response to a state regulation calling for a Human Relations Training Program as part of the recertification of teachers, four guidelines were formulated. They are designed to help trainees to: (1) understand contributions and life styles of various racial, cultural, and economic groups in our society; (2) recognize and deal with dehumanizing…

This second report to the Congress of the United States on Alcohol and Health concentrates on highlighting certain advances in knowledge gained about uses and misuses of alcohol in the last few years. It does not attempt to address all aspects of knowledge, and deliberately bypasses those areas in which new information may be developing but has…

To improve the JOBS program of the National Alliance of Businessmen Metros, a feasibility study was conducted in which existing technical assistance programs were examined, problems analyzed, and recommendations formulated. The study resulted in the "Guide" to be used in promoting effective company training programs for disadvantaged…

The state of Washington provides, under law, for each public 4-year institution and the community college system to waive tuition and fees for needy and disadvantaged students. The law further specifies that the dollar amount of fee waivers may equal 3 percent of total resident registration fees, including the equivalent resident portion of…

This document reports on the May 24, 1973 conference at the University of Washington concerning the external degree. Emphasis is placed on the future needs of higher education, the external degree, the student population for the external degree, England's Open University, and external degree models in Colorado, California, New Jersey, and…

Organizational alternatives for a Pacific educational computer-communications network are studied through the examples provided by other networks. A survey of networks is provided with a discussion of the history and development of networks and the distinctions in network technology and applications. Nine specific networks are described. Libraries…