Identifies principles of attracting alumni volunteers to community volunteer projects organized by college alumni organizations, considers ways alumni organizations get involved in community service projects, suggests benefits of such projects for alumni organizations, offers principles of successful partnerships with national service…

Discusses issues addressed at the 94th annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, including changes in how coaches recruit athletes, changes in types of athletes recruited, offers of more money for needy athletes, changes in the organization's governance, and more money for colleges. (DB)

Presents five annual reports, from the American Library Association, Association of American Publishers, American Booksellers Association, Association of Research Libraries, and the Council on Library and Information Resources. (LRW)

"Paper" was the term created in the late 1980s and early 1990s when Black fraternities and sororities first began to shorten their pledge periods, subsequently abolishing pledging in 1990. Paper signified a person who completed the membership intake process without pledging. Essentially, they followed the rules of the national organization as…

Officials of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards decided to post the report by veteran researcher William L. Sanders on the group's Web site after saying that they intended to stick with an "overview." The overview, which was largely critical of the study, appeared after the board was pressed to "publish something" by a…

A central mission of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is the promotion of international conflict resolution education by assisting and supporting colleges and universities in their efforts at developing and offering programs, courses, and activities that focus on international peace, conflict, and security. Over the years, a number of…

In "Thinking Ahead: A Vision of the Role of ICT in Education and Research in the Future, 2007-2010," the higher education institutions in the Netherlands agreed on future strategy. Under the direction of SURF, the Dutch national organization, a collaborative strategy for the application of information and communications technology (ICT)…

This directory is intended to be a comprehensive reference source for identifying research organizations and institutions, and for promoting research cooperation and facilitating networking. This second edition provides a broad background to the development of the human sciences as well as an overview of existing and emerging science and…

This networking directory is a comprehensive reference source of names, locations, and fields of interest of South African human sciences researchers. The guide is intended to promote research cooperation, facilitate networking, and organize conferences. The directory is intended for use at both the international level and the local level. The…

The process by which five national organizations making up the State Education Policy Consortium meet their members' information needs is examined in this paper. The study sought to improve information services to state policymakers and to strengthen national organizations' dissemination capacity. During May through June 1984, interviews were…

The speech, which is presented in abbreviated form, was presented to a general session of the Technical Education Division during the American Vocational Association's 1975 Convention. Three phases of the establishment of an articulation agreement are outlined; the greatest problem is identified as attitudinal. (AJ)

Authors presented contrasting views about the effects of the women's movement on professionalism in art education. (Editor/RK)

Postsecondary teachers have an opportunity to get involved in professional leadership through NVATA. (AG)

Describes the National Committee for Citizens in Education and its efforts to stimulate increased citizen participation in educational decisionmaking. (JG)

The focus of this paper is the U.S. section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (US WILPF) and its efforts to mobilize an activist and durable women's peace reform organization in the 1930s. Members wished US WILPF to serve as an avenue for expanding women's political power and for reaching the goals of nonviolent change and…