This report of Senate committee hearings on legislation to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Vocational Educational Act 1963, and related acts and bills presents testimony by various senators, the Secretary of H.E.W., the U.S. Commissioner of Education, and other persons in the field of education, and letters from college and university…

This study was designed to be exploratory and descriptive in nature. Its purpose was to identify characteristics of adult educators in one Ohio county (Franklin) and to determine their specific training needs. Data were collected by use of mailed questionnaires, which were sent to a sample of 195 teachers and 27 administrators. The following…

A procedure is given for determining various concerns for the identification of priority needs or important problems. Chapters deal with procedures for harvesting educational concerns, illustrations of the systematic harvesting of concerns, concerns classification and analysis, and conducting the need assessment. A diagram of the procedure for…

This discussion, presented at the Regent's Trustees' Conference, February 1973, reviews the limits of accountability in higher education. Managerial efficiency is suggested to assist in eliminating educational and financial waste. This, however, is the secondary concept emphasized. The primary emphasis indicates the legitimacy of the claims that a…

To insure the success of rehabilitative education in correctional institutions, it is necessary to give these institutions the type of personnel equipped to do the job. Suggestions to train teachers for correctional institutions concern the need for a highly individual, cohesive program for each trainee; careful selection of trainees; a battery of…

This paper discusses the national trend for expansion of Extension programs emphasizing national issues receiving priority attention. It emphasizes a need for program balance and realism, and the obligation to provide educational assistance to all segments of society. Representation on committees to help determine programs is considered a must for…

During 1970-71, the Select Subcommittee on Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor held 8 days of hearings on the establishment of a National Institute of Education. This document is the first of three appendixes on the hearings and contains essays by scholars who have studied the aims of education, the issues of educational…

During 1970-71, the Select Subcommittee on Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor held 8 days of hearings on the establishment of the National Institute of Education. This document is the third of three appendixes on the hearings and contains essays by scholars who have studied the aims of education, the issues of educational…

This study explored a number of facets of the problem of utilizing the judgment of teachers and other educational professionals in clarifying the training needs of teachers. Using lists of teaching abilities, topics in educational psychology, and statements of psychoeducational proposals regarding elements in the teaching-learning process, ratings…

Describes the use of cluster analysis to aid in empirically validating the course objectives of an industrial training curriculum. Two findings emerged: the discovery of an important job activity missing from the curriculum and the identification of sizeable groups of workers with distinctly different training needs. (Author/RC)

The development of physical resources has brought about major problems for society. Management must recognize that it is in the realm of human resources where growth can be best achieved through training and development. (EC)

The conventions of vocational education are not suited to adult vocational education. The author notes that policy changes are needed to respond to demographic changes, to provide for institutional solutions for adult vocational education, and to match vocational education and training with the entire age range of the occupational structure. (MF)

The paper explains the career education concept and considers its application to gifted and talented students. (CL)

The need for grass-roots participation and local control in whatever technology is used to meet basic educational needs is stressed. Successful uses of the audio cassette recorder and the portable half-inch video recorder are described; the 8-mm sound camera and video player are also suggested as viable "modest" technologies. (JEG)

Examines the concepts of need and need identification, the process of need assessment as it is perceived by adult educators, and the evidence of the adequacy of need assessment in adult education in terms of participation rates. (BR)