The purpose of a research study was to develop a model for recruitment, retention, and placement of female students in secondary vocational education programs which have traditionally been for males. Ten specific secondary vocational education programs were selected which had successfully recruited, retained, and placed female students in…

Designed to inform Indian students about health career opportunities, this handbook prepared by the Association of American Indian Physicians describes the great need for more American Indians as health professionals and gives information on specific health fields, preparation for health professions, and assistance available (financial and other).…

It can hardly be said that there have been any dramatic results of affirmative action affecting the situation of minorities and women in higher education institutions. The pervasive institutional attitude toward affirmative action ranges from neutral to negative, and is the major barrier to ending discrimination. Other barriers are preemployment…

Intensive foreign language courses are discussed in terms of historical background, categorization of types, definition of components of intensive instruction as practiced at present in academic settings, and advantages and special problems of intensive instruction. Practical considerations for the implementation of intensive options cover the…

Comparisons are made of the groups of Army officers that were procured through various programs and of various categories within the Army Reserve Officers' Training Program (ROTC). The criterion for these comparisons was the final course grades in the Officer Basic Courses (OBC) of the 13 career branches. Two samples were studied; one sample…

The job counseling center initiated an experimental and demonstration program to test the thesis that an urban school could provide a manpower training program to out-of-school, unemployed, and disadvantaged youth. Licensed school personnel were used in four centers in areas having high unemployment rates and a concentration of Negro and Puerto…

Provisions of Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Act entitled "Adult Education Act of 1966" charge the Texas Education Agency with responsibility for state administration of adult basic education programs in accordance with a plan approved by the State Board of Education and the United States Commissioner of Education. As one…

This 52-week Tuskegee Institute project, undertaken in 1964 to train a sample of culturally deprived male heads of households in Alabama, included vocational skills (brickmasonry, carpentry, farm machinery, and meat processing), academic skills (mathematics, English, and remedial reading), group, individual, and family counseling, medical care,…

Part 1 of this conference report on employing the hard-core unemployed asserts the urgency of action by business and industry to meet employment problems, and presents examples of more active recruitment and liberalized hiring and placement practices, employer-sponsored education and training, efforts by employers to take action on transportation,…

Written for employers, personnel directors, vocational rehabilitation personnel, placement specialists, and all others involved in helping the mentally handicapped find their rightful place in the world of work, these guidelines discuss significant factors to consider when employing or seeking employment for the mentally handicapped. These factors…

This publication on staffing and staff development is the fifth in a six-part series describing the Management Organization Systems Technique (MOST) developed at Wayne County Community College. The purpose of MOST is to determine the goals and objectives of a college and assist in their attainment and evaluation. The staffing and staff development…

CHOICE, Center for Helping Organizations Improve Choice in Education, has four primary purposes: (1) to collect and make available to the higher education community knowledge and materials relating to the provision of better information to college applicants; (2) to provide technical assistance to institutions seeking to review or improve the…

Two approaches to the problem of abusive advertising practices engaged in by some institutions of higher education are illustrated in two documents. The first involves government regulation of potential and actual abuse, the other encourages voluntary efforts through the development of models for good practice. The first document, Categories and…

A study was done to (1) examine the impact of terminating the G.I. Bill in respect to the number, quality, and representativeness of Service accessions (supply of volunteers for military services), and (2) provide a means for measuring the relative costs and benefits of alternative educational programs which might be needed to sustain military…

This review focuses on women in educational administration as compared with men in the same field. The author recognizes sex discrimination as a historical fact and begins by discussing some of the current psychological effects of cultural conditioning. She then examines the role of the counselor dealing with high school seniors who express an…