This second book furthers the advocacy position of its predecessor in putting old railroad stations to new uses for combined public and commercial purposes, including arts and educational centers, transportation hubs, and focal points for downtown renewal. Sixteen stations are described that have been converted by either nonprofit organizations,…

A Committee on Evaluation of Employment and Training Programs was established by the National Academy of Sciences to assess the impact of the passage of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), which created a shift of control of manpower programs from Federal to State and local officials. At the first committee meeting a panel of…

This document analyzes the institutional arrangements governing the size, nature, and directions of the educational research and development (R&D) efforts in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The main themes of the present survey are the explicit or implicit goals of educational R&D, its relation to…

Summarizing the historical development of Adventure Education concepts and programs, this publication describes past and present programs and presents suggestions relative to future programming. Specifically, the following are discussed: (1) Informal Education Programs (Outward Bound; the National Outdoor Leadership School; and other informal…

This document is a comparison of three reports on secondary education prepared by the following: (1) the California State Department of Education's Commission for Reform of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RISE), 1975; (2) the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), Task Force on Secondary Schools in a Changing Society,…

Informal notes are presented from conference discussions by 18 newly appointed chairmen, three highly successful resource people who could draw on their own experiences as department heads, and several additional special discussion leaders. Topics of interest to the department chairmen were covered, including the chairman's pivotal role, dealing…

Today's school food services programs in New York State's schools are a massive undertaking entailing the expenditure of $260 million in federal, state, and local funds each year. To assist schools in this substantial enterprise, this revised handbook presents rules and recommendations on responsibilities of the board, types of food services,…

The status of the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) is reviewed in terms of enrollments, program financing and financial aid, academic programs, and measurement of outcomes. Separate documents report on the 1973-1974 activities for private-sector institutions funded under HEOP, for the City University Search for Education, Elevation and…

Some of the reasons for adopting contract learning and some strategies used at Empire State College, the University of South Carolina, and Wilmington College, are useful in aiding the adoption of new ways of teaching and learning. Several useful strategies are: (1) launch a committee to study local goals and needs; (2) connect the group and…

An instrument was designed to elicit a direct reaction from colleagues as to the issues involved in the development of a metropolitan learning resource service. Sets of questions and items lay out the broadest range of functions, services, organization, governance, and funding which are feasible for such a service. It is assumed that any…

The Office of Program Development and Public Affairs (PDPA) from its inception in September 1967 to July 1971 was primarily concerned with advancing the total University with its traditional mission of teaching and research and with facilitating the University's emerging concerns for public service. The Office assisted with the program development…

In order to assess the impact of community colleges in British Columbia from the point of view of the students, the community, and the educational system, and to develop practical means for producing such information on an on-going basis for educational planning purposes, a program of research was undertaken at the University of British Columbia.…

Private colleges and universities are now under pressure from many directions. The potential benefits of statewide planning agencies in building cooperation between the public and private sectors of higher education are examined. This compendium of suggestions for finding alternatives to often wasteful competitive relationships is drawn from a…

During a typical week of spring quarter, 1975, interviews were conducted with 3,802 people as they left facilities at the University of Washington library system. The randomly selected respondents included students, staff members, and faculty of the university, as well as nonuniversity members. In particular, the study investigated the use of…

This report is intended to provide state-level policy makers with descriptive information on 17 state administrative structures for the coordination of planning and delivery of services to children. An introduction briefly reviews the general history, activities, challenges, successes, and goals of the state offices of child development. The…