If business data process education is to meet the needs of industry, it is imperative that existing professional business education associations provide strong leadership in such areas as funding, establishing guidelines, guiding teacher education, and providing a method of communicating information nationally. (Author/BP)

Accomplishing needed change in education requires professional leadership to ensure that career education programs of exploration and training are incorporated in the school curriculum. Business teachers are uniquely suited to assume this role of leadership. (AG)

Shorthand is threatened by office automation and by students who have neither the time nor inclination to spend two years learning symbolic shorthand. However, there is a positive movement to adopt alphabetic shorthand for occupational and personal use. (JOW)

Business educators should work to strengthen the content of basic business courses and to accept the fact that basic business courses are for all students. (SK)

Contains comparative data about different types of equipment, furniture, and specialty items used in business education programs. (JOW)

The technique of oral testing, viewed as a viable alternative to written tests (e.g. true-false/multiple choice and essay/objective), is examined. The goals of this technique are to (1) have tests fulfill the objectives of most teachers, and (2) thereby have examinations truly be learning experiences for students. (SH)

The Business and Office Career Education Curriculum plan is discussed. Procedures for implementing the project are: identification and review of relevant curriculum materials; identification and development of curriculum materials to fill existing instructional system gaps; revision of existing materials; field testing of materials; and…

A short unit of instruction (two to three weeks) on environmental problems and their economic implications is proposed for inclusion in basic business courses. The content of the unit is outlined and teaching strategies suggested, including "Did You Know?" points of interest for stimulating discussion. (SC)

Data processing should be taught at the high school level so students may develop a general understanding and appreciation for the capabilities and the limitations of these automated data processing systems. Card machines, wiring, logic, flowcharting, and Cobol programing are to be taught, with behavioral objectives for each section listed. (SC)

Methods used to make the learning of clerical office procedures more interesting include a tag quiz, a class demonstration of several kinds of office equipment with an opportunity for "hands on" experiences, and an on-the-job filing competition. (AG)

The three major services offered by a college or university computing center are in the areas of instructional applications, student accounting, and administrative or financial accounting. Understanding the services will enable business education teachers to utilize the services more fully. (AG)

Research studies are classified in this regular section as marketing and distribution, typewriting, basic business and economics, shorthand and transcription, data processing, and the beginning teacher. (MU)