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Latta, E. Michael; Wright, Jerauld B. – 1978
In this North Carolina council on education report concerning vocational education in the state's public schools and community colleges/technical institutes three sections are presented: (1) North Carolina advisory council commendation and recommendations to the state board of education, (2) components of the council's annual evaluation report…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Randolph, Harland – 1978
In a national study to help assure that programs meet the legislative mandate and are socially responsive to black students' needs, federal vocational education administrators surveyed black leaders. Respondants included 1,252 persons. The first of three major survey questions--"Is it desirable for black students to enter and complete…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Leadership, Black Students, Educational Administration
Zimmerman, Lillian; Trew, Marsha – 1979
Women's educational needs and the viability of postsecondary institutions are inextricably bound. Women are in transition. Increasingly entering the labor force, women see postsecondary institutions as a means of accomplishing new occupational goals. Now a postsecondary student majority, they are, because of their age, part-time status, and large…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Change Strategies, Counseling
Glenny, Lyman A.; Bowen, Frank M. – 1977
State intervention in higher education is discussed, and state and federal regulations that affect higher education are discussed and contrasted. The structures and procedures by which states intervene in higher education are outlined, and the issue of institutional autonomy is considered. Policy areas through which the state can affect higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, College Administration, Federal Government
Brisk, Maria Estela; And Others – 1979
A collection of five papers dealing with parental/community involvement in bilingual education is presented. Maria Estela Brisk discusses the role of the community in bilingual education in light of legislative and judicial issues. Maria B. Cerda and Jean J. Schensul describe in detail a Chicago program designed to train parental leaders in the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Choctaw
McIntyre, Chuck – 1981
A plan for community college finance in 1981 is presented, based on an examination of socioeconomic factors likely to affect the California community colleges between 1981 and 1985. The report first outlines 11 assumptions concerning trends in community college finance and mission and, then, presents a general approach to financing the California…
Descriptors: Accountability, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Administration, College Role
Brown, Amy, Comp.; Joplin, Alan, Comp. – 1980
Sixty-one reports, books, papers, journal articles, bibliographies, and handbooks are cited in this bibliography. Each reference deals with urban education on the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, or adult continuing education level. Among the topics addressed are urban problems, urban areas, curriculum, research/evaluation tools, teacher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Community Involvement
Morris, Richard, Comp.; Seymour, Nancy, Ed. – 1980
The Institute for Responsive Education (IRE) is a private, nonprofit organization involved in research, policy analysis, assistance to local sites, and development of a national information clearinghouse and network for citizen groups. IRE recommends an approach to community based education that encourages citizen participation in decision-making…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, Clearinghouses, Community Education
Vice President's Task Force on Youth Employment, Washington, DC. – 1980
This series of thirteen reports reviewing available information on the causes and dimensions of youth employment is designed to provide an information base for policy formation. (It constitutes the first of a three-volume compendium; other volumes deal with special needs and problems of youth employment policy and with program experience --see…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Demography, Economic Factors
Vice President's Task Force on Youth Employment, Washington, DC. – 1980
This series of nine reports reviews available information on the special needs and concentrated problems of youth employment. (It constitutes the second of a three-volume compendium; other volumes examine causes and dimensions of youth employment problems and analyze program experience--see note.) The effects of discrimination on minority youth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Black Youth, Demography
Appignani, Georgianna, Ed.; And Others – 1981
With the passage of the Schools of Education Assistance Act as part of the reauthorized Higher Education Act, institutions of teacher education have a long awaited federal mandate for their own redesign and redirection. This legislation provides a principle: that schools, colleges, and departments of education represent a valuable resource for the…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Baker, Kendall L., Ed. – 1979
To understand developments in West Germany since World War II, one must consider numerous social, political, economic, military, and educational variables. Important among these are the decline in output orientation, increase in interpersonal political involvement, decline in value placed on politics, stress on democratic decision making,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
Dent, Dick; And Others – 1973
A survey was conducted by the College Entrance Examination Board for the Oregon Educational Coordinating Council. All but two of the public and private two- and four-year higher education institutions participated, as did ten private vocational and technical schools. The results provide a profile of student characteristics, including age, marital…
Descriptors: Age, Educational Economics, Ethnic Groups, Females
Horowitz, Irving Louis – 1977
The document examines social science influence in the policy-making process through interviews with proponents of various major positions in the policy arena. A wide variety of responses is presented in order to more clearly assess needs of a changing society, investigate how social science education might be changed to reflect those needs, record…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Employment
McKenzie, Betty; And Others – 1961
The last of a series of seminars conducted by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) was planned to afford a penetrating look at the overall position of the Association. The seminar focused on the position of the NAEB in the field of education, as well as in relation to its own constituency, and attempted to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Broadcast Industry, Educational Policy, Educational Radio
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