DESPITE THE SUBSTANTIAL AND RELATIVELY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF PRACTICES IDENTIFIED, IT APPEARS THAT JUNIOR COLLEGES, IN GENERAL, ARE DOING LITTLE EXPERIMENTATION IN THE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF FACULTY SERVICES. THIS IS DUE IN PART TO THE FACT THAT UNTIL RECENTLY, THE COLLEGES HAVE HAD LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN RECRUITING FACULTY. ALSO, THE COLLEGES ARE…

DURING 1963-1964, 418 SPECIAL CLASSES FOR EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED (EMR) AND 70 CLASSES FOR TRAINABLE MENTALLY RETARDED (TMR) CHILDREN WERE SPONSORED BY 141 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 57 COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN IOWA. COUNTY BOARDS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS SPONSORING THESE PROGRAMS RESPONDED TO A STATE QUESTIONNAIRE ON SALARY DIFFERENTIALS PAID TO…

THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS OF ATTRACTING AND RETAINING SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS. A MORE EXTENSIVE AND INTELLIGENT USE CAN BE MADE OF EXISTING LABORATORY SCHOOLS AND AFFILIATED SCHOOLS FOR URBAN TEACHER EDUCATION. INCREASED EFFORT CAN BE MADE IN POINTING TEACHER EDUCATION TOWARD URBAN TEACHING RATHER THAN PRESENTING ONLY THE…

TO GATHER DATA ON TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF PERSONNEL PRACTICES, A SAMPLE OF 1,025 NEW YORK CITY TEACHERS WAS INTERVIEWED. TO STUDY CAREER PATTERNS, A "COHORT-STUDY" WAS MADE OF THE RECORDS OF 413 TEACHERS FIRST HIRED BY THE CITY IN 1950. EDUCATIONAL OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK, CHICAGO, DETROIT, AND PHILADELPHIA WERE INTERVIEWED. MAJOR FINDINGS…

QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM A SAMPLE OF 2,000 CANADIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SHOWED THAT 60 PERCENT OF THEM CONSIDERED ENTERING THE ACADEMIC PROFESSION BUT THAT ONLY ONE IN 10 ACTUALLY WILL DO SO. THE PROFESSION'S ATTRACTIVE FEATURES (INTERESTING WORK AND COLLEAGUES, SOCIAL IMPORTANCE), APPEALED TO 75 PERCENT, BUT 45 PERCENT FELT THERE WAS TOO MUCH…

THIS REPORT DISCUSSES TEACHER AIDES, THEIR USE, PAY, SELECTION, TRAINING, AND SUPERVISION. REPLIES TO 217 QUESTIONNAIRES SENT OUT IN 1966 BY THE NEA RESEARCH DIVISION PROVIDE THE DATA SOURCES. INCLUDED AMONG THE FINDINGS ARE (1) A LARGE MAJORITY (76.5 PERCENT) OF THE TEACHER AIDE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE 1960, (2) 74.2 PERCENT OF THE…

INFORMATION ON EMPLOYEE SELECTION AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES WAS SECURED FROM QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED BY 215 OF 283 FIRMS EMPLOYING AT LEAST 100 PERSONS. DATA FROM 207 SEPARATE ITEMS FOR EACH FIRM WERE KEY PUNCHED AND TABULATED INTO MULTIVARIATE CROSS-CLASSIFICATIONS. OVER 60 PERCENT OF THE FIRMS WERE IN CITIES HAVING OVER 25,000 POPULATION, 40…

THIS REPORT ON CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PHARMACISTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA EXAMINES EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE TECHNICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF A PHARMACIST'S CAREER. A DISCUSSION IS THEN PRESENTED OF EXISTING PROGRAMS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND AT THREE AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES, THE AIMS OF A PROPOSED SYSTEM OF PROFESSIONAL, MANAGERIAL, AND…

The present state of library manpower and the outlook for the future is assessed in terms of manpower analysis. The field of library service is appraised within the larger framework of such comparable fields as teaching, social work, and nursing which also make use of large numbers of female workers. Important findings and conclusions are: (1) the…

"General education in the university college is so disparate in definition, so motley in context, so various in actual operation that it poses immense difficulties for the researcher." An examination of the position of general education in the complex university is very revealing of the institution's commitment to knowledge, and particularly to…

In three years, the Delinquency Study and Youth Development Project of Southern Illinois University has provided for five students to do their student teaching incorrectional settings. From this experience, it has been found that student teachers bring new educational ideas into the institution; student teachers function well when viewed as…

The project, currently underway, forms part of the national board's followup of the reform of higher education in Sweden, and studies the effects on student recruitment of the new, more liberal admissions rules. This report discusses the dimensions and directions of the study. (MSE)

Navajo participation in labor unions and Navajo labor relations have undergone rapid and fundamental changes since the development of industry around Lake Powell and on Black Mesa. Early attempts to unionize Navajo workers met with stiff resistance from employees and the Navajo Tribal Council. Union entry into the Navajo Reservation was viewed as…

This publication was prepared jointly by the California School Boards Association and the Association of California School Administrators to assist local school districts in selecting and hiring a new school superintendent. Because the needs and resources of each school district differ considerably, the booklet attempts to present general…

The effect of local public colleges on total higher education enrollment is examined in this study. While it is apparent that these colleges have attracted many students to their classrooms, this study attempts to find out both how many of these students would have attended other colleges and how many would not have attended at all had the local…