A system of statewide educational information networks is proposed and plans for the implementation of such a network are presented. The need for a coordinated, well-administered system to disseminate information about educational opportunities is discussed with specific reference to the importance of reaching older learners, minority groups,…

Major developments for the Navajo Health Authority (NHA) and the new American Indian School of Medicine (AISOM) during 1976-77 are highlighted in this fifth annual report by NHA commissioners. Developments cited include renovation of the Shiprock Community Center for use by AISOM, last year of funding from the Area Health Education Center…

Following an overview of the growth of publicly supported junior colleges in Colorado and corresponding state legislation and policies of the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, this paper presents the present position of the Board on issues of student access and the establishment and maintenance of community…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on developing occupational programs is the second in a set of four core modules on establishing occupational programs. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019…

The characteristics of two-year colleges and trends in community college education are summarized in this series of fact sheets. The first of these presents a nationwide overview of the number and types of institutions; full- and part-time enrollments; selected student, faculty, and administrator characteristics; tuition and fees; and types of…

By 1973, a number of special programs existed in the Los Angeles Community College District to meet the needs of the over 3000 handicapped students in the system, as well as of other handicapped members of the community. Handicapped enablers had been designated on each of the eight campuses to provide special supportive services, such as priority…

This collection of 5 bilingual papers on day care programs in foreign countries (China, the Soviet Union, and 3 Scandinavian countries) is part of a series of papers on various aspects of day care published by the Canadian Department of Health and Welfare. Each paper is presented in both English and French. Paper I considers day care services in…

A brief mid-plan review of the work of the Panels in the Humanities and Social Sciences of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of New Delhi, India, is presented. Recommendations of the UGC Standing Committee on the Development of Colleges during the plan period and on the implementation of several new programs as part of the Faculty Improvement…

A narrative summary of program accomplishments, tabular data, and program guidelines comprise the annual report of the Johnson-O'Malley Indian Education Program (JOM), which provides academic programs and educational support monies for eligible Indian students. The introduction describes the students served, the program staff, the Indian parent…

This document describes and analyzes the 1976-1977 Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data. PIR is a comprehensive data collection effort directed at the programs of all Head Start grantees of which there were approximately 1,100 in 1976-1977. The unit of analysis in this study is the grantee rather than the agencies delegated by grantees…

The progress of students under 21 years old at the United Kingdom's Open University (OU) was compared with a sample of mature students, using sociological and psychometric research methods. The research goal was to consider whether the OU's teaching system originally designed for adults is suited to the needs and circumstances of students in the…

THIS STUDY ATTEMPTS TO DETERMINE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCED A SELECTED GROUP OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGES TO EXPAND, TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THIS TRANSITION, AND TO DEVELOP A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES WHICH WOULD PROVIDE DIRECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO COLLEGES CONSIDERING EXPANSION TO FOUR-YEAR CURRICULA. CASE STUDIES OF TEN…

This collection of comments consists of four chapters of informal remarks by trustees, educators, and students from various types and sizes of institutions with innovative mainstreaming programs for handicapped students in postsecondary vocational education programs. Chapter 1 contains comments by nine individuals (students and administrators) on…

A study of legal education and professionalism conducted by an American Bar Association committee is examined along with the historical background of legal education and reform attempts, financial resources for stability and reform, and recommendations of the committee. The study rationale is explained, and aspects of prelegal undergraduate…

This monograph stresses the importance of art education in elementary and secondary schools and explains how school/community partnership in the arts can help keep arts education programs alive. Part of a series containing background information on arts programs in schools, this document is intended to aid individuals and school art advocacy…