In the following Q&A, NEBHE's [New England Board of Higher Education's] Fellow for Open Education, Lindsey Gumb, takes the pulse of Open Education in Rhode Island with two key leaders in the field: Dragan Gill, who is a Rhode Island College reference librarian and co-chair of the Rhode Island Open Textbook Initiative, and Daniela Fairchild,…

Volunteer recognition is an important component of Extension programs. Most land-grant universities have implemented a state volunteer recognition program. Extension professionals, however, are too overburdened with meetings, programs, and activities to effectively recognize volunteers locally. Utilizing a state model is an efficient means of…

State coordinators of early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs completed a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, or SWOT, analysis that examined 12 areas within state EHDI programs. For the early intervention focus question, 48 coordinators listed 273 items, and themes were identified within each SWOT category. A…

The state of Indiana recommended a committee be formed to address the disproportional representation of black youth in out-of-home placements. In response, the Indiana Disproportionality Committee (IDC) was established. This article presents the development, objectives and future of the IDC. One of the objectives, research, will be offered as an…

In late February 1974 a decision was made by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare to implement the State commissions under Section 1202 of the Education Amendments of 1972 on certification by the governors that their State commissions qualified under the act. Three options for meeting criteria set forth in Section 1202 were: (1)…

This 10-year followup to an S. M. Davidson and others (1984) study surveyed all 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine the composition and role of state Medicare program Medical Care Advisory Committees (MCACs). Recommendations are given to enable MCACs to be more useful in policy development. (SLD)

Reviews the adoption of a three-part program for statewide library automation and the appointment of planning committees by the Board of Regents of the New York State Department of Education. The discussion addresses the recommendations of the committees covering general issues, databases, linking, training and consulting, and operational…

Listed are supportive and rehabilitative services for the deaf including federal agencies, state agencies, regional and local programs, social/recreational programs and agencies, national organizations, centers related to deafness, and professional committee membership (National Association of the Deaf, Conference of Educational Administrator…

Articles discuss evaluation of vocational agriculture: considerations for improving local program evaluation, self-rating a program, step-by-step program evaluation, advisory council assistance with evaluation, using an advisory committee in evaluation, accreditation evaluation, evaluation programs for handicapped students, evaluating agricultural…

This article describes the North Carolina Youth Empowerment Study (NCYES), a 3-year participatory evaluation of youth programs addressing tobacco use prevention. The study goals of NCYES were to (1) convene an advisory board comprised of lay youths and adults in a participatory research process, (2) document the characteristics of youth programs…

The National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs provides a summary of the final regulation (45 CFR, Parts 104 and 105) implementing the Education Amendments of 1976 relating to the elimination of sex bias and sex stereotyping in national and state vocational education programs. (MF)

Discusses recommendations made by the Massachusetts Advisory Council of Vocational-Technical Education to improve the quality of secondary vocational curriculum. The author examines how and why the recommendations were created, how a hugh agenda was whittled down in scope, and how the council decided to favor the development of "cluster…

Annual reports from 45 states, the District of Columbia, and three Canadian provinces are presented. They focus on problems, activities, achievements, and other areas of interest to the postsecondary education community. Each state commission on higher education reviews such topics as pertinent legislative actions, priorities, enrollment,…

Ohio's Commission on the Future of Gifted Education was created to establish a consensus of realistic priorities for the future of gifted education. The commission was initiated by advocates within the gifted education community and includes legislators, members of professional education organizations and parent organizations, and concerned…

An analysis of the use of a survey on a state-level conservation tillage program was conducted to assess the effects of personal influences. Personal factors influenced timeliness, user's desire for and ownership of information, interaction among decision makers and the evaluator, methodological appropriateness and quality, and use planning. (TJH)