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Ooms, Theodora; Herendeen, Lisa – 1989
This document contains a summary of a policy seminar, "Family Centered Social Policy: The Emerging Agenda," a background briefing report on the seminar, and a 50-item reference list. The first section summarizes presentations by K. M. Harris on a Baltimore study of teen mothers' welfare experience; Robert Lerman on young fathers; and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Employment Programs, Family Life Education
Valdez, Armando, Ed; And Others – 1983
Symposium organizers commissioned papers that examined existing Chicano research in studies of family, labor, and migration, three subjects continually recurring in Chicano research. The papers were organized in four sessions: historical and contemporary research on Chicano workers, foundations of research on Chicano families, Chicano domestic and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Family Characteristics, Immigrants, Labor Force
Download full textCircle, Inc., McLean, VA. – 1988
This document reports the proceedings of a conference held in response to concerns about the nursing shortage and its implications for health care in the United States. Following a keynote address ("Nursing and Shortage: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?") by Dona Diers, the document is organized in five sections, with each…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Higher Education, Labor Needs, Labor Turnover
AVANTE International Systems Corp., San Antonio, TX. – 1981
Written in Spanish and English, the proceedings include 6 papers and the recommendations presented at the conference on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems among Hispanics attended by approximately 400 participants, representing 29 states, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. "The Challenge of the 1980's: Action Through Unity" discusses the need…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alcoholism, Community Action, Cultural Awareness
Korsching, Peter F., Ed.; Gildner, Judith E., Ed. – 1986
Texts of 12 research papers are presented in this proceedings of a 1985 conference specifically focusing on the interdependence of agriculture and rural communities. Titles of Session I papers providing information on the current situation and trends in agriculture and rural communities are "An Overview of the Nonmetro Economy and the Role of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Agriculture, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Carnoy, Martin; Loop, Liza – 1986
This report on a symposium sponsored jointly by Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) and the Stanford University School of Education to foster understanding of the role of educational technology in educational systems and to identify needs for further research begins by summarizing international trends in the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development
Maas, Frank, Ed.; Sach, Susan, Ed. – 1984
This publication is an edited record of a series of public seminars held between June and October of 1983. The seminars, entitled "Community Based Services for Children and Families," were based on two policy background papers commissioned by the Institute of Family Studies (ISF) on the topics of family support and children's services.…
Descriptors: Children, Community Services, Family Life, Family Programs
Akins, Carl, Ed.; Beschner, George, Ed. – 1980
This monograph contains papers and workshop summaries from a two-day symposium for ethnographers and drug abuse policymakers. An introductory paper outlines the background and purpose of the symposium, followed by papers that provide a definition of ethnography, present a history of illicit drug ethnographies, and examine state problems and the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Drug Abuse, Ethnography, Illegal Drug Use
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Structures, Content, Methods and Techniques of Education. – 1981
An international colloquium, held in Bucharest, Romania, in November, 1980, brought together educational researchers and persons responsible for educational policies and programs. They examined ways and means of making research more relevant to socioeconomic development and of increasing the internal effectiveness of education. Topics of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Developing Nations, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne (Australia). – 1984
This seventh and concluding volume in a series containing the proceedings of the 1983 Australian Family Research Conference contains a panel discussion on policy making as well as the conference's closing address. Panel discussion members were Austin Asche, Peter Bailey, Jonathon Bradshaw, Marie Coleman, Lionel Murphy, David Scott, Pat Troy, and…
Descriptors: Family Life, Family Problems, Family Relationship, Family (Sociological Unit)
Loop, Liza – 1986
Intended as a tool to help bring the issue of technology and the education of Hispanic Americans to a practical and positive resolution, this pamphlet is divided into four sections. The first provides background information on and a summary of the proceedings of a one and one-half day seminar held in June 1986. The second section contains…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Differences
Chelius, James, Ed. – 1986
This volume includes the following conference papers: "The Status and Direction of Workers' Compensation" (James R. Chelius); "The Minnesota Experience with Workers' Compensation Reform" (Steve Keefe); "The 1982 Changes in California" (Alan Tebb); "Two Rounds of Workers' Compensation Reform in Michigan" (H.…
Descriptors: Accidents, Administrator Attitudes, Asbestos, Comparative Analysis
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1985
Two questions--how school boards might create more productive schools using the tools of the electronic age, and how they might create new learning opportunities and overcome some of the problems schools now face--were addressed at the national conference summarized in this document. The report reviews the current status of public education today…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Economics
Sotomayor, Marta, Ed. – 1984
Five agencies of the Public Health Service (PHS) joined with PHS Hispanic employees and other Hispanic health specialists to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Week by critically examining health issues of particular relevance to Hispanics. The first day the forum sought to define, from an Hispanic perspective, issues relating to health statistics,…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Clinics, Cultural Influences, Drug Abuse
Wallace, Judi – 1979
Representing over 72 different groups and agencies, 107 participants attended the May 29-31, 1979, National Seminar on Rural Education. Prior to the seminar, experts and practitioners in the fields of rural education and sociology were commissioned to produce 22 papers documenting, summarizing, and interpreting research and practice in 6 areas:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delivery Systems, Demography, Educational Change
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