Because of a mounting awareness that those most at risk in America today are the rural poor, educating for social work practice in rural areas has become an important and growing concern to many in the field of social work education. This report incorporates the findings and materials germane to developing a specific rural child welfare and family…

COLLEGE STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES ARE RE-EVALUATED. REORGANIZATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF STUDENT PERSONNEL PROGRAMS AND CHANGES IN THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT PERSONNEL WORKER ARE RECOMMENDED. THE CONTENTS OF THIS STUDY ARE BASED UPON THE WORK OF 12 COMMISSIONS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION. THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARE…

THIS 1962-63 SURVEY MADE BY THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION COVERS SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 33 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. TWO TABLES, ONE FOR PUBLIC AND ONE FOR PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, GIVE STATE AND NATIONAL FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, TEACHING LOAD, THE EXTENT OF THEIR ACADEMIC PREPARATION, THE NUMBER TEACHING…

Seventy vocational education personnel training projects funded in Indiana from 1970 through 1978 are abstracted here. Projects are grouped into the following categories: State Board of Vocational and Technical Education Personnel Training Projects, State Board of Vocational and Technical Education Projects 1973-1978, Education Professions…

This document briefly examines the concept of "teacher centers," citing several definitions of the term based on functional emphases and preferences. A rationale for the existence of teacher centers includes the views that (1) fundamental reform in education must come from those charged with basic policy, and from teachers, (2) teachers…

THE CLOWARD-PIVEN PLAN FOR PRECIPITATING A WELFARE CRISIS TO BRING ABOUT A GUARANTEED ANNUAL INCOME IS CRITICIZED AS AN ANTIPOVERTY STRATEGY. BASED ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE WEAKEST SEGMENTS OF THE POOR, ITS EFFECTIVENESS AS A LONG-TERM DISRUPTION OF THE POVERTY CYCLE IS QUESTIONED. A NATIONAL NEW CAREERS MOVEMENT IS PROPOSED AS AN ALTERNATIVE…

CONCERN OVER UNFILLED DOCTORAL POSITIONS IN TEACHER EDUCATION AND SUPERVISION IN ENGLISH PROMPTED THE CONFERENCE ON ENGLISH EDUCATION TO SPONSOR A SURVEY OF 97 RECIPIENTS OF THE DOCTORATE IN "ENGLISH EDUCATION." EACH WAS ASKED (1) TO INDICATE DUTIES AND THE TYPE, SPECIALIZATION, AND INSTITUTION OF HIS DOCTORATE, (2) TO EVALUATE THE RELEVANCE OF…

A study was conducted by the Veterans' Administration in June 1976 to determine completion rates for education and training under the Vietnam Era GI Bill for veterans who had terminated training by June 1972. The study was based on responses to a questionnaire sent to a sample of Vietnam era veterans and summarizes their reported completion rates,…

Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, this first section (8.1) of module 8 (implementation for counselors) consists of readings and activities to assist the counselor in preparing and evaluating those materials,…

A Rehabilitation and Special Education (RSE) program is described. This program is designed to provide education majors, undergraduate and graduate, with an experiential learning experience with handicapped individuals of every age, so they may be capable of providing habilitative services to the handicapped from infancy to adulthood. Emphasis is…

The need for better validation of professional licensing and certification examinations is discussed in Part I. Predictive criterion-related validation studies are difficult to develop, time consuming, impractical and expensive. Since training and knowledge variables are not necessarily sufficient to predict job proficiency, it appears logical to…

Some of the problems involving language education and the employability of translators are discussed here. (1) The selling of translation, when compared with the more marketable skills in areas such as accounting, physics, etc., is an issue in the translator's employability. It is more difficult for a translator to measure quantitative…

An annual report for 1974-75 is presented by the Council on Library Resources (CLR) which was established in 1956, with funds from the Ford Foundation, to help provide solutions to significant library problems through directly administered programs, grants, and contracts with organizations and individuals. Described are CLR-supported activities in…

This document is the seventh in a series of 12 early childhood program descriptions compiled by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. The program described here is the East Harlem Block Schools in New York City. The Block Schools include two day care centers, an elementary school, and a tutoring program, whose total…

This document is the eighth in a series of 12 early childhood program descriptions compiled by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. The program described here is the Ameliorative Program developed by Merle Karnes at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois. The Ameliorative Program is designed to prepare young…