The Teenage Health Teaching Modules (THTM) program is a health education curriculum for adolescents. Each THTM module frames an adolescent health task emphasizing development of self-assessment, communication, decision making, health advocacy, and self-management. This module takes the position that students need to understand the value of and…

This paper provides an overview of the field of online information retrieval systems whose databases are programmed to predict future events. These systems rely on data of past events and use mathematical techniques such as regression analysis and statistical probability to provide forecast data. The history of these systems is traced through the…

Describes the activities at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association, including adoption of a strategic plan for the association and discussions of access to health care information, the impact of information technologies, and medical ethics. (CLB)

When they were in their early twenties, women in the National Longitudinal Surveys' sample underestimated their future work involvement. Expectations for working at age 35 gradually increased. Plans for working were significant independent predictors of actual work behavior and planning to work yielded a significant wage advantage. (CH)

Examined organizational patterns of student personnel services in selected American institutions of higher education. The student personnel services programs represented exhibited more organizational similarity than dissimilarity. Major organizational differences found were the fractionalization of services and to which governance level a…

Agencies (N=287) reported the number of human services personnel (i.e., counselors, social workers, and psychologists) employed and the number of position vacancies anticipated for the mid- and late-1980s. Suggestions are made for future studies. (Author/ABB)

Bylaws constitute one of the most important legal documents in the portfolio of a public college or university board. They articulate the board?s responsibilities and establish the "rules" by which the board organizes itself to do its work. Bylaws begin where a public institution's statutes or constitutional provisions leave off. They build on…

This report details the early care and education strategic plan for the District of Columbia. Following an executive summary, the report provides the rationale for developing an early care and education strategic plan and describes the process used to develop the plan. The top 10 early care and education issues in the district are then delineated…

This document describes ways to facilitate reflection and planning in challenging areas of school reform. It outlines a process, "image-making," that is based on research conducted with high-poverty schools that made substantial reforms over time. Image-making helps initiate thoughtful dialogue among adults in the school community by using…

An effective collegial and relatively noncompetitive approach to integrated planning developed at King's College is discussed. The development of a structured system of intensive oral communication; an organizational design integrating planning, budgeting, marketing, and evaluation, and a modified matrix management system are described. (MLW)

Enumerates a series of recommendations of the National Business Education Association Task Force on New Concepts and Strategies for Business Education. These are intended to motivate business educators to make business education more relevant to future societal needs. Recommendations are arranged by level of education, from elementary through…

Illustrates various ways of using a scale to indicate the percentage of a child's life spent in foster care. Uses in projecting caseloads and costs, comparing normal and special-needs foster care populations, and assessing the impact of parent involvement on length of time in foster care are described. (RH)

Describes the country's conservatism, comparing the community college movement to other questioned social programs. Reviews the philosophical foundations of the Illinois community colleges. Suggests ways of demonstrating a community college education's worth. Describes the Illinois Community College Trustee Association's planning strategies for…

Guidelines are offered for carrying out a long-range campus improvement plan. (MLF)

Argues the need for long-range planning and the importance of board and superintendent support for it. (IRT)