The state's strategy for stimulating constructive change is to help clarify objectives, develop analysis techniques, and stimulate self-renewal. Each of these elements is considered in some detail. The problem of clarifying goals and objectives involves three contexts: the content, the level of specificity, and the individuals or groups to whom it…

This synopsis of a report prepared by a joint committee of UNESCO and the International Council of Scientific Unions contains 22 recommendations regarding the formation of a World Science Information System (UNISIST). The necessity for, and trends toward, co-operation in information exchange are outlined and the objectives of UNISIST listed. The…

The need for day care services is steadily growing as more mothers enter the labor force. This booklet describes the major efforts being made to provide these services. Included are efforts by all levels of government, unions and management, hospitals and universities, women's groups, and other public and private programs. (BH)

This Memorandum describes a computer program for calculating, except for facilities, the required resources and related costs of formal advanced pilot training courses. Facilities are assumed to be inherited and hence are treated as sunk costs. The program is based on a previously presented methodology. The first three sections of this Memorandum…

This Memorandum is a manual or guide for users of the Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) computer cost model. The UPT model is designed to enable the user to estimate UPT requirements for manpower, supplies, equipment, services and facilities and the costs of those resources in terms of research and development costs, investment costs and annual…

This Memorandum is a manual or guide for users of the PILOT computer model. Section I is an introductory explanation of the purposes of the model. Section II and III describe the data inputs and program outputs. They provide a listing of a sample input deck and a sample printout of each of the six sets of output data. Section IV is a detailed…

This review of the literature from higher education concerning compensatory education focuses on those programs and practices that help disadvantaged students enter institutions of higher education as well as those designed to help them succeed once enrolled. Recruitment, admission, and financial aid practices to help disadvantaged students enter…

The first phase of development of the contemporary 2-year college established the transfer or pre-professional goal, the second phase initiated the additional goal of occupationally-oriented education of a post-high school level and the third phase introduced the goal of community service. Ideally the public 2-year college should offer diverse…

This paper describes an innovative educational psychology program at Purdue University which attempts to build upon the students' own needs and interests. Each student is responsible for establishing a specific set of objectives for the semester. The objectives, which may be formulated independently of his instructor, are based on a booklet in…

This document contains seven reports on the first phase of EPDA programs in Utah which were intended to train people from the community to make a substantial contribution to the classroom. Carbon County School District provided a program for 19 teacher aides which included college courses and assignment to experienced classroom teachers. The…

Proposed programs and budgets for 1973-1974 of the following divisions of the Unesco Communication commission are summarized: Free flow of information and development of communication; Documentation, libraries and archives; Public information and promotion of international understanding; and, Statistics relating to education, science and…

An overview of environmental education programs throughout the United States is presented in this Education U.S.A. Special Report by the National School Public Relations Association. Six statewide and seven local programs are described which represent comprehensive and well conceived plans and display outstanding features. However, most programs…

This report describes a study of the relationship of instructional process and program organization to pupils' learning in Title I compensatory education projects, as measured by the Stanford Reading Test. This is the first attempt to apply economic input/output methodology to compensatory education. Personnel in 42 projects in 37 California…

The 1972 report of the Sarawak Council for Further Education and the minutes of its 31 March 1973 meetings are provided. Information regarding committee memberships, staff, education centers, yearly examinations, and finances is provided. (KM)

The Exemplary Rehabilitation Certificate (ERC) program of the Department of Labor was established to provide special help at public employment offices to ex-servicemen with other than honorable discharge. If such an ex-serviceman can establish good conduct for three years prior to application, he may obtain an ERC which is supposed to entitle the…