For the last four years, Wisconsin's rural manpower program consisted of three program units--Rural Services, Migrant Services, and Teacher Placement Services. These services reported to and were coordinated by the Director of Central Operations. Ongoing shifts in program emphasis and an extensive reorganization of the State Employment Service…

Loyal policy support depends not only on an employee's knowledge of the form and structure of the institution, but also on his ability to influence its operations and goals. If there is ample opportunity for an employee to present his ideas and these ideas are put into action, he is more apt to feel like an integral participant in the district.…

Today's citizens expect to be informed. This book has been written to serve as a guideline for those school officials who want to develop a planned public relations program. Such a program requires the efforts of all those involved in a school operation. Therefore, the book includes ideas and suggestions for students, central office staff members,…

This practicum presents a review of the literature pertaining to student participation in college governance and describes a study conducted to determine student perceptions of governance at College of the Mainland (Texas). A questionnaire was administered to a sample of students who do not participate in student government and to a sample of…

Although there is no difference between the training provided for school psychologists who practice in rural communities and those who render service in urban areas, there are definite contrasts in the actual work. An elaboration of these comprises the bulk of this paper. Differences covered are: (1) the inordinate amount of travel time required…

This paper attempts to show the dependence of an educational program for the maximum development of city children upon an effective communication system linking school bureaucracies and the families which they supposedly serve. The study is an empirical attempt to discover the nature of the families in a particular black ghetto in Hartford,…

Research was conducted on reactions of North Carolina public health workers to the telecasts, study manuals, and group discussion sessions used for seven programs (Introduction, Group Discussion, Communication, Cooperation, Culture and Public Health, Our Public Image, and Questions and Answers, respectively) in the interpersonal relations series…

The seminar designed to create a learning situation for individuals whose professional concerns involve vocational needs and problems focused on: the need for employers and employment agencies to foster an objective attitude toward the employment of the older person; differentiation between publicity and public relations; provision of service and…

Presented is the seventh annual report of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation (PCMR). Stressed are the members' beliefs in the capability of continuing development by mentally retarded people, in early detection and correction of handicaps, and in prevention through prenatal and neonatal biomedical intervention. Emphasized is the…

Presented is the final report of a 1-year program to identify and remediate needs of 60 emotionally disturbed (ED) or learning disabled (LD) and 15 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) elementary school students (two schools) in Honea Path, South Carolina. Noted are original program funding by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III,…

The theme of this collection of papers focuses on emerging patterns of interest within the language teaching profession. The papers discuss (1) trends in language teaching, (2) FLES redefined, (3) educational objectives, (4) personal experiences of a language teacher, (5) public relations success stories, (6) the less-able student of foreign…

The nature and function of language fairs are explored in this article. Seen as a source of student motivation toward second language learning and as a means of improving public relations with the community, the language fair is described as being a miniature carnival in the planning and operation of which students, parents, and teachers…

In an appeal before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the author pleaded for governmental action to restrain national advertisers from "unscrupulous and erroneous advertising pitches aimed at children." Citing the principal media for child-targeted advertising, (comic books, youth magazines, school displays and radio and television), the speaker…

This monograph contains papers that study and assess the societal and political influences that could affect the work of the educational administrator during the next decade. Authored by conference speakers, panel members, and reactors, the papers cover such subjects as (1) the implications of social change for the administrator, (2) the politics…

This speech presents the ten commandments of communicating educational information to school district patrons. When dealing with parents' and citizens' groups, an administrator should (1) keep no secrets, (2) be honest, (3) have a planned information program, (4) communicate with all publics, (5) respond to other groups' needs as well as his own,…