This report reviews California's Child Support Enforcement program (CCSEP) and prospects for increasing support payments. Chapter I describes the structure of the CCSEP, recent collection experience, and prospects for growth in collections under current practices. Chapter II describes recent revisions in federal law concerning the program and the…

The digest considers the operation and function of mentorships in gifted and talented education. Defined as learning partnerships between two or more individuals regarding a mutual interest, mentorships are designed to differentiate the curriculum through such means as creating opportunities for learner access to professional expertise in the…

Despite years of research and endless theorizing, little is known of what leadership really is. A distinction is made between leadership and the related constructs of creativity, management and group dynamics. A useful definition of leadership is provided, and a four-stage program for actually providing for the emergence of leadership is…

The details for the Sixth Annual National Indian Education Association Conference, held November 11-14, 1974 in Phoenix, Arizona, are given. (NQ)

Management development programs have become almost a corporate must, many of the efforts to improve managerial capabilities fall far short of their goals. Fourteen proposals made here, which range from personalizing the program to building an ethical system, show how the structure and process of any development effort can be improved. (Author/BP)

The article, part 2 of a two-part series, focuses on the extension educator applying his skills to the analysis of the problem and establishing extension programs that will meet the needs of the people facing the problem. The authors provide a framework for the practicing extension educator to use. (Author)

A Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians workshop produced this inventory of library orientation and instruction methods. It covers program development; orientation methods; instruction methods such as classes, point-of-use methods, handbooks and guides; and programmed or computer assisted instruction, and evaluation. (LS)

Reviewed are some of the steps taken by Sesame Street staff in developing initial educational television programing for children with retarded development and having mental age of 3 to 5 years old. Three programing objectives are outlined: (1) to make selected elements of Sesame Street's curriculum more comprehensible to mentally retarded (MR)…

After a discussion and viewing a filmstrip on mosaics, twenty members of a high school Art Club created a mosaic. (Author/RK)

Author delineated a specific method of evaluation based on transactional analysis - one that is applicable to conflict situations. (Editor/RK)

If you've ever wondered what steps to take to institute individualized teaching-learning, here are the answers. The process is explored step-by-step in this conversational format. (Editor)

A discussion of why properly planned, built-in communication support for development programs have been neglected. (Author)

An evaluation of telecommunications programs in selected universities throughout the United States. (Author)

Article describes potential and current meanings of individualized mathematics instruction by describing and then analyzing two different operational programs. (Author)