The Administrator of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT), U.S. Department of Labor, presents an overview of the Federal government's role in apprentice training, Federal apprenticeship legislation and programs, labor standards and their administration, and the 40 years of BAT, established in 1937 by the National Apprenticeship Act. (MF)

Discusses extended summer contracts for vocational agricultural instructors in view of budget restrictions and the effectiveness of instructors' summer activities. Lists 23 activities normally undertaken by instructors during summer months and provides eight suggestions to vocational agriculture instructors to help them justify, maintain, and…

Features of the drop-in child care room provided to parents who come to the Floyd I. Hudson Health and Social Services Center in Newark, Delaware are described. (TA)

Examines the following issues: Options of and barriers to professionalizing the adult basic education (ABE) position, gaining status and respectability in the university and college environment, making ABE a viable part of the adult education program, and future role of the professor in ABE. (Author/SH)

The author presents a personal account of the beginnings and growth of the law studies movement from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. (MJB)

Describes how local area unemployment statistics are developed by state employment security agencies to provide the Bureau of Labor Statistics with data on the insured unemployed by county of residence. Includes a discussion of the handbook method, a consistent and uniform method of estimating total unemployment for states and areas. (Editor/TA)

Following a discussion of some of the major problems of affirmative action, including seniority layoff, recommendations are made that may assist in resolving some of the complex issues. (Editor/TA)

The authors explore how Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) makes teachers responsible and accountable for assuring that each handicapped child receive the required special education and related services set forth in the individualized education program. (SBH)

A model for a workshop designed to revitalize the teaching of measurement in a metric context is given. The model is organized in terms of planning, preparation, operation, closing, and follow-up. (MN)

The importance of applied research to the technical and political support of energy conservation programs is discussed. Past, present, and future examples of applied fuel conservation research are presented and a means of institutionalizing these research efforts into a long range program is suggested. (MDR)

Summarizing presentations and discussions of the Economic Commission of the International Non-Governmental Organizations Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations (1977), this report addresses: multinational corporations; the land question; and the Commission's recommended "Plan of Action". (JC)

Proposes and describes the Statement of Student Trainee Learning Objectives (SSLO), an alternative (which combines the individual student's behavioral learning objectives and the management by objectives used by business and industry) to the traditional training plan for the on-the-job learning experiences of business/distributive education…

A new approach to an oral-visual history program was developed by utilizing slides of events from 1900-1950 to stimulate discussion, then recording recollections of senior citizens about the major issues of this period during group sessions. The development of the program is described along with recommendations for future program development. (EM)

Presents a set of guidelines and procedures for establishing and improving multi-teacher vocational agriculture departments in Oklahoma. Some of the areas covered include organizational structure, instructional planning, student selection and grouping, discipline standards, public relations, professional development, and departmental evaluation.…

The author offers nine guidelines for setting up a Career Planning program. The ractical suggestions range from (1) "Build an information base" to (9) "Maintain personal sanity". They are based on her own experience in university counseling and career planning. (Author/BP)