This guide is intended to assist vocational teachers in preparing their students to assume a leadership role in the American Industrial Arts Student Association (AIASA). The five instructional units provided deal with the history; primary objectives; and principal activities of the AIASA; parliamentary procedure; the skills and qualities required…

The faculty constitution and by-laws covers academic freedom and faculty responsibility, meetings, the faculty senate, faculty-student relations, committees, chairperson and administrator evaluations, adjudication committee, separability, and provision for amendments. (MSE)

This task-simulation learning module on board meeting preparation for secondary and postsecondary teachers and students, the fourth in a series of eleven task and in-basket simulations, was designed to provide individualized instruction in office occupations courses, such as introductory business and typewriting. (Each of the modules in the set is…

Long-range institutional planning has been in effect at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute since 1973. The first step in the process was the identification of planning areas: administration, organization, educational programs, learning resources, student services, faculty, facilities, maintenance/operation, and finances. The major…

According to participants at Northern Illinois' Spring Colloquium on Adventure Education, adventure programs can spark enthusiasm, inspire vision, and bring to the level of consciousness the underlying questions of life and meaning. Such programs can prepare people to seek adventure safely and without damage to the environment and can be defined…

The preparatory manual is one of a series produced by the Refugee Welfare Training Team in Qui Nhon, Binh-Dinh Province, Vietnam, for use in training teams of government personnel to work with refugees. The purpose was to improve living conditions, overcome lethargy and despair, develop a community structure, engage group action, and prepare for…

Nurse aide education is an issue that governmental and health care agencies are addressing. Nurse aides are employed in numerous and varied health care agencies, such as hospitals, nursing homes, physician's offices, and private homes. Although there are no educational requirements for nurse aides in Illinois, there are a number of formal training…

A step-by-step method for designing and improving evaluation methods is presented for educators who are in the position of evaluating an educational gathering of adults. This method is to insure that evaluation instruments are: (1) accurate enough to provide valid data; (2) short enough to be filled out by a large group of evaluators in a hurry to…

The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science held a Mountain Plains Regional Hearing in Denver, Colorado, on September 18, 1974. Witnesses gave testimony about university, state, public, medical, school, and Indian reservation libraries, as well as library education programs, networks, systems, cable television, and programs for…

This presentation is comprised of 12 session papers and the text of a large institution experience exchange session dealing with various aspects of campus physical plant maintenance. Among the subjects covered are unionism; fire safety; air conditioning water treatment; cost and performance control; housekeeping consultants; Building design for…

Higher Horizons 100 is an articulated approach to compensatory education for four groups fo approximately 100 urban students in grades seven to nine. Working through an instructional team made up of teachers and other specialists, the program is designed to motivate and encourage individual youngsters to react to a student-centered educational…

Proposed National Collegiate Athletic Association rules changes concern Presidents' Commission grouping, academic standards and transfer, financial aid, amateurism, championships and extra events, drug testing, administrative regulation, financial audits, coaches' outside compensation, voting privileges, membership and classification, enforcement,…

The Illinois Community College System has charted a course for the 21st century that responds to both the individual and community education needs. This plan, named Vision 2000, is the culmination of regional town meetings which clarified five educational goals. It offers liberal arts and sciences programs, occupational programs, developmental…

Constitutional doctrines (First Amendment religious clauses and Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause) and factual issues are discussed, including: policies and procedures for recognition of student groups, facilities accessibility for students, literature distribution on campus, student activities accounting, and nonstudent speaker…

Reports the results of an informal survey of reference librarians in large and medium-sized public and academic libraries who were asked how they kept up-to-date on reference materials and techniques. The roles of professional reading, staff meetings, staff information sharing, and conferences and workshops are discussed. (Author/JL)