Consumer Education Project: Final Report.

Overview & Synopsis

The results of a one-year project to determine the status of provisions for consumer education throughout the country are reported in this document. A section on the observations and recommendations of the advisory committee of the consumer's education project serves as the document's introduction. Part I, background and overview, analyzes the growing national concern over consumer education, the federal role, and the commitment of the Education Commission of the States to this subject. Part II deals with the consumer education survey: highlights, questionnaires, and summaries of state and private sector findings. Consumer education programs in six selected states are examined in Part III: California, Georgia, Hawaii, New Jersey, Illinois, and Ohio. The discussions of five subject-matter conferences are summarized in Part IV: curriculum, teacher training, performance levels in consumer education, legislation and policy, and the private sector. Part V presents a short series of analytical statements, called issue papers, concerning successful organization, special courses in consumer education, and attitudes toward business in consumer courses. (CT)