A vocational program in an Arkansas prison serves approximately 150 inmates with nine traditional low-tech programs geared to the needs of the prison population and the local job market. Only 7.5 percent of those who receive vocational training return to prison after release compared to 30.8 percent overall. (JOW)

Only 16 percent of the graduates of the Nonviolent Intermediate Offender program at Lexington Training Center (Oklahoma) return to prison after release compared to 55 percent overall. Judges may reduce sentences of participants and make further training a condition of release. (JOW)

Each year thousands of people who may not have had training in education serve as volunteer teachers. This article addresses the question of whether training volunteer teachers can be facilitated by creating partnerships. Options are discussed in terms of team teaching and mentor teaching partnerships for trainees. (Author/MT)

Explores three legal implications of news councils: (1) the effect of the councils on the frequency of libel suits, (2) the validity of the waiver complainants must sign, and (3) the potential impact of news council decisions in determining standards of press performance. (FL)

Lists the postsecondary institutions currently accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in alphabetical order by state. (DMM)

Results of interviews with state administrators of educational, vocational, and residential services, are discussed in terms of the implications for state agencies in effectively planning the transition of students with severe handicaps from school to postschool services. (Author/CL)

Offers a series of financial statements presenting the fiscal position of the North Central Association on June 30, 1985 and 1984 and the results of its activities and changes. (AYC)

Describes the forces that influenced the geographic unitization of state hospitals in the 1960s and 1970s. Discusses the extent to which this change met its original goals and analyzes the factors that prevented it from fully doing so. (Author)

Sees the recent surge of national interest in education as an opportunity for educators to influence public opinion. Discusses how the North Central Association and its Task Force on Student Success are working to generate public support and supplement the efforts of other national groups studying education. Calls for strong local leadership. (DMM)

Looks at the way Pennsylvania Job Search was brought to the Boyce Campus of Community College of Allegheny County. Discusses student and community participants in the job placement program, its unique services, benefits to the campus, and use of the model by other schools. (AYC)

Surveyed state and local health planning agencies and Older Americans Act agencies. Found that coordination between aging and health planning agencies is directly associated with the level of attention given to long-term care priorities by the latter agencies. Findings suggest that coordination strategies may be important for policy change.…

Reports on the membership of the North Central Association's Commission on Schools. Lists newly admitted schools; schools withdrawn or discontinued; members of the commission's reviewing committees; and committees of the commission. Provides a membership chart by category of schools.

Explains the need to reexamine volunteer programs in light of budgetary problems now found within corrections. Describes two contemporary volunteer programs and uses data pertaining to these programs to further clarify the current status and possible future directions of correctional voluntarism. (JAC)

To establish a productive program of collaboration, a continuing education agency must (1) identify resources it desires from the environment, (2) identify compatible partners that can supply these resources and that need what the continuing education program can offer, and (3) consummate the relationship. (SK)

Describes and discusses the results of a class for parents of children in foster care. Foster care from the natural parent's viewpoint is presented. (SB)