This module is designed to give Teacher Corps corpsmen firsthand knowledge and competency in identifying all aspects of the community which are basic to interpreting the educational needs and concerns of troubled youth. The terminal objective is to identify the community's (a) demographic, cultural, and ecological characteristics; (b)…

The Center for Studies in Vocational and Technical Education which was established at the University of Wisconsin in the fall of 1964 under a five-year grant from the Ford Foundation, examines, evaluates, and furthers the development of the nation's system of occupational education by means of interdisciplinary research, graduate study,…

Over the years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has developed numerous criteria a licensee is obligated to comply with in order to secure or preserve his license. This empirical study, statistical in nature, limits itself to an examination of two of these criteria: first, the mandatory survey of local leaders to ascertain the needs and…

Describes the current setting in which black education generally takes place and suggests what unique factors must be considered and ultimately used as determinants for building new educational plans and curricula for black primary and/or secondary schools. (Author/AM)

This commentary examines the shifting relationships among educative institutions at different times in American history and the character and operation of these relationship. (MM)

A study of the changes in the language behavior of an American-Lebanese community in Cleveland, Ohio, considering the community's background, its current status, environmental interactions, and linguistic behavior. Findings indicate a reduced ability to be quick and easy, reduced ability to be expressive, and linguistic insecurity. (CB)

Discusses the questions of place and community in the context of education for democratic empowerment. Argues for using the rhetorical model of communication for education as it is intrinsically democratic in nature. Points out that democracy is an ongoing struggle about who controls the places and commonplaces of our lives. (MD)

Emphasizes the ineffectiveness of American schools to teach proper expanded citizenship education while recognizing that multiple factors (peers, parents, church, school, etc.) can and do play roles in civic socialization. Concludes with eight promotional elements and implications for the role of the school and society. (TRS)

Four priorities are identified: (1) acknowledge that access to education can be no guarantee of individual success; (2) improve the quality of instruction; (3) respond effectively to the diversity among individual learners; and (4) preserve the integrity and vitality of institutions of learning. (LBH)

This directory lists 24 locations for various "rite of passage" programs. These programs are designed to empower youth at a time of life transition, especially during the middle school years, when children feel most vulnerable and are most "at-risk." The directory gives a brief description of each program and provides the names…

Experts on test analysis discuss the appropriateness of the uses to which standardized tests are being put. (Author/RK)

It is the thesis of this paper that the most important task of many tasks of the community school director is to organize the various constituencies in his community. This does not mean that he organizes programs in which his constituents can participate, rather that he organizes people through the medium of activities. (Author)

Shortened version of an article to be entitled "Integration and Separatism in Education", and to be published early in 1970, along with six other articles, by Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York. (AF)

Based on a presentation delivered to the Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers, March 19, 1971. (DS)

The effects on two selected student variables and the post high school employment adjustment of male Negroes of the following environmental parameters were assessed: percentage of Negroes in high schools, types of community, and geographical regions. (JM)