This document discusses various aspects of the training and utilization of "teacher aides" (used here to refer to the paraprofessional, lay assistant, nonprofessional, teacher helper, assistant teacher, or auxiliary personnel whose work may include "all those functions the non-certificated person might perform in the educational…

Questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of 159 community and junior colleges in the 19 North Central Association states in a study of public relations (PR) in two-year colleges. Areas examined included the "publics" upon which PR programs focused, techniques employed, financial support, methods of evaluation, and selected…

This document is intended to present background information on the basic consumer protection issues in postsecondary education. Topics discussed are: (1) recruitment practices of postsecondary schools; (2) the role of a state agency in consumer protection; (3) consumer rights, responsibilities and redress of consumer protection; (4) advertising…

This handbook outlines a logical path of activity for utilizing volunteers in schools. The planning phase determines the type and amount of work that could be accomplished by volunteers. The preparation phase involves the processes, procedures, and materials necessary before working with volunteers. The implementation phase discusses volunteer…

This handbook outlines the procedures and methods for implementing volunteer programs in individual school buildings. Guidelines are offered for planning, preparation, and implementation phases. (Author/MLF)

Volume 1 presents the findings of an evaluation of Iowa's "merged area" organizational system for adult basic education (ABE), a system which operates from 15 regional community colleges or vocational-technical schools serving as area schools. The perspective discrepancy assessment methodology of the evaluation team was the outgrowth of…

Volume 2 contains copies of the instruments used in the assessment of Iowa's adult basic education (ABE) program and aggregate statewide responses. Included are questionnaires and findings completed by the evaluation committee, coordinators, directors, teachers (both intent and current practice forms), students, learning center coordinators,…

Consumer dissatisfaction is discussed as a force affecting traditional assumptions and operating procedures in many areas of society. It is noted that all levels of government are now considering proposals for increased regulation of postsecondary education. The alternative of self-regulation is suggested, and the principal higher education…

The publication is designed to serve as a reference guide to Federal recruiting literature. It contains brief descriptions of publications of 43 departments and agencies. The pamphlets and brochures listed represent the principle publications used in nationwide recruiting for college entry-level positions. The bibliography is organized…

The report describes a Gateway Technical Institute (Wisconsin) project to provide more effective counseling and career information to disadvantaged students in the institute's vocational, technical, and adult education district. Interviews with graduates of 46 different programs were taped as a technique for providing occupational information for…

During the 1975 fall quarter, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (Richmond, Virginia) conducted a survey of its part-time faculty members. Of the 346 part-time instructors at the college, 254 (73.4%) returned usable questionnaires. The factors investigated were: (1) their characteristics--age, race, sex, educational background, previous…

Varying needs, largely unmet, were found in the provision of adult education throughout Massachusetts, and recommendations were formulated for an articulated and adequate program. Low priority, weak centers of leadership, and a limited and confused mandate emerged as major obstacles to effectiveness. It was found that, on the basis of accepted…

Conducted in Greater Tampa, Florida, from July 1966 through July 1968, this project was an effort to help unemployed or underemployed high school graduates aged 17-25 to acquire or upgrade work skills. Shorthand and typing courses, the Communications Clinic, and other curriculum elements were designed to correct deficiencies in basic educational…

In order to collect information on teacher displacement, the Race Relations Information Center surveyed white and black teachers and principals, teacher association executives, attorneys, civil rights and community leaders, state and federal officials, and journalists in 11 Southern states; the survey was conducted largely by phone. Several…

A special community development study group analyzed the range of objectives, roles, employment patterns, and settings in British community work; identified future objectives and roles, especially in such areas as psychology and sociology; and recommended methods and subject content for professional community worker training. Existing training…