Guidelines for the selection of teachers who will participate in the Thirteen-College Curriculum Program (TCCP) include a compilation of written materials and a list of recommended activities. The first part of this document provides a description of materials including the brochure, statement of the course, teacher selection criteria, ideal…

On the assumption that blacks teaching the white middle-class majority students could help prevent further social polarization of majority and minority groups and could best interpret minority experience and potential to our youth, an informal survey by letter and interview was initiated to assess suburban recruitment of black teachers. Reasons…

The Southern Regional Education Board's Institute for Higher Educational Opportunity asked the presidents of 337 predominantly white colleges and universities in 14 southern states to describe innovative programs which their institutions had developed to assist minority students, and particularly Black students, to enroll and to succeed. They were…

The study contains the findings and conclusions of an evaluation of the effectiveness of pre- and post-enrollment services to Job Corps enrollees. The study assesses the relative effectiveness of pre- and post-enrollment services provided to Job Corps enrollees by the various organizations serving them, the effectiveness of the administrative…

The evaluation team was contracted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to conduct an overall independent evaluation of the American Indian Scholarship Program at the University of New Mexico. Findings include that the University of New Mexico is considered by law students and graduates as the center for legal education for Indians; that the per…

This document presents four project workshop reports sponsored by Project VOICE voluntary opportunities for inspiring coordinators for education. Program-wise the two regional conference main sessions were designed to cover similar topics for providing background, current information about, and directions toward which volunteerism in education…

This document, developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), concerns the training, recruitment, and utilization of teachers in primary and secondary education. Following an introductory section, this report is divided into three parts: The characteristics and shortcomings of teacher supply (1950-65), teacher…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of an inquiry into establishment of an Education Commission in New South Wales. The panel found that it would not be possible to devise an Education Commission acceptable to all parties supporting such a group; no one suggestion seemed an improvement on the present system.…

IN AN ADDRESS, THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATED BARRIERS AND PROBLEMS WHICH MIGHT ARISE WHEN JULY 1, 1966, LEGISLATION BECAME EFFECTIVE, REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE EDUCATION FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN. ASPECTS INCLUDED ARE PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION AND DIAGNOSIS, COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES IN PROVIDING COOPERATIVE MEDICAL AND…

Discusses a survey of the techniques used by 29 engineering colleges to recruit and keep women engineering students. (MLH)

Describes a research project in which multimedia packets were developed showing the lifestyles of six successful female scientists and the evaluation of the effectiveness of materials developed to improve the attitudes of students toward careers for females in science. (CP)

Because of the enormity of challenges that confront teachers in urban schools, teachers should be finely trained in an intensive educational program. (JD)

The Commission on Collegiate Athletics, sponsored by the American Council on Education, is engaging in a three-year study of collegiate athletics including recreational sports, intramurals, club sports, and intercollegiate athletics. Some Commission study projects on such issues as sports financing, recruitment practices, and women's sports, are…

A culturally versatile method to identify perceived desirable characteristics of cities as places to work and live is proposed. Results of a study with graduate students in Brazil show that there are four major categories of attributes (population, economic, cultural, and physical) that could be used as incentives. (Author/LBH)