This plan was presented to the Minneapolis Board of Education as an informational report. The plan proposes long-range educational goals and the procedures and criteria for making school building decisions, presents the school-related components of the long-range comprehensive plan for the city, provides physical plant data for the schools and…

The placement and diagnostic tests used in instructional systems designed to be adaptive to the individual learner's characteristics are examined. The necessity of pretesting students before instruction is questioned. According to the author, both the necessity for and the content of the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) type of pretest…

Voter approval of two elementary schools that would replace four existing structures in four inner-city communities in the Des Moines school system was the impetus of an intensive effort at involving inner city residents in the planning and decision-making regarding the design of the new educational program and facilities. The charrette technique…

Many who believe in the value of the study of the humanities are faced with the problems of how to attract vocational students to humanities courses, maintain their interest in such courses so that they fulfill the general education requirements for graduation, and, if possible, generate an ongoing interest in the humanities. In response to these…

Developed by experienced migrant education teachers incorporating Sight and Sound Program concepts, this volume presents predrafted individual short-term Plan/Records for secondary level chemistry, biology, and physics, plus step-by-step directions for their use by Oregon resource teachers, classroom teachers, and aides. The approach assumes that…

Compiled primarily from bibliographies and reference lists from books about Chicanos in higher education and the social sciences, the bibliography cites 774 published and unpublished works concerning Chicanos in higher education, written between 1943 and 1978 (primarily the 1970's). Other sources include dissertations, journals, monographs,…

Nine conference papers examine educational administration in Canada and England. Three papers present the results of survey research on rural principals' reactions to decentralized budgeting in Saskatchewan (Canada), the impact of local government reforms on local educational services in England, and the effects of principals' leadership styles on…

A process for building futurism into the institution's strategic planning and human resource development model is described. It is an attempt to assist faculty and staff to understand the future and the formulation and revision of professional goals in relation to an image of the future. A conceptual framework about the changing nature of human…

Vista College, a non-campus college which offers classes in a number of community locations, has developed several strategies to meet the needs of student groups not previously served fully by the Peralta Community College District, including worker-students, older adults, the handicapped, and women. A survey was conducted in 1981 to obtain…

Deganawidah Quetzalcoatl University (D-QU), the first Native American controlled Indian-Chicano college in America, began operation in 1971 near Davis, California, with the primary objective of facilitating Indian and Chicano self-determination, not only in higher education but in all facets of Indian and Chicano life. Part One is a history of…

The document describes social studies and history courses offered in the junior high and senior high schools of Henry County, Tennessee. The syllabi were developed as part of a Teacher's Corps Demonstration Project. The overall objectives of the syllabi are to inform students and parents of the minimum competencies expected in social studies and…

The initial steps of an academic planning process to cover the next 10 years at the Arkansas Tech University are described. Twelve study committees that were formed to coordinate the effort pertain to: degree programs and research; student-related activities; nondegree programs and public service; college mission and role; background and…

A survey was conducted in early 1981 to provide follow-up information on former students of the 14 public community colleges in British Columbia (BC) and of the BC Institute of Technology. In all, questionnaires were mailed to 11,456 persons enrolled in vocational programs at the colleges in September, 1979, but who were not enrolled at any of the…

A 1981 follow-up study of graduates and former full-time students from 1977-78 was conducted by Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) to determine the effectiveness of MHCC vocational programs in preparing students for employment and/or continuing education. Graduates were defined as associate degree or certificate recipients and non-graduates were…

Special programs provided to low income, nontraditional students at Livingston College, New Jersey, are described. In the academic year 1978-79, 498 students were enrolled in special programs, over two-thirds were black and over one-half came from families with annual incomes of less than $6,000. Ninety-seven percent came from families with…