Designed to provide a listing of suggested resources to support the Project Basic instructional guide on the world of work, this bibliography consists of annotated listings of student-use materials (library books, films, filmstrips, kits, records, games, audio and videotapes, filmloops, transparencies, periodicals, and pamphlets) arranged…

The development and use of the faculty staffing forumla for Colorado, prepared by the Association of Public College and University Presidents (APCUP), is examined, and a recent major attempt to update or modify the formula is described, along with the outcome. Based on the work of representatives from many campuses, a large scale computer…

This handbook contains a synopsis of the technical data on a variety of tests and inventories used in career assessment. The test abstracts provided include a description of the components of the tests, norms used, coefficients of reliability and validity, and the advantages of uses of the tests. The tests are grouped in three categories: (1)…

Touching on many aspects of private school management, this guide focuses on the financial management of private schools in a period of declining enrollment and financial difficulties. The author discusses such things as budgeting, economizing, and financial planning, as well as school insurance programs and fringe benefit and retirement programs.…

These distributive education training and development plans for secondary-level programs provide lists of competencies a student needs to hold a job in sales and marketing occupational areas. The design of the training plans is based on a "pyramid" which incorporates the following five sections or levels of competencies (from general to…

This sourcebook presents composite and individual profiles for the 13 community colleges and 2 vocational schools in the Iowa system of regional two-year institutions. Following a discussion of the history of the system, its current status is reviewed in terms of program offerings full-/part-time programs and adult enrollments. Descriptions of…

Efforts of the General College of the University of Minnesota to increase student retention during the 1979-80 academic year are described. The target groups were high-risk students, especially representatives of minority groups from traditionally nonacademic populations. The college mounted a pilot education program (PEP) comprising three…

This report abstracts and summarizes eighty-two Indiana vocational education research and development projects funded in 1978 and 1979 with moneys allocated by Subpart 3 of the Education Amendments of 1976, Title 2, Vocational Education. The projects are grouped into seven subject categories: (1) needs assessment, (2) performance based vocational…

Trends in projects to improve women's education submitted to and supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (Fund) from 1976-78 are analyzed, and comparisons with experiences by the Fund from 1973-75 are made. The majority of Fund grants remain geared to serving adult women students, enhancing the career aspirations of…

Papers from the 1978 conference of the North East Association for Institutional Research are presented. The theme of the conference was new responses to new demands. The conference report is divided into the following sections: five papers on planning, nine papers on marketing, five papers on communication, five papers on curricular and faculty…

Since the 1964 introduction of the New System of Education, based on socialistic moral values and vocational and science training, Burma has attempted to combine formal and non-formal education with productive work experiences. Through a well organized program of compulsory primary education, mass literacy, combined vocational and general…

Developed to provide an information base for vocational education decision makers, this needs assessment for North Platte, Nebraska, schools is reported in four major sections: job market analysis, existing programs analysis, population analysis, and resources analysis. The job market analysis contains national market data on both current and…

Forty-four papers are collected in this volume and categorized: invited papers on research and planning for higher education; organizational analysis; finance and resource allocation; program and outcomes analysis; modeling; evaluation; and studies of faculty and students. Abstracts of additional papers are included. (MSE)

Focusing on counseling and related occupations, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include college career planning/placement…

This series is designed to provide educators in a number of fields with information based on international experience. The intention is to suggest ways of improving the effectiveness of administrators and the performance of teachers and pupils. This guide was the result of a meeting of educators from organizations supported by UNESCO to teach…