This workshop was organized to acquaint State and local officials concerned with distributive education and planning, programing, and budgeting techniques. The workshop was designed to (1) develop an understanding and appreciation for systematic planning and programing techniques, (2) develop an understanding of the social and economic problems…

In an effort to increase the awareness of educators about the potential of electronic data processing (EDP) in education and acquaint the EDP specialists with current educational problems, this book discusses the routine uses of EDP for business and student accounting, as well as its innovative uses in instruction. A description of computers and…

Being 1 of 4 publications dealing with the effects of population decline on rural Iowa counties, this study was published in 1962 as part of a larger study done under the auspices of the North Central Region Subcommittee on Population Research. The effects of out-migration on school systems in Greene County are described, and school history,…

Concentrating on two regions in Lower Michigan, this study investigated criteria for identifying occupationally unstable persons who contemplate migrating; significant characteristics of this group; and educational deficiencies. Data on population trends, school enrollments, and unemployment were collected; interviews were held with 283 unemployed…

This Program of Instruction (POI) provides a trained "Specialist in Continuing Education" (SCE) with a series of tested activities and alternatives that he may utilize in a 6-week training program or in various programs in his local situation. In their own professional situations, the SCE's trainees also might find some or all of this material…

Based primarily on questionnaire responses from 423 hospitals in the United States, this study dealt with noncredit correspondence courses designed to upgrade hospital personnel job skills and raise job performance and/or job level. It inquired into uses of correspondence as noted in the literature; awareness and use of the method in hospitals;…

A survey of compensatory and noncompensatory reading programs in grades 2, 4, and 6 of the U. S. public schools was carried out in spring 1972. Phase I, the subject of this report, involved two tasks: (1) describing what was meant by "compensatory reading", and (2) identifying the characteristics of schools in which compensatory reading…

Statistical information pertaining to one of the most important changes in the American economy in this century--the increase in the number of women who work outside the home--is presented as an introduction to the broader range of topics which will be considered by the Advisory Committee on the Economic Role of Women. Job-related aspects of…

Three working seminars resulted in this book which includes edited versions of 25 prepared papers and 12 workshop reports. The seminars identified political, economic, and managerial issues involved in building and operating computer networks on a national basis. There are four parts to the book. Part I contains an introductory chapter framing…

In 1971, during a minority recruitment project, the Dallas County Community College District discovered that reliable information about the Dallas Indian population did not exist. Therefore, this study was funded to investigate educational, employment, personal and cultural needs of the Indian community. The survey form contained 84 questions in 4…

An investigation was conducted to probe faculty attitudes toward library effectiveness, to measure the effect on these attitudes of the dispersion of relevant resources in a system of departmental libraries around the campus, and to determine if a document delivery system produced changes in user attitudes toward the library. Studies were…

The Addiction Research Center Inventory is a 550 item multipurpose test measuring the broad range of physical, emotive, cognitive, and subjective effects of drugs. This manual provides technical information concerning 38 most valid scales, a quantitative method for characterizing the similarity of a profile of scores for the subject, group, or…

The document reports on a study to determine which job search media are most effective for Work Incentive Program (WIN) clientele and, in particular, whether job placement services associated with WIN program structures are superior in pay-off to other search media. Following the introduction, which summarizes the findings, there are four…

At the 1972 NATO Advanced Study Institute in Information Science the plenary sessions covered four main areas: the nature of information, information technology and its implications, the impact of information technology on social institutions, and professional issues. In addition, working groups were formed which addressed themselves to specific…

The critical problems, needs, and issues in early childhood special education are formulated, and an overall framework is suggested for their solution. What is called for in early childhood special education is an expansion of the educational and child development data banks, the creation of a Child Early Warning System (CEWS), the funding of…