The increase in psychology graduates and the decline of publicly supported mental health facilities will lead more psychologists to offer services privately. A community psychology model may be useful in the development and offering of services. The community concepts of prevention, crisis intervention, and consultation can be related to family,…

Examines public and private interaction in the information sector, and explains how this interaction has caused a departure from the traditional roles of government and business. Also discussed is the lack of distinction between public and private information agents, as illustrated by U.S. government agencies. (SW)

Examines competition for "repackaging"--i.e., creating guides, indexes, and points of access to government information--which currently exists between government agencies and private industry. Actions by federal agencies to destroy free-market conditions and the need for development of a consistent policy to guide public/private sector relations…

The development of modern public relations is traced in this paper. The opposition of James Madison and his colleagues to involving the federal government in projects of "public interest" because they had seen the system abused by British authorities is explained, and the efforts of nineteenth century leaders within the railroad industry…

The place of private residential programs in the care of individuals with disabilities is discussed. Problems often associated with residential centers are considered and the Woods School, a private institution for handicapped children and adults, is described as an example of the positive benefits of private institutional care. (PHR)

Contingencies operating in the health care industry can have direct effects upon applications of behavioral technology to the hospital treatment of psychiatric patients. Although behavioral technology has made little impact upon the general practice of psychiatry, shifting economic and political contingencies may favor the specificity,…

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

Three revolutions in the history of mental health were identified by Nicholas Hobbs: the humane revolution, the scientific and therapeutic revolution, and the public health revolution. The shift of responsibilities for mental health and substance abuse services from the public to the private sector may constitute a fourth mental health revolution.…

This chapter characterizes the educational research efforts of England and Wales as unplanned, unsystematic, and in the hands of a wide range of organizations with a variety of forms of funding. The development and activities of the Social Science Research Council, the Ministry of Education's Department of Education and Science, the Schools…

This article suggests the limited success in meeting goals of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act is due to a misunderstanding of the phrase "knowledge development." The differences between the public and private sector's ability to improve work attitudes, skills, and youths' chances to find unsubsidized jobs are…

The author argues that vocational education has a legitimate place in the secondary and postsecondary curriculum. He cites productivity, service to all students' ability levels, and service to students' long-term needs as arguments. He suggests that better program evaluation and more resources are needed. (CH)

Attributes the acquisition of large segments of U.S. information services by foreign interests to the absence of a national information policy and the lack of federal support for the domestic information industry. Appropriate responses by the federal government are suggested. (4 references) (CLB)

Corporate involvement in social welfare represents a third stage in the evolution of welfare institutions in the United States, following the voluntary sector and the welfare state. Examining health and welfare corporations reveals rapid growth and consolidation in nursing homes, hospital management, health maintenance organizations, child care,…

Reviews and comments on federal policies for secondary information systems and services since World War II and discusses the impact of federal policy on the mission orientation of information services. The evolution of federal information policies is also discussed. A 17-item reference list accompanies the text. (Author/JL)

A framework for evaluating public-private partnership projects in housing and community development organizes nine criteria in three categories: (1) need for partnership (problem magnitude, duplication); (2) process (planning, structure of partnership, management of operations, resource acquisition/management); and (3) outcomes (achievement of…