In July 1970 the University of California reviewed and made recommendations for its international educational exchange program for all campuses. The recommendations were: (1) foreign students should be 4-6 percent of the student population on each campus; (2) they should be admitted once a year, with early admission deadlines; (3) they should have…

Health care is demanding increasing resources and attention in numbers of health care workers, in levels of skills required, in time spent in training, and in dollars expended. A greater spectrum of skills is required to cope with increasing health care demands, yet trends toward specialization and fracturing of responsibilities assigned to health…

A major longitudinal study of California community college students involved following a sample of 35,000 students for three and one-half years. Near the end of the study, enrollment and performance data for students who transferred to the University of California and the California State University and Colleges were collated through 1978. The…

This handbook provides incentives for individuals to improve the quality of life in Kentucky communities by becoming involved in community education. An effective community education program provides educational, recreational, social, and cultural services which work toward improving community life. The school often plays a key role in the…

A study was conducted to (1) review state board of education procedures used in assuring that local advisory councils (LACs) are being used in preparing local plans; (2) develop a profile of LACs created to advise on 1978 plans; and (3) discover how LACs regard their role in local plan development for North Carolina vocational education in local…

In an effort to provide positive program and procedural alternatives for personnel working in educational and training programs for low-income women, the book presents the current situation of minority female low-income heads of household, especially the Chicana, and offers solutions and recommendations regarding the education and training of such…

Intended for use by secondary and postsecondary vocational instructors in organizing and conducting supervised occupational experiences for students, this handbook is divided into two parts. Part 1 covers planning and managing occupational experience programs and discusses the following topics: (1) basic definitions and objectives of an…

Prepared for social work students and social service providers, this text is designed to help non-Indians expand their understanding of Indian customs, cultures, and life styles with the purpose of achieving greater transcultural appreciation and, consequently, more effective social work practices appropriate to Indian communities. Information is…

This first of four sections in a curriculum guide for training energy extension agents contains general introductory materials, an overview of the total curriculum, and four modules: Orientation, Mathematics Review, Basic Writing, and Energy Overview. The curriculum is designed for adults with at least eighth grade reading and math skills but…

This third of four sections in a curriculum guide for training energy extension agents contains general introductory materials, an overview of the total curriculum, and four modules: Energy Cost Calculations, Energy Use Survey: Procedure and Techniques, Field Observations (Practicum), and Energy Use Surveys (Practicum). The curriculum is designed…

The 1979 annual report of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education is presented. Contents are as follows: changes in Commission membership, federally funded programs, South Carolina Postsecondary Education Planning Commission ("1202" Commission), program approvals, health and medical education, licensing nonpublic institutions,…

This monograph is designed to motivate and assist Kentucky vocational teachers in fulfilling their role in achieving sex fair vocational education. Section 1 describes the status of vocational education in Kentucky and the United States. These areas are covered: changing roles of men and women, composition of the labor force, undersupply of…

Designed to help state and local education administration personnel who are responsible for estabishing workshops or inservice training programs on vocational education of handicapped students, this guide contains materials on coordination of the steps necessary for organizing an inservice meeting. (It accompanies the handbook, which is available…

These teaching guides and student programmed texts for a secondary-postsecondary-level course in law enforcement are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Purpose stated for the 162-hour course is to provide knowledge and skills…

THE OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO DESCRIBE THE OCCUPATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND RELATED EXPERIENCES OF TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL GRADUATES OF 1953, 1958, AND 1962, AND (2) TO COMPARE THE EXPERIENCES FOR VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC GRADUATES OF THE SAME CLASSES AND SCHOOLS. DATA WERE COLLECTED BY QUESTIONNAIRES FROM 5,327 VOCATIONAL GRADUATES AND 1,780 ACADEMIC…