A directory of 233 weekend and 30 shopping center programs in the United States and Canada is presented, along with a general discussion of these types of programs and an annotated bibliography. The listing for each program includes: the institution's name, address, and contact person; the funding sources; the date the program was started; the…

Increasingly, schools compete in an environment of limited resources. Sound public relations practices could serve as a vehicle to explain how the public's tax dollars are managed. This annotated bibliography focuses on public relations in schools with a special emphasis on the school business function. Over the last 5 years, seven journals were…

Provides annotated citations to ERIC documents on contracted instruction and other community college services to business and industry. (DMM)

Presented is a bibliography of articles published in the "Journal of Chemical Education" (1968-1983) which focused on industrial chemistry. Items are listed under these headings: real world of industrial chemistry; industrial notes; subject matter articles; industrial chemistry experiments/demonstrations; academic-industrial interface;…

This annotated bibliography lists 29 documents which evaluate industry/business-sponsored free or inexpensive materials for the elementary schools. The majority of items listed are articles from periodicals although some books are included; with few exceptions, all were published in the 1970s. The bibliography is organized into three groups: those…

This final report describes activities undertaken by three school districts in the Austin, Texas area to monitor the implementation of the Employer-Supported Parental Involvement in Education (ES/PIE) Program, an initiative of the Working Parents Project (WPP) of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL). The ES/PIE program was…

Provides citations and abstracts for documents from the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with efforts of community colleges to survey the instructional needs of area employers. (DMM)

Annotations of ERIC literature on the role of business in the schools are presented in this document. The following 10 items are reviewed: "What Reform Talk Does: Creating New Inequalities in Education," by Michael W. Apple; "Guidelines for Business Involvement in the Schools," by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development;…

This resource guide is designed to assist counselors and other educators in identifying sources of information relating to business, industry and labor in areas pertaining to vocational guidance and counseling. It includes a relevant combination of articles, books, reports and organizational resource lists. The references selected represent…

This bibliography is designed to help educational personnel increase their involvement in the business/education community. It was developed to aid counselors and other educators in identifying sources of information relating to involvement of business and industry in areas pertaining to vocational guidance and counseling, with a special emphasis…

Presented is an annotated bibliography of 54 publications under these topics: (1) general background; (2) university/industry relations; and (3) national security on the openness and secrecy in science and technology. Entries include both governmental and non-governmental sources. (DH)

Provides citations and abstracts from documents in the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with community college efforts to meet the needs of their service districts through cooperative educational ventures of external organizations and agencies. (DMM)

Offers information from the ERIC database on partnerships between community colleges and the larger community, focusing especially on regional and state partnerships. Emphasizes the process of developing partnerships, providing examples of successful models and guides. Cites 16 annotated sources and presents eight additional unannotated sources…

The ERIC Review is published three times a year and announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This issue examines education-community-business partnerships via two principal articles: "Collaboration To Build Competence: The Urban Superintendents' Perspective," by Terry A. Clark; and…

A selected, annotated bibliography provides information to help teachers obtain curriculum materials for economic education at the elementary and secondary levels. An introduction describes the background of the publication, selection criteria for materials cited, additional sources of information, directions for obtaining materials, hints for…