Current developments in consumer and homemaking education, vocational home economics, and teacher education have been selected from those presented at the 1969-70 workshops on vocational home economics education sponsored by the Division of Vocational and Technical Education and from home economics personnel in various states. Consumer and…

As a result of an evaluation of Florida State community service programs financed under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965, a set of 16 guidelines was drawn up. The first six, in order of priority, are: a project should be directed toward filling a community (rather than an institutional) need; objectives should be realistic and…

The report provides statistical data useful to persons responsible for providing special education and related supportive services in Illinois for the mentally retarded and the emotionally disturbed. The data concern children and adolescents in these categories, aged 5-20 years, who are receiving special education services primarily in Department…

This study examined faculty research in California presently under way; analyzed the research in terms of the stipulation in the Donahoe Act regarding functions of segments of California higher education; made proposals for implementing recommendations resulting from the study. Material for the study was drawn from documents made available by…

This report by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to the Governor and the General Assembly identifies the major issues facing the state, and makes recommendations. Tennessee must expand educational opportunity for its young people and provide more programs and assistance for disadvantaged and low income youth. The community college program…

A report on the need for gifted education was prepared by the Michigan Association for the Academically Talented for the Michigan State Legislature. Included are a brief description of relevant research on the gifted, an analysis of federal legislation for the gifted, an analysis of state legislation in fifteen states that includes definitions of…

Statistics of mental illness in Maryland are provided in the areas of diagnostic distribution of admissions and resident patients, size and nature of patient population, percentage change in daily cost per patient, employee-patient ratios, length of hospitalization, diagnostic treatment trends, patient mortality, and Baltimore's specific problems…

The final report of the West Virginia Commission on Mental Retardation reports of the planning and implementation of programs for the mentally handicapped in the state. Described are specific accomplishments since the Commission was created in 1964 to help governmental agencies and civic groups in preparing programs. Progress in the following…

The bulletin, detailing the Oklahoma program for the education of exceptional children, is intended to provide guidelines for boards of education, administrators, special education teachers, and others involved in establishing and/or improving services for exceptional children. State law, state board of education regulations, teacher…

Those public school vocational programs which involve the expenditure of Texas state funds are the focus of this report. Demographic, economic, enrollment, and vocational education expenditure data were collected and are presented. Projections based on these data are made through 1975. In addition, 13 problems and specific action recommendations…

This part of the final report provides an historical context for a state technical information system by reviewing prior work toward establishment of state-wide cooperation among libraries, with particular emphasis on service to business and industry. It then outlines a network schematic which incorporates both geographic groupings and specialty…

A compilation of statistical tables on adult basic education in the United States includes data on the following, broken down by region and state: number of students; number of students by grade level; number of students completing programs; number of students by sex, ethnic group, race, and age; selected hours membership statistics; hours of…

The allocation and expenditure of the Johnson-O'Malley Act funds by the Indian Education Program, State of Nevada, Department of Education is presented in this report for the fiscal year 1967-68. The narrative portion of the report lists the activities of the participating school districts that were funded by Title I - Elementary and Secondary…

The allocation and expenditure of the Johnson-O'Malley Act funds by the Indian Education Program, State of Nevada, Department of Education is presented in this report for the fiscal year 1968-69. The narrative portion of the report lists the activities of the participating school districts that were funded by Title I - Elementary and Secondary…

Preliminary information about a model system by which state vocational education agencies may conduct periodic program evaluations is presented. Another facet of the system is the facilitation of programmatic decision making through the incorporation of information about national and state interests, student benefits, and manpower requirements.…