One of two supplements which accompany chapter 2 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific information concerning accounting procedures and forms utilized by the controller services division. Presented are step-by-step…

This fourth in a series of eleven learning modules on program planning, development, and evaluation is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers information and skills needed to ensure a properly organized occupational advisory committee. The terminal objective for the module is to organize an occupational advisory committee…

This self-study manual provides a means whereby state coordinating boards for community/junior colleges and their staffs can better assess their role in the state's junior college system and identify areas where change or improvement is necessary. Items to be considered in the self-study procedure include: (1) goals, scope, and legal…

This guide represents an effort at identifying resources in the Chicago area that are related to multicultural and multiethnic education. The guide was compiled by students at the University of Illinois. The educational value of the process of compilation of the guide is discussed. The training of compilers and the research methodology used are…

Two task forces, a Career Development Team and a Curriculum Development Team, were formed from the Career Education Committee appointed in 1976 at the College of Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to assist students while in college to make informed career choices within the field of education (i.e., career development), and to help…

This research paper sought to determine whether smaller sized schools decrease student alienation and increase program diversity both within the school and compared to others. Hypotheses tested were: (1) participation in small work units positively affects teacher task interdependence resulting in greater teacher interaction; (2) teacher…

This report provides a historical overview of curriculum development in the public schools of Washington, D.C. Investigation of the pre-emancipation period (1804-1864) shows that curriculum focused on the development of basic skills, moral values, and employment skills. During the period of the dual school system (1864-1954), when public education…

To understand and deal with student behavior, we must understand that most behavior is caused by objects and events in the world around the student; that students have learned personal ways of relating to those objects and events; and that in a setting like a school it is easier and more productive to alter those objects and events than to change…

A selected summary is provided of the Iowa state legislation relating to area schools and standards for area community colleges and vocational schools. Part I contains the specific chapters (280A and 286A) of the Code of Iowa that pertain to area vocational schools and community colleges. Chapter 280A deals with the organization of school and…

Narrative text, tables, maps, and photographs present an overview of the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) activities in fiscal year 1979, past achievements, and future goals. Major accomplishments of 1979 include: utilization of the $233 million appropriation for highway construction; approval of over $143 million in ARC funds for 985…

Narrative text, tables, maps, and photographs present an overview of the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) activities in fiscal year 1980, past achievements, and future goals. Major accomplishments of 1980 include: allocation of almost $13 million for 1,023 nonhighway projects; completion or construction of almost 60% of the Appalachian…

As part of a study of the role, governance, and future direction of the community colleges of the University of Alaska, public hearings and teleconferences were held at 13 locations in Alaska between October 1980 and January 1981. Over 200 people participated in these discussions, and testimony was taken from educators, administrators, students,…

This booklet contains the lectures and reports of the work-groups of the Interskola-Conference which took place at Dusseldorf July 21-27, 1979, for the purpose of finding out what changes schools must make to motivate pupils for life-long learning. Lectures covered the role of the school in the concept of life-long learning; kinds of learning…

This annotated research, bibliographic and resource guide to current literature on the Hispanic elderly is divided into six major sections. The first section contains a bibliography of bibliographies, books and book chapters, conference papers, journal articles, dissertations, theses, and program descriptions. Part two contains a directory of…

This book presents brief educational profiles of 85 countries based on reports presented at the International Conference of Education in 1977. Educational systems in Africa, the Arab states, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas are outlined according to general aims, administration, finance, structure and organization, curricula, and teacher…