This volume of the final report on HEW Drug Education Programs describes the overall objectives of the study procedures used in carrying it out, and current issues and recommendations made by the investigators. Appendix A of this volume presents definitions of terms used in the entire report. (Author)

Methods for increasing minority representation in medicine and the related health professions are discussed in this paper. The programs sponsored by the Macy Foundation are described: post-baccalaureate premedical fellowship programs, regional conferences, medical school programs, and black college programs. The need for high school directed…

This paper briefly describes the Special Education Administration Training Project (SEATP), a competency-based model for training leaders in the field of special education. Although part of the discussion deals with particular facets of the SEATP model, much of it outlines basic characteristics that are shared by other competency-based training…

Presented is the final report of a project to develop a program to prepare handicapped students in grades K-12 for careers in the leisure occupations. Described are project activities and procedures undertaken to meet the three basic objectives: 1) to select, develop, and describe a career education program model; 2) to develop and describe an…

This institute was designed to train eight Pueblo Indian teacher aides in library media skills to serve as library paraprofessionals in Pueblo day schools. The program involved training in the following areas: (1) acquisition of materials, (2) selection of materials and equipment, (3) utilization, (4) evaluation, (5) production of materials, (6)…

Established to help solve the problems of rural attorneys in Nebraska via mail and telephone research services, the Creighton Legal Information Center (CLIC) is described in this manual in terms of project development and organization; project operations; replication and policy issues; costs and project budgeting; and program results.…

Details are given of the Elementary Mathematics Automated Curriculum System (MACSYS) used with fourth, fifth, and sixth graders at six elementary schools. The four decision-making components of MACSYS are discussed, the structure of the sessions in which the students interact with the computer is described, and the structure of the curriculum is…

This issue of Curriculum Report is concerned with environmental education. Presented are: (1) primary purposes and premises of environmental education; (2) examples of secondary school environmental education programs; (3) the use of outdoor laboratories and nature centers; (4) environmental education programs for students with special needs; and…

The third party evaluation of the K-12 career education project RACE (Researched Activities for Career Education) focused on test results of students in four selected grades. A career education questionnaire was administered as a pre-test and again as a post-test to students in the third and sixth grades. Ninth and twelfth grade students were…

RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) is one program of ACTION--The Agency for Volunteer Service. ACTION, created in 1971, is a Federal agency which administers a number of volunteer programs. Its purpose is to provide a recognized role in the community and a meaningful life in retirement for older adults through significant volunteer service.…

Over the past eight years the Ford Foundation has granted some $20 million for support of activities related to the financing and management of public and higher education. This report describes some of these efforts. The Foundation's activities in public education include support of analysis of the legal background of school finance, analysis of…

This paper reports on the Peer Tutoring Program at El Camino College. If a student, counselor, or instructor feels a student needs tutoring, the student applies for tutorial assistance. Upon approval by his instructor, arrangements are made for the student to be tutored. Peer Tutors are selected from among applicants who received a "B"…

This paper presents the background of the Project for the Mathematical Development of Children (PMDC), a list of nine objectives which direct PMDC's long-range activities, and a discussion of the rationale behind PMDC's approach. PMDC's activities are described in terms of the interviewing procedures used with children, teaching experiments and…

Volume 2 of this report presents a catalog of DHEW Drug Education Programs including a listing of drug education projects supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, listings of drug education projects supported by the Office of Education, and listings of drug information and materials disseminated by the National Clearinghouse for Drug…

The Clearinghouse on Educational Management produces information analysis products because the educational data base is so extensive and its quality varies considerably from document to document. Some of the Clearinghouse's products summarize and condense into manageable quantities the aggregate knowledge that exists. A second group of products…