The goal of this article is to assist individualized education program (IEP) team personnel to not make errors in the placement of students. To do so the authors: (1) describe what a placement decision is and who makes the decision; (2) review the placement requirements of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2006); (3) examine…

Given that social work research courses are typically built on modernist principles of teaching and content, it is not surprising that the majority of social work students dread these courses. Few attempts have been made to better align the modernist content of quantitative research with the postmodern philosophy and values inherent in current…

A procedure for the use of financial analysis in decision making about implementing cable television and securing all possible services is outlined. A six-stage decision making flow chart is provided; the six stages then explained and elaborated. The six stages are: define all realistic options; eliminate certain options because of lack of…

This plan for a college-wide participatory governance system at Cuyahoga Community College (CCC) was formulated on the basis of a review of the literature, interviews with leading authorities in the two-year college field, and site visits to six other urban multi-campus community colleges to review their governance systems. This document presents…

This document presents 22 tools that were developed for use in a five-module training package to assist employment and training service providers comply with the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and develop a one-stop training and employment services system. Each tool addresses a different aspect of the process of developing a one-stop delivery…