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Hill, Melvin B., Jr. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1999
The University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government, one of the nation's oldest and largest university-based public-service organizations, provides a case study of the problems and challenges for these organizations, one of which is to mix and match institutional and personal objectives and capabilities to optimize the contributions of…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Case Studies, Higher Education, Institutional Mission
Wiewel, Wim; Broski, David – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1999
The Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois, Chicago is a high-visibility urban-policy research center that is sometimes drawn into controversial issues. University leadership must defend academic freedom vigorously, but that freedom cannot be used indiscriminately for faculty pronouncements; faculty and administrators must ensure…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Agency Role, College Faculty, College Role
Iowa State Manpower Development Council, Des Moines. – 1968
The Iowa State Manpower Development Council was established as an experiment in local coordination of federal, state and community manpower programs. Shifts in the occupational and industrial attachment of workers and heavy out-migrations of workers from rural to urban areas underscored the importance of human resource development. The major goal…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Grasso, Janet; Fosburg, Steven – 1980
Fifth in a series of seven volumes reporting the design, methodology, and findings of the 4-year National Day Care Home Study (NDCHS), this volume presents a descriptive and statistical analysis of the day care institutions that administer day care systems. These systems, such as Learning Unlimited in Los Angeles and the family day care program of…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Agency Role, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
Richardson, Ann – 1977
The voucher training program for Work Incentive Program (WIN) clients described within this interim report is a system for providing occupational training to clients through entitlements rather than direct service (client and trainer are in a direct relationship facilitated by the agency). The basic program objective, discussed in the…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Role, Educational Vouchers, Employers
Alvir, Howard P.; Gardner, Elbert L. – 1980
This joint report of the New York Department of Labor and the New York Education Department describes the nature, administration, and extent of registered apprenticeship training in New York State as of December 31, 1979. Part 1 presents a brief historical overview of the evolution of the apprenticeship system and description of what…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Apprenticeships, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Government
Goodman, Elizabeth M. – 1969
The directory identifies the responsibilities and programs for the education of handicapped children by the U.S. Office of Education and describes the purpose, size, and scope of effort of these programs. The major section of the document covers divisions within the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, the Bureau of Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Construction Programs, Directories, Educational Programs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1967
This publication was prepared to assist agencies in the development of manpower programs under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. It contains information concerning the: (1)Manpowe r Administration (MA), (2)Bureau of Employment Security (BES), (3)Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT), (4)Bureau of Work…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role
Kray, Eugene J. – 1977
This sourcebook is intended for postsecondary educators seeking to develop a system that will acknowledge, validate and credit prior learning at their institutions. It provides a systematic, organized approach to the major issues surrounding the implementation of experiential learning assessment. Chapters include: Institutional Philosophy,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Credits, Community Colleges, Educational Philosophy
President's National Advisory Council on Supplementary Centers and Services, Washington, DC. – 1968
This document reports a conference, attended by representatives from the 50 states, which attempted to ease the way for the transition of the administrative authority for the PACE program (Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, Projects to Advance Creativity in Education) from the direct control of the U.S. Office of Education to the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Role, Community Involvement, Conference Reports
Brower, Sally M.; And Others – 1979
Designed as a reference for practitioners interested in implementing or improving vocational education programs to serve disadvantaged youth, this report contains the results of a nationwide study of institutional interface between vocational education and CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) Title IV prime sponsors. The 111 programs…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Ancillary Services, Cooperative Programs
California Community and Junior Coll. Association, Sacramento. – 1978
After outlining the purposes and approaches of the eight titles contained within the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), and reviewing local, state, and federal roles in implementing CETA programs, this paper presents the results of a survey of selected California Prime Sponsors and community colleges with CETA programs. The study…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Community Colleges
Arnstein, George – 1981
In order to determine the impact of the Veterans Administration (VA) on occupational education, this report examines the VA training programs and the changes that have occurred in them over the years in the larger context of changes in American education. Presented first are brief descriptions of and detailed 1967-1980 enrollment figures for the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Role, Attendance, Definitions