As the third volume in a five volume series of position papers on American Indian education, this publication presents eleven position papers on special programs. Papers are titled as follows: (1) "A Vision: The Warrior-Scholar-Community Activist, The End Product of Indian Studies"; (2) "The Relation of Indian Studies to the University Structure";…

This practicum attempts to correlate the militant attitude of Fresno City College (FCC) faculty with a high level of frustration resulting from a nonparticipatory type of governance, and to compare the militancy of the faculty senate at FCC, an elected body, with what are considered the traditionally militant faculty groups. A review of the…

The compilation of research in agricultural education includes abstracts of 46 studies reported during 1972-73 in 9 of the 13 States of the central region. The abstracts were provided by teacher education institutions and State departments of education in the region. All studies reported are available for loan from university libraries,…

The Emergency School Aid Act was enacted to provide financial assistance for relieving particular problems associated with public school desegregation and minority group isolation. The act mandated the establishment of a 15-member National Advisory Council on Equality of Educational Opportunity (NACEEO) with at least half of the members…

The Montana State University's 1974 faculty handbook outlines the history and scope of the university within the Montana state higher education system. The document details the administrative organization; the faculty organization and operation; personnel policies including appointments, tenure, rank and titles, faculty review, promotions,…

The purpose of this study was to investigate in what ways and to what extent Parent Advisory Committees on Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act (PACT) and school authorities influenced each other in regard to decisions concerning Title I programs. By means of a descriptive analytic case study approach, the interactions of the PACTs and…

Presenting a brief history of Mississippi's Cherokee Schools (1804-1976), this article emphasizes the gradual implementation of innovative programs since 1970 under guidance by the Policy Advisory Committees (PAC) which are composed of a majority of parents and a minority of professionals. Specifically, this article elaborates upon the educational…

Schools must rid themselves of their image as institutions set apart from the community, run by professional educators who have little contact with the public. Public schools are financed by the entire community and ought to serve the entire community. The public has a right and responsibility to be well-informed on how its schools are run. Many…

The 1975 faculty and staff handbook contains seven major sections on organization and administration, faculty organization and procedure, academic policies, travel, general employment practices, and facilities and services. State and local governing boards and administrative personnel are described and an organizational chart is given. Specific…

The 1974 revised handbook was prepared as an informal guide to services, facilities, and policies at the university, as well as university structure and administration. Faculty privileges and responsibilities are described in a major section. Other chapters deal with rules and regulations, social and professional organizations, cultural and…

Pending a revision of the handbook, the 1971 edition is reprinted virtually unchanged. Its two major sections cover administrative and faculty organization. Details are offered on the roles of the administrative officers, including the board of directors, the president, and the general administrative officers for academic affairs, business…

The key role of the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to help local people make rural America a better place to live and work. The Rural Development (RD) Committee structure, conceived in 1969, consists of national, state, regional, and local committees which aid the USDA. During fiscal year 1974, USDA and the State Extension Services…

This report from the Committee on Civic Education at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses the origin, activities, and future plans of the committee, whose major aim is the acquisition of intellectual skills rather than large amounts of factual knowledge or the development of "democratic attitudes" in the study of civics. The…

Contents of this report on Title I, E.S.E.A., include: the nature and purposes of Title I; the uses of Title I; Process for developing Title I proposals--responsible bodies: role of parents, community advisory committee, community school board, New York City Board of Education staff, State Department of Education; time-table for development of…

Project SUPER (Spokane's Urban Progress Education Recipe) emerged from meetings between community representatives and spokesmen of the Spokane Public Schools in August 1969 concerned with the disposal of special funds for improving education programs in Washington's Urban-Rural-Racial Disadvantaged schools provided by the 1968-69 Washington State…