PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION (NAPSAE), THE ALMANAC INCLUDES A MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY, REPORT ON FEDERAL LEGISLATION, NAPSAE YEAR IN REVIEW, NAMES OF NAPSAE OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, RECENT ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH, NAPSAE AWARDS RECIPIENTS, AN ANNOTATED LIST OF NAPSAE…

THE UTILIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS IN COPING WITH CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS. THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE QUESTION OF PRIORITIES IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND ITS PLACE IN THE NATIONAL SCENE, DESCRIBES THREE STUDIES DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF COORDINATING RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND USE (PROJECT HINDSIGHT, THE TACOMA…

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. THE ACT AUTHORIZES GRANTS (1) TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND YOUTH, (2) TO ACQUIRE SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCES, TEXTBOOKS, AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, (3) TO ESTABLISH SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION CENTERS, (4) TO STIMULATE EDUCATIONAL…

SPONSORED BY STATE BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN ELEVEN REPRESENTATIVE STATES (ARKANSAS, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, GEORGIA, NEW MEXICO, OHIO, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH DAKOTA, MINNESOTA, AND WEST VIRGINIA), THIS STUDY CENTERS AROUND SEVEN BASIC PROBLEMS--(1) CONCEPTS OF "POLICY" AND "POLICYMAKING" IN STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL…

PERSONALITY TRAITS OF TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS ARE EXAMINED FOR THEIR EFFECTS UPON TEACHER-ADMINISTRATOR RELATIONSHIPS. THE EDWARDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE SCHEDULE, THE NATIONAL PRINCIPALSHIP STUDY, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PREFERENCE FORM WERE ADMINISTERED TO TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS FROM AN URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MICHIGAN. RESULTS INDICATE THAT THE…

The paper explores types of secondary education offered to students of various social backgrounds in Teheran, Iran, and examines processes by which students are guided into educational tracks. The hypothesis is that assignment to an academic versus a vocational program and tracking within these programs plays a major role in the type of…

This paper surveys the status and condition of educational administration today from an international perspective. It begins with a retrospective look at educational administration from its beginning in 1905 when the first doctorates were awarded up through the "Theory Movement." It then looks at the current situation in the areas of…

This handbook for administrators, teachers, parents, and students describes a system of strategies that will assist in implementing follow-up studies of former vocational program participants (completers and/or early leavers). Section 1 discusses use of the handbook. Section 2 concerns the rationale for doing follow-up and includes legislation,…

Directors of 67 bilingual education university programs and centers were surveyed to ascertain: philosophical aspects on what professionals regard as the basis for groundwork to accomplish educational aims in bilingualism/ biculturalism; various approaches applied to bilingual education; any specific direction where bilingual education should be…

This report summarizes the activities and outcomes of a planning project responsible for delineating and determining priorities of crucial, researchable issues in teacher education. The following considerations were made: (1) What does research and development suggest for the content of preservice, induction, and inservice teacher education? (2)…

This paper, prepared for a National Institute of Education conference on state governance issues in education, reviews the most important recent research on the role of the executive branch in state education policy-making and implementation. The literature review is divided into five categories: (1) input/output studies; (2) policy-making…

The role of women as higher education faculty and administrators is investigated in this portion of a review of the literature on academic women since 1970. The various types and orientations of the studies reviewed are discussed and analyzed. The topic of sex discrimination was found to dominate a majority of the research on faculty women. Two…

Resource allocation processes suitable for use in not-for-profit institutions are discussed and a conceptual model for resource allocation in institutions of higher education is presented. The objectives of higher education include the personal development and education of students, not merely the certification of students by conferring degrees.…

A report is presented on an analysis of sex factors in academic income variation as determined by achieved, ascribed, and university location characteristics. The study group consisted of 5450 individuals at a major midwestern university as of June 1971. The subjects included 4541 men and 908 women research assistants and associates, deans and…

A project is described in which slow learning high school students in British Columbia investigated community housing problems. The objective of the project was to show how investigation of contemporary community problems can help slow learning students develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes conducive to responsible citizenship. Methodology…