The Victorian Country Education Project (CEP), a pilot project searching for new ways of bringing beneficial educational experiences to disadvantaged rural areas, successfully achieved its aims of establishing community-based programs involving varied groups and people in developing solutions to local educational problems. A central Planning…

This implementation handbook is second in a series of three handbooks developed for individuals, school districts, and agencies interested in implementing career education programs. This handbook is divided into the following eight units: (1) clarification of program objectives; (2) management planning; (3) budgeting; (4) staff development; (5)…

Three topics were discussed at this conference: (1) the supply and identification of high level talent; (2) problems of evaluation in general education; and (3) the development of tests for the measurement of non-intellectural functions. Tony Oxtoby and John T. Dailey discussed military and civilian personnel research on talent identification and…

One of twelve water treatment technology units, this student manual on cross connections provides instructional materials for two competencies. (The twelve units are designed for a continuing education training course for public water supply operators.) The competencies focus on cross connections terminology and control devices. For each…

One of twelve water treatment technology units, this student manual on general plant operations provides instructional materials for seven competencies. (The twelve units are designed for a continuing education training course for public water supply operators.) The competencies focus on the following areas: water supply regulations, water plant…

QUESTIONNAIRES WERE ADMINISTERED TO SELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FORESTRY, RURAL RECREATION, AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO DETERMINE THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TYPE OF TRAINING NEEDS REQUIRED FOR TECHNICAL, SKILLED, AND SEMISKILLED PERSONNEL. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY…

Project '80 is designed to answer three questions: (1) What will rural Michigan be like in 1980? (2) What can be done to change the course of events in directing Michigan's rural economy? and (3) What do rural people want it to be like in 1980? Faculty members prepared 50 discussion papers which were reviewed by leaders in rural areas and…

Nine educational institutions were studied through visits and interviews to find out their problems in the creation of programs for the reeducation of women. Six were in the East and three in the Midwest; they included public and private universities, technical and liberal arts colleges for women, residential and nonresidential, large and small.…

This report, prepared by two students, deals with student and teacher reactions to a recently instituted program of flexible scheduling and independent study time at South Hills High School, Covina, California. Questionnaires were distributed to teachers and students during the first and second years of the program. Interpretation of the…

Suggested materials and activities for three grade levels are presented in this language arts guide. The elementary and junior high programs are designed to satisfy the child's basic need for language and to help him reach higher levels of development; the senior high program, broad enough to include the extremes of academic ability, emphasizes…

At this 1965 Central and East African conference, lectures and reports were given on radio and television in correspondence education; uses of films, radio, the printed word, and television in adult education in general; and principles of effective and efficient mass media communication. Emphasis was on the value of combined visual and aural…

These eight papers focus on the changing role of the community college. Topics include: (1) the need for change in the way community college faculty members perceive themselves; (2) current social problems and trends and the ways in which community colleges can help to shape the future of society; (3) how the community college can become more…

One of twelve individualized performance-based modules, each based on a major competency needed by vocational administrators for effectively administering vocational education in local education agencies, this module focuses on developing competency in the following areas: writing educational specifications, describing the differences between…

Colorado's Pawnee Grasslands are well suited for a wide range of academic study, from astronomy to zoology. Designed for educators and youth leaders seeking to integrate an alternative experience into their curriculum or recreation program, this guide is intended to give leaders of excursions to the Grasslands a sense of what's out there and some…

Designed to provide information for local school district personnel in the state of Washington, this Community Resource Trainer (CRT) manual is the product of those school district administrators and coordinators who piloted the CRT Program in three small, rurally isolated high schools between the 1972-73 and 1973-74 school years. Illustrating the…