Discusses the problem of teaching nursing students to assess clients' needs adequately. Includes a chart developed as a guideline for functional assessment. (JOW)

Suggests standard operating procedures for non-routine and low priority customer requests for media services and gives an example of prioritizing the distribution of audiovisual presentation services. (RAO)

Addresses the problems of conducting predevelopment analyses in the military from a training developer's point of view, and discusses issues related to the basic questions of analysis and the rationale and method for performing it. (JEG)

Responsibility has been neglected in the push to protect and extend rights. Such neglect may have serious consequences for education and society. This article's central focus is an analysis and explanation of collective responsibility as a substitute for the accountability movement, which is more limited and restricted than collective…

A survey of librarians and deans of accredited library school programs to determine attitudes toward the need for a core reference collection and to identify the reference sources in the schools' collections is presented. Results indicate the majority favored a core collection. (Author)

An assessment of the integrated core curriculum for library science is presented, and the conclusion drawn that it has to strike a balance with specialization to help meet the needs of future practitioners. (MBR)

Some suggestions are given for improving school health education. (PBS)

A superintendent discusses the difficulties he has with needs assessments in his district. (IRT)

Extension faculty in Adams, Brown, and Highland Counties (Ohio) work as a cluster group to enhance interdisciplinary program delivery and develop specialized skills. Clustering also increases networking among clientele and enhances extension's public image. (SK)

Discusses library consultants and offers a step-by-step plan for selecting a consultant who meets a library's specific needs. Topics include setting criteria and the type of consultant needed; turnaround time; Request for Proposal or Request for Qualifications; and building consensus between staff, management, and the consultant. (LRW)

Discusses the instructional design process when an additional need is identified in the middle of a project that has already been geared to another need. Topics include determining how critical the additional need is; resources available, including budget impact; time factors; and client satisfaction. (LRW)

The primary purpose of this study was to identify the training needs of state vocational rehabilitation counselors. A secondary purpose was to compare the self-perceived training needs of state vocational rehabilitation counselors with those of certified rehabilitation counselors. A third purpose was to evaluate the relationship between counselor…

Five focus group sessions involving 35 persons associated with Research for Better Schools had to initiate a needs assessment. Tapes and transcripts of the sessions were analyzed. Analyses support the value of the focus groups in providing input to the design of the needs assessment survey. (TJH)

Identifies essential elements for a useful needs assessment audit as a performance improvement tool. Pertinent terms are defined; a needs assessment audit checklist is provided; rating the needs assessment process is discussed; and other approaches to needs assessment are described. (Contains five references.) (LRW)