This book is intended to provide development officers at not-for-profit organizations with comprehensive standards and definitions for preparing fund-raising activity reports of yearly fund-raising results, as well as management and activity reporting standards for fund-raising campaigns. Section 1 presents gift-income reporting standards for use…

This policy paper addresses sexuality issues of youth with disabilities and chronic health conditions. The first section introduces the problem of teen pregnancy and pregnancy prevention. The second section provides definitions of disabilities including both visible and invisible disabilities. Risk factors for teen pregnancy are identified and…

This report presents information about public elementary and secondary education for the 2002-03 school year. The data were provided by state education agencies through the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system. Discussion of data is limited to the 50 states and the District of Columbia and excludes the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of…

Article stressed the need for development of interdisciplinary programs, how that curriculum development will chance the university and the relationship between students and teachers. (RK)

Author gives examples of how widespread the tendency has become to politicize all of life, and why it seems unfortunate to view all things in such terms. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this paper was to review some of the concepts concerning accreditation in higher education and to make an attempt to determine the influence of accrediting practices upon the college and university curriculum. (Author)

In this paper, an attempt has been made to synthesize some of the current thinking in the area of criterion-referenced testing as well as to provide the beginning of an integration of theory and method for such testing. (Editor)

The essential point of this article is the value of reading comprehension as compared to the value of reading rate. (RK)

This study is seen as offering part of a necessary empirical base for constructing a middle range theory of cooperation between educational institutions as well as teachers involved in such cooperation. (Authr/RK)

This article focuses on the importance of affective outcomes, the definition of the affective side of the schooling experience, and the measurement of the impact of instruction on the affective reactions of pupils. (Author)

Attempts to define exactly what is meant by appreciation of literature. (MB)

Drew conceptual distinctions between the constructs of communication apprehension and shyness. Examined, in two studies, measures of these constructs in terms of their relationship and independence. Found that communication apprehension and shyness measures are empirically distinct from each other. (PD)