Data on fall 1978 enrollment in higher education in Montana are summarized and compared with the previous year. Institutions in the Montana state university system, private colleges, and community colleges are included, as are graduate students. Enrollments in noncredit courses are not included in the tables, but are footnoted. Analyses include:…

This paper discusses the central problems and issues of the transition from school to worklife in the United States. Developed from a framework which outlines the structure of the education system and the place of vocational-technical education within it, the paper addresses measures the United States has taken to facilitate the transition from…

Within the context of the reauthorization of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, as amended, the predominant issues for vocational education in the eighties will be refined into policies. Central issues related to reauthorization and to the larger picture of the future of vocational education can be generally grouped into four broad categories:…

School districts in Vermont are organized generally along town boundary lines with no clear distinction between town and school governmental units. State financial distributions are usually made to the town, and taxes are billed and collected by the town. There is a need for school district reorganization in terms of larger unified or 12-grade…

An attempt to secure information regarding the undergraduate composition training of secondary school English teachers presently teaching in selected Pennsylvania English departments was made in this study. To collect data on the undergraduate composition training of Pennsylvania English teachers, the researcher mailed 1,005 questionnaires to 80…

This study investigated whether age, sex, speed, and practice affects the acquisition of coincidence-anticipation (C/A) performance accuracy of children ages seven to twelve. (C/A refers to the ability to make a motor response coincident with the arrival of an object at a designated point.) The subjects used in this study were 84 elementary…

This experiment was undertaken to determine whether coincidence-anticipation (intercepting a moving object at a designated point and instant) is facilitated for one side of the body after practice by the other side of the body. This phenomenon is called bilateral transference. Subjects were asked to throw a switch five times with their right…

"Every ill besetting our colleges and universities is related in one way or another to the Ph.D. degree." All the worthwhile innovations with which the colleges are responding to the current crisis in public confidence won't have much effect unless the cause of the problem--faculty training--is tackled. The Ph.D. degree as the sole legitimate…

The "legacy" of the humanities is discussed in terms of relevance, involvement, and other philosophical considerations. Reasons for studying foreign literature in language classes are developed in the article. Comment is also made on attitudes and ideas culled from the writings of Clifton Fadiman, Jean Paul Sartre, and James Baldwin. (RL)

The purpose of this conference, held in February, 1969, was to examine the desirability and feasibility of focusing national problems more on the family, with the assumption that more concern with the family in planning and implementing national programs would help to: 1) avoid inadvertent damage to families; and 2) use the properties of the…

This volume contains the papers presented at the conference in edited versions along with certain reference materials. As they influenced the proceedings of the task groups, these papers are reflected in the contents of Volume I (SO 000 819). As a group they offer many useful ideas concerning the theory and methodology of family intervention and…

America's state colleges and regional universities tend to have humble antecedents and ambitious aspirations. Their professors and administrators usually claim no interest in educating professional scholars, doctors, or lawyers, and express no desire to extend their influence beyond the locality or region in which they are located. Despite this…

Decisions concerned with the use of alternative Air Force training methods require several types of data. Among these are capacity to train, cost of the training, and quality of the trained airmen. The two methods of formal training in the Air Force are on-the-job training (OJT) and technical school training. The data currently being provided to…

The author discusses the problems associated with the rules and regulations governing the "set-asides" and "excess costs" for programs for handicapped and disadvantaged students in vocational education as set forth in P.L. 94-482. He explains that the rules may limit rather than expand these programs and delineates six elements…