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Guba, Egon G.; Clark, David L. – 1977
An inventory is made of external factors potentially affecting schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) grouped into nine factor clusters: (1) income and expenditure; (2) personnel supply and demand; (3) competition from emerging alternative programs; (4) governance; (5) new and altered instructional programs; (6) status and…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Wirtz, Willard; Ford, Gerald R.
Two Ohio State University commencement addresses, one by former Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz in March 1977 and the other by former President Gerald R. Ford in August 1974, deal with the topic of education and work. Willard Wirtz discusses the problems of unemployment among youth and the elderly and cites the need for national education/work…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Webb, Kenneth W.; And Others – 1975
An evaluation system for measuring the cost effectiveness of protective services for abused and neglected children was developed and field tested. The system permits the collection and analysis of definitive, quantifiable data to determine: (1) which service agencies, individually, or as aggregated by states or regions, are most effective in…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Organizations, Cost Effectiveness
Ligon, Glynn; And Others – 1974
An outline is presented of the instructional objectives for Spanish reading measured by the Austin Independent School District's Spanish Criterion Referenced Test (SpCRT). Available in six levels from kindergarten through fifth grade, the test is referenced to the Spanish materials available and the instructional activities for Spanish reading…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Doob, Heather S. – 1974
After discussing the controversies surrounding attempts at "external" performance contracting--agreements negotiated between local educational authorities and private educational firms--this document describes five "local" programs--agreements negotiated between a local educational authority and its own teachers--involving nine school districts.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This document includes 14 appendices to a report submitted by Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., and its subcontractor, Kirschner Associates, Inc. and key University of Maryland and other consultants in response to the needs of the National Institute of Education as specified in the Request for Proposal "to develop a Design to Study…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1975
The report discusses the need to vary the training of Reserve and Guard units by skill and readiness requirements and to make more efficient use of training time. It contains recommendations to the Secretaries of Defense, Transportation, Army, Navy, and Air Force. The review was based on questionnaires mailed to 2,209 randomly selected reservists…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Improvement, Efficiency
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1975
Forty projects currently funded by Title III ESEA-whose purpose is intended to lie in improvement of education by demonstrating the feasibility of innovations in local school settings- are described in this Directory of Title III, ESEA projects. The projects are listed under the following categories: Early Childhood Education, Fine Arts, Gifted,…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement
Thorson, James A., Ed. – 1972
The collection of conference papers given by representatives of State, Federal, and voluntary agencies, and university faculty, discusses information and planning strategies aimed at maximizing independent living for the elderly. Introductory and welcoming remarks by James A. Thorson, Virginia Smith, and Frank Groschelle are included along with…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Conference Reports, Disabilities
Ullman, Joseph C.; Huber, George P. – 1973
The book represents an effort to assess the performance, structure, and direction of the Job Bank Program of the Public Employment Service, a program meant to improve the functioning of the labor market information system in the United States. The research had three goals: to assess the relative goal achievement of job banks; to determine its…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education, Champaign, IL. – 1975
This bibliography is composed of selected documents on American Indians in the ERIC microfiche collection and in journal literature dating from 1973 to 1975. Included among the entries are surveys of the special needs of American Indians, descriptions of federally-sponsored projects on American Indian education, evaluations of American Indian…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies
Bender, David R., Ed. – 1975
Nine papers from a two-day workshop concentrate on curriculum development, guidance, and counseling. Topics covered in these papers include media and instruction, humanistic education, the instructional team approach, media and methods, Title IV Elementary Secondary Education Act, media and guidance, and the art of writing a grant. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development
Frase, Robert W. – 1975
libraries' share of general revenue sharing funds. Statistical tables showing federal Commission on Libraries and Information Science. The status of federal categorical and non-categorical aid to libraries is described, along with formulation methods for federal library policies and the present government climate for library planning. The…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, College Libraries, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Connolly, A. J.; Lonsdale, Helen C. – 1975
The "Time Out" series designed by the Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) used a variety of formats, vehicles, and characters to explain career concepts to junior high school students. A science fiction set with a futuristic approach, called the Time Control Center (TCC) used vehicles to move forward and backward in time to access a…
Descriptors: Career Education, Communications Satellites, Curriculum Development, Educational Programs
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Compensatory, Urban, and Supplementary Programs. – 1975
This document reviews the impact of ESEA Title III programs on education in Maryland. Priority areas of concern established by the State Board of Education are identified as human relations, early childhood education, reading, improved teacher preparation and teacher certification, and career education. Nine programs are described under state plan…
Descriptors: Career Education, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
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