The transcript is taken from the testimony of administration and private witnesses on S.1786, the "National Indian Goals and Progress Act". The purpose of this act is to: (1) require an annual review of the effectiveness of all major Federal programs and services for American Indian people to determine whether fundamental human needs and…

The objective of the professional consultants conducting the study was to examine local chief executive use of ten Federally assisted mechanism (planning and coordinating procedures which have developed independently in various Federal offices and departments) for local-level planning and coordination of Federal programs. The mechanisms are:…

This Brief reviews a variety of materials about two-year college community services programs. Specific topics include: their philosophy and definition, organization and administration, descriptions of noteworthy programs, and models for new community service programs. (Author/CK)

The Dallas Independent School District uses a multi-step computerized scheduling system to optimize the student's ability to schedule the courses he wants. Four distinct steps are involved: 1) course offerings are defined; 2) student requests are enumerated; 3) schedules are prepared, based upon requests; and 4) students are put into the schedule.…

This study, the first of two parts, had two main purposes. The first was to obtain desirable subject matter for an instructional program in nondestructive testing through a survey of selected manufacturing and service companies in Texas, and the second was to determine the degree of emphasis that should be placed on each subject. Fifty-nine…

The establishment of an open admissions policy necessitated an evaluative procedure to identify groups requiring remedial instruction and to assist in estimating budgeting and staffing needs. This study was undertaken, therefore, to select tests in reading and mathematics which would: (1) discriminate adequately between non-college and college…

Approximately 468 children of migrant agricultural workers in the state of Washington are served in the nine Northwest Rural Opportunities (NRO) day care centers described here. A community organization program was also formed by the NRO system. Ninety percent of the families served are Chicano, and all are below the poverty level. These aspects…

Members of the American Vocational Association and the American Association of Junior Colleges along with Congressional and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare staff members and resource persons, attended a 3-day seminar to probe national policy and federal programs as they affect occupational education. Seminar activities included major…

Recent social unrest has widened the communications gap between police and community. Police-community relations programs are designed to establish a better relationship and understanding between police officers and the citizens. This requires coordination with schools and other community agencies in providing information on the goals and…

This document describes the present activities of and recommends improvements for the Ohio Youth Commission, an organization designed to provide treatment and rehabilitative services for socially deviant youths. (LLR)

Education is too complex, multidimensional, and poorly understood to lend itself to a single cost/effectiveness criterion. Rather, analysts in the educational field seek to rank alternatives by their effectiveness, report separately on the cost implications, and leave the tradeoffs to the decisionmaker's judgment. In this context, a program is any…

The summary of the 6-week Special Study Institute, which provided professional preparation for teachers to work with children with both auditory and visual handicaps, reports selected examples of various aspects of the total program. As part of the Institute, a 4-week short-term educational program was provided to multiply handicapped children.…

As the second volume in a three part study evaluating vocational training provided in occupational institutions, this document is concerned with the administrative and legislative development of vocational training in correctional institutions, and with the characteristics of the 25 projects covered by this study. The basic aspects considered for…

Meant to serve as a guide to literature concerning program planning and evaluation, the format of this bibliography is a simple planning and evaluation model. The bibliographic material cited is related to one of the four model components, as follows: 1. Clientele Analysis and Need; 2. Establishing Objectives; 3. Program Planning (Models,…

The purpose of this project was to design, execute, and evaluate a film to be used as a public education program in rehabilitation counseling. The film "Will It Be You?" was produced to interest undergraduate students in a career in rehabilitation counseling and to inform the general public of the goals and services of rehabilitation counseling.…