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Pile, Wilson, Ed. – 1983
Two position papers on higher education in Massachusetts in the 1980s, which were prepared by the Alden Seminar for Higher Education, are presented. In addition, an overview of the Alden Seminar meeting (Boston, Massachusetts, October 1983), which examined proposals for a Higher Education Development Corporation, is included. In "Adjusting to…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Planning, Financial Support, Geographic Regions
Lightman, Marjorie, Ed.; Zeisel, William, Ed. – 1981
Proceedings of a conference on independent research institutions and scholarly life in the 1980s, which was sponsored by the Institute for Research in History, are presented. Summaries of workshops and the general session transcript are presented along with an introductory essay. A working papers essay is also included to delineate the major areas…
Descriptors: Ethics, Financial Support, Higher Education, Humanities
Peer reviewedMcEwen, B.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This summary of a seminar meeting on reorganization of the field of rehabilitation for persons with blindness or visual impairment addresses the need for a national coalition, formation of a national agency for blind persons, consolidation of services, the use of paraprofessionals, the need for separate state plans, agency accreditation, and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Role, Blindness, Delivery Systems
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1976
The five papers presented at the symposium were discussed and reacted to by the participants. In "Values, Ideology and Social Services" a socio-philosophical approach is used to compare Chicano values to the origins and development of the values behind the Social Welfare System. "An Oral History of a Mexican Immigrant" presents…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Conferences, Cultural Influences
Download full textMiller, Kathleen S., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Selected papers from the 1980 World Congress of Rehabilitation International Meeting on the participation of disabled people are presented. The papers address the rights of the disabled, the organization and functions of consumer groups, the impact of consumer involvement on rehabilitation and related services, social implications of the consumer…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Activism, Advocacy
