An annotated bibliography of 86 books and articles published in or before 1977 dealing with writing and the teaching of writing. (DD)

TECHNICIAN ENROLLMENTS AND GRADUATES WERE SURVEYED (1965-66) IN FIVE CLASSIFICATIONS WITH VARYING EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS--(1) ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN, (2) PHYSICIAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN, (3) INDUSTRIAL TECHNICIAN, (4) PRE-ENGINEERING TRANSFER, AND (5) BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY. THE DATA WERE USED TO DETERMINE PRESENT TRENDS IN MANPOWER TRAINING AND…

Presents an analysis of local vocational education evaluation practices in one state. The investigation identified what evaluation activities had been conducted, who was involved, reasons for conducting evaluations, and the perceived barriers to conducting local evaluations. (Author)

The interrelatedness of the fields of nursing and sociology is discussed in this paper in an effort to encourage a sympathetic symbiosis between these two fields and between technical and general education. First, an overview is provided of recent trends in sociology, citing the influences of anthropologists and cultural historians on current…

Considers the ways that Kenneth Burke can be understood as a Neosophistic rhetorician. Places Burke in the company of controversial contemporary communications theorists. (HB)

The science of agriculture and natural resources has undergone changes in recent years and now offers new job opportunities, using the term agribusiness to denote this expanded concept. In view of these changes, school administrators need to be aware of the educational opportunities in this area of work. This publication is intended to aid the…

Degrees conferred during the 1974-75 academic year by all institutions of higher education in West Virginia are analyzed in this report. Variables analyzed include institutional control, sex of student, level of degree, and area of study. (JMF)

In order to project public postsecondary enrollments, the total enrollments for all the institutions in the state, both public and private and independent, needed to be considered. Data for all Indiana institutions were collected for freshmen, sophomore, junior, senior, other, professional and graduate levels. Individual institutions and…

Various needs assessment methods and delivery systems for community services are described. It is recommended that the characteristics and attitudes of both consumers and suppliers be considered in planning community service programs. (NHM)

Discusses the pattern practice method (having students supply words for incomplete sentences) for remedial composition classes to get students to add specific details and descriptions in their writing. (MB)

The Learning Resource Center at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical Institute (WITI) conducted a survey of 100 businesses and industries in Ashland, Wisconsin, in order to determine the perceived need for a shared informational media center to be used for workshops, training sessions, and in-service meetings. The survey instrument solicited information…

Guidance services revolve around the counselor. Counselors in post-secondary vocational education must recognize and be sensitive to the heterogeneous nature of the student population and must tailor program activities to best serve the students. Traditional offerings of such guidance services should include: inventory, information, counseling,…

A review of state laws in Washington state was conducted to determine how compulsory attendance laws for schools apply to the students of Renton Vocational-Technical Institute. It was found that the compulsory attendance laws of the state do not apply to vocational-technical institutes. The attendance policy of the local school board does apply,…

The business and industry representatives present at the initial meeting of each of Georgia's 16 state technical committees responsible for reviewing the curricula offered by Georgia technical institutes were surveyed to gather information about general trends in the workplace and ways of relating those trends to planning/revising technical…

In 1972, an Act passed by the South Carolina Legislature created a new state advisory board for the state's 16 Technical Educational Centers. In order to increase uniformity and centralization of the development, approval, and implementation of curricula and to change state funding allocations from a curriculum cost basis to an individual course…