TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 CALLS FOR STATE PLANS FOR COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED, AND STATEWIDE SYSTEMS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS. IN THE GEORGIA STATE PLAN THE PROGRAM PURPOSES ARE OUTLINED, THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA IS DESIGNATED THE STATE AGENCY FOR PLAN ADMINISTRATION (INCLUDING ALLOCATING FEDERAL FUNDS TO PARTICIPATING…

The Indian Resources Development and Internship (IRDI) Program marked its fifth year by continuing to assist Indian tribes in developing a managerial, professional, and scientific corps of American Indians through college academic education and related practical work experience. Participants attended universities and pursued majors of their…

This collection of nine essays and reports which deal with issues of importance in the progression of Native American education was published by members of the Dine Teacher Corps Project '78 in an effort to stimulate the thinking of curriculum practitioners; content is aimed at affecting administrative styles and the construction and…

Designed to provide a basic core of instruction for the third year of agriculture in Oklahoma, this guide is for use by teachers and their eleventh grade students. Instructional content is in five sections, each with four or more units: soil science, leadership, animal science, farm business management, and agricultural mechanics. Each unit…

Underlying projections for the development of preparatory programs for educational administrators is the assumption that differences between education and business will be eroded by growing interaction between the two sectors. Leaders in both sectors are thinking increasingly in common terms of "investment,""input-output,""social responsibility,"…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES AN INTERRACIAL INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, SUPERVISORY, AND INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL IN THE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF OF THE PROGRAM WERE TO STRENGTHEN INTERRACIAL UNDERSTANDINGS AMONG PARTICIPANTS, TO DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN READING,…

Reported is a summer training institute for the directors and staffs of tutorial projects. The 30 interns were middle class college students who came to Detroit for a leadership training program combining field work, seminars, residence in disadvantaged communities, and intense personal and group interaction experiences. The goal was to develop…

The Oshkosh (Wisconsin) career education project (K-12) was conducted to provide students with an increased number of career education learning experiences which capitalize on and exploit career implications of various subject areas and which capitalize on available community, business, labor, and industry resources. The major activities of the…

In a report on leadership research for the U.S. Army, three papers dealing with soft skills analysis and training are presented. "What Are Soft Skills?" describes a questionnaire designed to clarify the terms "hard" and "soft" skills. Soft skills are defined as important job-related skills that involve little or no…

The document discusses a study which assessed leadership in art education in public schools. A major purpose was to determine whether a gap exists between the needs of schools and supply of adequate leaders. It was hypothesized that lack of progress in the arts in schools could be attributed to inadequate leadership. Four groups of professional…

In previous research a pilot simulation was developed for use by Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) units in assessing leadership potential of officer candidates in turbulent-field environments. Peer and instructor rating forms were also developed for evaluation of leadership, decision style, ability to cope with stress, and interpersonal…

The document describes the implementation of the Illinois Occupational Education Administration project, an effort to refine a delivery system for imparting 159 identified competencies known to be essential to the successful work of Occupational Education administrators. The overall objective of the training phase was to recruit, train, obtain…

"Microville II," a simulation-game idea, is a creative effort to develop and apply resources, processes, and programs necessary to resolve contemporary problems faced by rural and urban leaders. The strategy is that a community council has been established within the community of "Microville" and participants assume the various…

The existing (1968) United States Naval Academy course on psychological and management principles applicable to leadership is reviewed, along with the proposed experimental multimedia course being developed by Westinghouse Learning Corporation (the final report appears under EM 010 418, EM 010 419, and EM 010 484). The functional categories of a…

Recommendations for an alternative plan, based on typological analysis techniques, for the evaluation of student characteristics related to media, presentation design, and academic performance are presented. Difficulties with present evaluation plans are discussed, and different methods of typological analysis are described. Included are…