Drawing from a study on mental health delivery systems, this report focuses on issues related to credentialing the mental health continuing education activities of individual workers and the programs themselves. The first of seven sections reviews the current status of sanctioning and credentialing in mental health continuing education by various…

This monograph focuses on adult education programs and (1) why needs assessment is necessary, (2) how to assess needs, (3) how to assess the needs of special groups, and (4) how to assess program needs. In the first of four sections the administrator's role is described, and the term "needs" is defined. Models are proposed for individual and…

A study of the involvement of continuing higher education in professional and occupational regulation should focus on the growth of practice regulation, roles of higher education, and issues and areas for cooperation in meeting the practitioners' needs. Knowledge obsolescence and the definition of more specific fields have led to a heightened need…

After years of neglect, rural community mental health is becoming a legitimate area of specialization. Although the number of problems readily visible in rural mental health may appear to be inordinate, probabilities are that the difficulties found in rural locales are quantitatively no different than those found in non-rural areas. The…

The purpose of the seminar was to provide selected participants with a broader vision of the importance of vocational education in the rehabilitation of their charges. The program was organized with the "impulsive" offender in mind, or those presumed to be more easily rehabilitated. The advancing cost and increasing number of people committed to…

The authors in this series of essays have designed a modern approach to the difficulties confronting educational administrators who need to know the how and why of today's legal requirements for college students as well as the need for preventing legal pollution of administrative decisionmaking. Included are specific cases and interpretive…

An examination of Canadian continuing education in general and in British Columbia, specifically, is presented. The motives of learning, classification of adult learner orientations, and social influences on adults are discussed. A state of the art review analyzes Canadian university populations, emphasizing the fact that the proclivity for…

The report describes the program of training for foreign students conducted by the Office of International Training of the Agency for International Development (AID). The report's first chapter describes the history, nature, and importance of participant training and diagrams the administrative structure of the program. Chapter 2 describes the…

The goals of the New York State Department of Education are: (1) to enlarge educational opportunity for the people of the State, (2) to provide the best possible quality in education; and (3) to accomplish those tasks with efficiency, economy, and demonstrable effectiveness. To achieve a society in which each person can realize his potential…

The document represents the concluding phase of a two-part study analyzing data to determine the impact of institutional training on women. It is an exploratory data collection effort to assess factors which appear to affect the performance of women during institutional training in 12 sites. Skills center staff and employment service personnel…

A selection of important readings from the existing literature in the field of international education is brought together in this volume, printed to serve as a guide for members of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Congress in understanding the tasks for which the International Education Act of 1963, H. R. 14643, gives support.…

The political issues and activities involved in the reporting of results of the 1969-70 Michigan Educational Assessment Program are discussed. The background and purposes of the program, the events and forces that shaped the manner in which assessment results were reported, and several political issues regarding the design of the 1970-71…

Examines how institutions can provide support for diversity in preservice teacher education, focusing on the institutional context in which teacher educators work as they craft multicultural teacher preparation programs. Support includes strong institutional leadership and a campuswide vision for change, recruitment and retention of diverse…

This monograph presents the Strategic Directions Charter of Indiana University, which recommends ways the university should change in order to adapt to constraining circumstances and to emerge as the model of America's New Public University. It discusses in detail the 30 recommendations of the Charter, developed by 250 members of the University…

This report presents an analysis of the data developed from a survey involving case studies of 10 public colleges and universities with good records for graduating African Americans, Hispanics, or American Indians. The survey identified 36 state and 68 institutional practices associated with high, or improved, equity outcomes during the 1980s. Ten…