This special report on career education is to provide school practitioners at all levels, and others concerned with education, with an overview of the most up-to-date information in the area. The topics discussed are an overview of career education, the need for educational revolution in our schools because of the rapid development and promotion…

This introduction to the major concepts of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is intended for individuals involved in health care provider education who are attempting to measure the costs and benefits of their educational activities. After tracing the development of CBA, the paper defines it as an attempt to quantify and compare the expenditures for a…

This instructional guide includes the curriculum for two complete and separate courses to be taught at the associate degree level. The first six units of the guide are the course content for a 2-3 semester hour course, "Transition from Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Associate Degree Nursing (ADN)." The entire content of the guide, 19 units in…

Papers are presented which offer a detailed perspective of the changing state of institutions in the non-university sector in Japan. They are the product of three research projects. The projects were: a group study on the short-cycle higher education; a United States-Japan cooperative study on education; and from the Organization for Economic…

Reviews recent objections to Total Quality Management (TQM), suggesting that the reported implementation problems are a product of inadequate leadership rather than defects in the model. Indicates that compatibility between organizational culture and the tenets of TQM must exist to avoid such implementation problems. (27 citations). (MAB)

In her novel "Work," through the character of Rachel and her story, Louise May Alcott confronts many of the issues facing both "fallen" women and the social reformers of her day. Rachel, one of the sisterhood of the fallen, becomes an instrument of social reform after having been the victim of the sham respectability of her employer. Some early…

Drawing from 10 widely used freshman writing textbooks, this article demonstrates the problem of implicitness existing in regard to 2 notions central to writing instruction in the United States: "voice" and "audience." The article enumerates ways in which textbook presentations of these concepts disadvantage second-language (L2) student writers…

The administrator must learn to organize personnel and to delegate responsibilities with commensurate authority while maintaining an impersonal yet friendly, approachable, consistent, and fair manner. Recognizing that even the best administrator is prone to make some mistakes and that he cannot satisfy everyone all the time is also important. The…

Faculty at Wichita State University have developed a research assignment that involves freshman composition students in researching the events that occurred on the day they were born. This paper presents the research outline--an overview of the tasks involved in writing the research papers--that was developed for the assignment. It then discusses…

A description is provided of the "Secondary/Postsecondary Program to Prepare Master Technicians," a state-funded pilot project designed to develop a "2 + 2" model in the field of electronics/electromechanical technology. Section I provides an overview of the project, a copy of the project agreement, lists of local education agency and…

This report contains statistics of city public-school systems for the school year ending in June 1928. Certain data are given in detail for all cities having a population of 10,000 and more and summary tables are included for all cities having a population of 2,500 and more. The United States Census Bureau classification of cities is used…

The statistical survey presented in this bulletin includes a general summary of statistics, showing the enrollment in public and private schools and institutions of various types, the estimated expenditures for those schools in 1919-20, the distribution of teachers among those schools, and certain combined statistics of public and private high…

Twelve audio-tutorial stations were used for teaching a general biology course. Cassette tapes were substituted for class lectures and helped integrate laboratory procedures with lectures. Slides, drawings, living and preserved materials, and a variety of chemical experiments supplemented the tapes. Behavioral objectives and exercises along with…

This instructional unit was designed to assist the food services instructor and/or the restaurant manager in training students and/or staff in the proper procedure for serving wines to guests. The lesson plans included in this unit focus on: (1) the different types of wine glasses and their uses; (2) the parts of a wine glass; (3) the proper…