As mandated by Congress, this annual report from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) describes its activities in the past fiscal year (FY). Secretary of Education, T. H. Bell, summarizes ED accomplishments in FY 1983 in such areas as excellence in education, citing the findings and impact of the report "A Nation at Risk"; the…

This paper discusses the St. Luke's-Area III Learning Center, which deals with problems of urban youth. Its operational model coordinates instructional activities of the Atlanta Public Schools with Social Services of numerous governmental agencies of the Atlanta area, along with business, civic, and religious groups. The learning center provides a…

This manual presents background information and administrative techniques which are intended to strengthen youth programs and interorganization coordination with the Youth Development Program (YDP) and the Community Action Agency (CAA). The content is in four sections. The section on program definitions includes definitions, history, and…

Focusing on educational development in lesser developed countries, this paper examines knowledge about ways to improve the linking of the producers of educational planning (such as universities, institutes, and other agencies) to the potential users of such knowledge (such as technical assistance agencies, sponsors, client groups consisting of…

Updating a 1978 literature review, this document assembles five articles analyzing recent research on how various types of educational agencies disseminate information for school improvement. Each article summarizes literature relevant to one type of educational agency, discusses interrelationships among the research findings, and assesses the…

Representatives of 47 federal, state, local, and tribal agencies and about 280 participants attended the May 4-5, 1977, series of presentations and workshops co-sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women. Designed to acquaint residents of the San Juan Basin with social service workers, the…

A graduate internship program in applied anthropology at the University of South Florida (Tampa) is described. The program was designed to train graduates for responsible positions in human service settings at local, state, national, and international levels. Students specialize in one of three applied tracks: public archaeology, urban…

The information presented in this guide updates "A Preliminary Guide to Government Agency Programs of Interest to Language Minority Groups" (1978). Changes resulting from 1978 and 1979 legislation have been included. Entries have been arranged according to administering agency and contain the following information: contact name and address, name…

The text of the Education Amendments of 1980, which amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, is presented. It consists of 13 parts: (1) establishment of a new Title I of the earlier act, establishing new programs, continuing postsecondary education program and planning; (2) amendment and extension of Title II of the earlier act, college and…

A five-year study was undertaken to investigate the relative effectiveness of pre-retirement education (PRE) programs. Project staff identified for study three methodologies (the lecture series, the discussion group, and the "facilitated interaction" model) and four contexts for sponsor-settings (the employer, the education, the…

Employment problems, and the related personal and social difficulties encountered by Indian Americans in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota are discussed. Topics include: rural-urban and intra-city population movements; Indian employment agency experiences; a survey of employment center application files; factors associated with…

This document contains descriptive reports of the cooperative activities of five institutional members of COMBASE, a consortium of 14 community colleges for the promotion and study of community-based postsecondary education. Following an overview and summary, reports from Florida Junior College at Jacksonville and Kellogg Community College…

The survey was designed to identify home economics related programs in community agencies in the central quadrant of the Syracuse City School District. Factual information and descriptive information about the programs and perceived program needs were gathered using the interview method. A grid was set up with four subject areas (food and…

This report describes the nation-wide evaluation of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP), a Head Start-affiliated program designed to elicit community and family involvement in fostering optimum development of preschool children and their families. Evaluations of the planning, initiation, and implementation phases of the program at each of…

El Paso Community College (Texas), a task force school in the Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning project, is experimenting with a sponsored experiential learning system. An important requisite for a valid sponsored experiential learning program is an articulation agreement between El Paso Community based agencies and the college. The…