The handbook, originally designed to portray the educational needs of gifted and talented children in Oklahoma, is explained to be aimed towards other states seeking funding for this population. After a narrative section considering gifted characteristics and the importance of providing appropriate education to gifted and talented students, the…

Information from (1) questionnaires completed by present and former students, parents, educators, and business men, (2) government agency reports, (3) school records, and (4) agricultural employer surveys in 24 geographic areas which included all the counties (1) determined the need for additional occupational training, (2) identified major…

The document contains the twelfth statement from the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education. It calls for a strong national policy towards vocational education and emphasizes the growing importance of vocational education in manpower development and the national economy. The lack of a national policy in vocational education has created…

Basically designed as an inservice training activity for vocational education personnel, the conference had three broad objectives: (1) to upgrade the professional personnel, involved in vocational educational programs in North Dakota, (2) to sharpen the focus of the role of vocational education in meeting the needs of people, and (3) to continue…

The author discusses the concepts of individualized instruction and regular class the questionable validity of intelligence and achievement tests used for placement are instruction procedures are based, such as commitment and sensitivity to others' needs, and educational decisions which affect the individualization of instruction, such as the…

The purpose of the Needs Checklist for Career Education (NCCE) is to provide a tool to help determine the needs within career education as perceived by middle and secondary school students and staff. The checklist has two forms--one for students and one for staff. Each form has three major sections with comparable items for students and staff.…

The purposes of this study were to: (1) document the reasons for the establishment of upper division institutions in the US; (2) identify the thread, if any, which ties the experience of one institution to another; and (3) examine the lessons which can be learned from the early decisions to abolish the first two years of college and to suggest…

This document summarizes the preparations made by the Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality (SEDFRE) for a January 1969 National Conference of Black School Board Members. A brief introductory section overviews the four-month planning period, which developed broad Conference objectives (helping Negro members better understand…

The needs of Extension Staff members for learning experiences which will develop their knowledge and skill in Extension procedures, in understanding clientele, in evolving essential program content, and in directing the teaching-learning and administrative processes are varied. Staff training and development personnel should work closely with…

The concept of the junior college is spreading rapidly throughout the world. Statistics show that educational development is positively correlated with economic development, yet educational systems often have not kept pace with technological, social, and economic developments since World War II. Junior colleges, with their flexibility of function,…

The author states that "there is a sense of inevitability about the course on which higher education is set in America and that planners may be helpless to change this course; though it may, indeed probably will, be changed by the forces of society. But if it remains on the present course, what are the possible consequences?" What these…

This book is a collection of essays written by experienced observers of academia about what happened in 17 institutions during the late 1960s. Institutions included are: Antioch; University of California, Berkeley; City College of New York; Federal City College; Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Michigan; Old…

This paper identifies the goals that are sought through higher education in all its aspects and explores the implications of these goals for the financing of higher education. Fifteen goals are considered including: economic growth and military power, supply of professional and other skilled persons, citizenship and civic leadership, solution of…

This report presents a review of the literature concerning traditionally black colleges. Emphasis is placed on governance and administration, teaching and the educational programs, financial problems and support, faculties, students, the black university and the future of black colleges. A bibliography is included. (MJM)

Recommendations for certification requirements for the school media specialist in Texas were the concern of the conference reported here. Two papers presented were: "The Emerging Profession of Media Specialists," and "Certification for Tomorrow," chapter three of the proceedings gives a panel on "Certification" and…