Quality Rating Systems (QRS) are currently operating, under development, or being piloted in over 25 states or local areas. As the QRS model becomes integrated into the landscape of child care and education service delivery, policy, and the decisions parents make about child care across the United States, there is an increasing need for…

Extension has long been successful at recruiting and serving diverse audiences, and with the rapid growth of Latino families across the United States, many Extension professionals are discovering an increased need to recruit and serve Latinos. This article shares successful recruitment strategies incorporated in a project that recruited low-income…

The document contains the final performance report of an outreach project designed to stimulate and develop increased specialized services for children, 0 to 4 years old, who have handicaps and who reside in the rural counties of Missouri and to demonstrate the efficacy of utilizing a state university extension service as a model of outreach…

This text is designed to accompany a series of slides that present information on Missouri's attempts to reduce minority infant mortality. In Missouri, the rate of black infant mortality is twice that for whites, and blacks are twice as likely as whites to be born with low birthweight. Only 64.9 percent of black women receive prenatal care in the…

This annual report provides a blueprint for higher education in Missouri and reviews activities undertaken throughout the state to further these goals. It outlines the vision statement for higher education in the state and summarizes the 1996 Governor's Conference on Higher Education. The report goes on to discuss the state's plan for…

Student motivation for and proficiency in science and mathematics begin in the early grades. Level-appropriate resources and professional outreach activities are as beneficial for teachers and students at elementary levels as for higher levels. Engineering applications can be effective vehicles for giving students hands-on exposure to technical…