The study experimentally investigated a self-image development package - Self-Programmed Counseling and Self-Programmed Control (SPC) - that was especially geared to meet the educational and personal needs of the Chicano student. The fall 1973 study used these considerations: (1) how the community college can increase the enrollment of Chicano…

This document reviews academic salaries in Australia. Chapters cover academic work value, recruitment and retention of staff, and the benefits of academic employment, salary movements in relevant occupations, comparative wage justice, recommended salary levels, sublecturer grades, several salary levels for professors, clinical loadings, and…

Staffing for cooperative vocational education constitutes one of the most critical variables in planning and operating a successful program. Among the factors which must be considered are: the students, occupations taught, cooperating employers, the school district, supporting staff, scheduling, coordinator availability, student supervision,…

This analytical study of teacher migration in Michigan was conducted in an effort to understand better the complexities of the problem of teacher supply and demand. The major purposes of the study were to (1) generate a research design and an index capable of the analysis of substantial data about the turnover behavior of teachers; (2) acquire…

An innovative project sought to achieve four objectives. These were: 1) to establish a training program for teacher aides of high school age from minority communities; 2) to establish a recruiting program for educational careers; 3) to test the recruiting model in different contexts; and 4) to determine the impact of the training and recruiting…

This study is a first attempt to investigate what happens to the black male college graduate after he enters the white business firm. Data were obtained by interview in 1971 from 500 black men employed in private industry in professional and managerial jobs in the 10 cities having the largest numbers of blacks in the labor force (excluding…

The guide is primarily intended for adult educators, teachers, personnel in charge of illiterate workers, and personnel responsible for initiating and administering functional literacy programs. The method described in the guide is based upon an operational seminar in which the teaching cadres go into the field to rediscover the functional…

This is one of 15 country studies which together with a final volume of summary and analysis will comprise a comprehensive "Report on the Supply of Secondary Level Teachers in English-Speaking Africa." Each study focuses on determining the likely demand for overseas secondary-level personnel through 1975. Each gives a short description…

This handbook is designed to aid community adult school principals in executing a successful school program. The 10 sections of the handbook are as follows: I. The Principal, II. The Instructional Program, III. Opening the School Year, IV. Curriculum, V. Housing, VI. Certificated Personnel, VII. Classified Personnel, VIII. Pupil Personnel, IX.…

The purpose of the Neighborhood Education Center (NEC) Project, funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is to significantly raise academic achievement in the areas of language arts and computational skills. The NEC encompasses four elementary schools in Region 8 of the Detroit Public Schools system. This region…

Results of a study of apprenticeship programs, which provide related educational instruction, sponsored by the Kalamazoo Public Schools are presented. The study contains four sections. The first section includes a description of the nature of apprenticeship training, the role and status of apprenticeship training in Kalamazoo, and an analysis of…

The current status of the University of Kentucky freshman experience was examined in a comprehensive study as a basis for determining needed action. The study commission consisted of 59 representative students, faculty, and staff whose work was divided among four task groups: (1) Student Recruitment and Pre-Admissions Contact; (2) Summer Advising…

Middle managerial positions which were advertised by 56 libraries in 1975 were examined. From these were drawn lists of responsibilities, work experience, and job requirements. Then 23 middle managers in five member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries were interviewed to compare their positions to those advertised. Administrators at…

This document contains the text of hearings on the hiring and benefits granted to teachers hired to teach United States' dependents overseas. Comparison is made in the testimony between those teachers hired in the United States and sent abroad and those hired abroad with special regard to the unequal benefits awarded to each. Several…

The Career Opportunities Program (COP), established under Title V of the Education Professions Development Act of 1967, was implemented in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1970 through 1975. It served low-income persons, primarily blacks, who had no other means to enter the teaching profession. The primary project goals were to attract capable…