This report highlights three major issues dealt with in the conference: (1) energy education; (2) energy conservation; and (3) interstate and interagency cooperation. An introduction section establishes a context for the meeting by explaining the history of the network concept. Another section provides a summary of the conference recommendations…

During the 1974-75 school year, the North Carolina migrant program's priorities were program continuity; regular school term and summer programs for interstate and intrastate migrant children; staff development activities; Migrant Student Record Transfer System; migrant education program support team; and mobile vocational instructional program.…

In order to identify an appropriate legal structure for an interstate library agency in the southwest region of the United States the variety of existing organizational patterns actually used by various interstate service operations or potentially available for use were surveyed. Attention was paid to the legal requirements which influence the…

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) received a year's grant from the Council on Library Resources to design and develop a library network for western states. Functions and program plans were developed for the newly established networking organization, Western Interstate Library Coordinating Organization (WILCO), with…

Educators should be aware of the Education Commission of the States' influence on state policy making as it pertains to the local education scene. This article explores the history and current activities of the Commission. (Editor)

In spite of differing state laws, irreconcilable special interests and varying degrees of success, Statewide planning and coordination for higher education are here to stay. (Editor)

Newborn screening and genetic technologies are expanding and changing rapidly, increasing the demand for genetic specialty services. Because of the scarcity and geographic maldistribution of genetic specialty services, access to these services is a critical issue. This article discusses some of the efforts initiated by the Maternal and Child…

A report on the 3-year regional project, sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), on the public investment in higher education and its importance to economic development for the six state legislatures of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont is presented. During the years…

The Office of Migrant Child Education of the Arizona Department of Education participated in the annual Teacher Exchange Program by visiting Colorado, April 14-18, 1980. Sixteen teachers and/or program coordinators (selected by the project administrator) prepresented 13 Arizona Migrant Child Education Projects and traveled to Colorado under the…

An early childhood education program for children of migrant and seasonal farm workers, the project provides a supplemental tutoring program, offered outside of regular school hours, by bilingual adult paraprofessionals who are former migrants or seasonal farm workers. Composed of a "mobile" and a "stationary" program, the…

With the assistance of a grant from the Council on Library Resources, and funding and guidance from the Western Council of State Librarians, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's (WICHE) Continuing Education and Library Resources Program undertook an action research project to design and implement an interstate bibliographic…

The National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocational-Technical Education has become a significant national medium for exchange of vocational curriculum information and materials, the authors state in reviewing the network's organization and accomplishments. However, funding arrangements have created friction within the networks. (MF)

This directory aims to help educators throughout the country coordinate services for migrant students from Florida enrolled in another state. The state of Florida has made a commitment to assist receiving state programs by sharing pertinent academic information on migrant students. This directory provides help in locating the appropriate contact…

This issue of "Exchanges" highlights a number of issues in the challenge to align appropriations, tuition and financial aid (AFTA) policy. Two distinct trends in the nature of the American student population are identified: significant demographic shifts and the emerging necessity of serving adult learners. These shifts are prompting…

This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to consider H.R. 604, a bill which would amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act, to direct the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants for establishing, assisting, or expanding state missing children…