The director of the MCI Heritage Classic, a stop on the Professional Golf Association tour, and the Family Circle Magazine Cup, a women's professional tennis tournament, talks about his profession. (JOW)

Describes the process from inception to successful operation of a university-based, nurse-managed clinic, based on Covey's seven habits of highly effective people. Includes information on the planning process, financing, political strategies for gaining approval, and ongoing development of services. (JOW)

Focuses on some important aspects of managing training activities, such as arranging program logistics, obtaining/hiring program resource people, preparing budgets and plans, training and supervising personnel and managing leadership. (CSS)

Focuses on the differences in managing in private and public organizations. Discusses those factors that affect management in adult education organizations. (Author)

Prior to improving volunteer services, a leisure agency should have a realistic expectation of the desired accomplishments, both in individual and organizational terms. A systems approach to volunteer management is discussed that includes the components of planning and coordination; recruitment and orientation; training and placement; and…

Discusses three disparate factions of educational technology--media men, economists, and traditional educationalists--and their approaches to the issues of planning and finance. Several conferences on the economic implications of using the new educational media and future cooperation between factions is encouraged. (JEG)

This paper examines current issues in supported employment in the areas of assessment, job analysis, instructional technology, and management. How supported employment can be implemented more effectively is discussed along with areas in which further policy implementation and research are needed. (Author/DB)

Addressed to advocates and decision makers, this agenda identifies state services in Michigan that will be most vital to the state's children and families in fiscal year 1991. Initial contents provide general policy recommendations of the Michigan Coalition for Children and Families. Policy recommendations for the programs of the departments of…

A model for evaluation planning of post-literacy programs involves listing possible evaluation needs, administration of evaluation, and dissemination of evaluation results for utilization by all potential users. Questions that should be pursued in evaluating post-literacy can be divided into these categories: (1) questions at the interface…

Three specific ways in which counseling and human development professionals can use the computer as a tool in program development, management, and evaluation are presented. Software developed to assist with needs assessment, databased management, and program evaluation is described. (Author/ABB)

The article discusses conceptual principles which underpin development of consultation-based programing for students with mild disabilities, proposes informal standards for ecological evaluation of specific formats, and identifies factors (such as administrative support and participatory planning and decision making) that maximize the potential…

Four human resource managers present their recommendations for establishing training/human resource development departments. They discuss the following elements: chief executive office support, the role of formal needs analysis, the role of operating managers, market research, and having a sense of teamwork. (CT)

Directors and faculty members representing undergraduate environmental science/studies, in conjunction with the American Institute of Biological Sciences generated this report on the current status of and future prospects in undergraduate environmental science (ES) education. Despite their varied backgrounds and the diverse nature of their…

Experiences of the Des Moines (Iowa) public schools as they work for educational improvement and school restructuring are described. The school system will be considered successful only if what is taught is learned at an acceptable level by all students. Restructuring is traced from its 1989 inception to the present. (SLD)

The report of a California task force examines new or revised special education service delivery models which would allow for maximum interaction between special education and general education. After a review of the literature and a 2-day policy forum, the task force concluded that there is no one model appropriate for all schools and all…