The article provides a useful list of publications and other sources of information on earnings. (Author/BP)

Resulting from a 3 year project to develop and test competency based training programs for camp personnel serving the physically handicapped, the directory provides information on camping services available to the handicapped. States are listed alphabetically under the appropriate American Camping Association regional divisions. Agencies are…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the roles of research in state education agencies and to identify five possible interactions among university and college and other non-SEA educational researchers and SEA researchers. (Author)

Discusses efforts of the National Archives and Records Administration to microfilm its holdings and to encourage other federal agencies to do the same. Reliability, adaptability, and costs of microforms are explored. (Author/MES)

Compared, during a two-year period, lengths of stay of patients on two admission wards that served the same community mental health center. Results showed a significant difference in length of stay for voluntary and involuntary patients. (BH)

Volunteering is doing what you can to help, with everyone welcome to try. (RC)

Discusses the changing adoption field, including services needed by the children, biological parents, and adoptive parents. (DP)

Extension institutions should take a risk and pool their resources with those of vocational-technical institutes, high schools, private schools, outside industries or government to advise the best possible educational programs for all the people. Extension needs money, support, commitment, and the will to take risks now. (DM)

Analyzes the educational implications of the "no-comparison message" that is present in almost all of the publicity material produced by New Zealand-based agencies working in the area of aid and development. Calls for a radical reorientation of the messages being promoted and actions undertaken. Contains 20 references. (AMA)

The purpose of this research was to study the effects of the emphasis on achieving Adequate Yearly Progress at elementary schools under the regulations of the No Child Left Behind legislation. Qualitative data were gathered through interviews with fifty educators: forty-three teachers and seven administrators. All of the educators worked at six…

For over 200 years Black colleges and universities have been at the center of the African American community. The legacy of these institutions has been to equip African Americans with the skills needed to be successful leaders. The study considers the leadership of Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne of the Wilberforce University and Rev. Dr. Joseph…

This paper highlights several current collaborative activities of the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC). There are many specific examples of TA (Technical Assistance) collaborations that take place on a regular basis; the seven examples presented here were selected to represent different types of collaboration. The…