Reports that all six regional college/university accrediting agencies have rewritten, or are currently rewriting, their standards to place more emphasis on what students learn, accept the growth of part-time faculty members, develop ways to evaluate the effectiveness of distance learning, and let colleges tailor accreditation process to their own…

Provides an overview of the Intensive Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Program, a community-based, multi-agency, multimodal delinquency prevention program. Highlights how the six organizations involved in the program overcame three common barriers to interagency collaboration-funding, climate, and communication. (GCP)

Analyzes points of incongruence between specific federal statutes designed to address educational needs of special-needs children and youth and their families. Coordination of legislation, policy, and programs addressing problems associated with poverty, homelessness, disabilities, and cultural diversity would greatly reduce fragmented and…

Attempts to determine research problems in the field of social work and to interpret them as a characteristic of that field. Stresses the double burden of pedagogics: to provide practical moral foundations and to provide reliable descriptions. Considers topics of major concern in research and practice in social work. (DSK)

Addresses implications for school counselors of external service providers in schools. Integration of services; stages of integration; making the system work; and issues for schools, external providers, and clients are discussed. Models that effectively integrate externally and internally provided school services are needed. Offers several…

A survey of 210 parent members of one state's local interagency coordinating council found that parent members typically had higher incomes and educational levels and were less likely to belong to an ethnic minority than expected, based on state demographic data. Implications for facilitating representation of all families in early intervention…

This article describes use of Resource Coordinating Teams (RCT) to: (1) integrate school-support programs and services for students with disabilities with one another and with community resources and (2) encourage services and programs to function in an increasingly cohesive way. Discussion identifies RCT issues concerning student patterns,…

Discusses how colleges and state agencies are divided over responsibility for the costs of helping students with disabilities, with slow progress delaying student accommodations and straining college finances. (EV)

Investigates three approaches to citizenship education. The first examines how societies socialize their young, highlighting two key non-school citizenship education sites (social class and voluntary associations). The second addresses years of school attendance. The third looks inside schools, discussing curricular and extracurricular approaches.…

Although coordinated services for children are an exciting development, service organizations do not form partnerships easily. This article examines basic assumptions and questions surrounding knowledge dissemination and utilization in coordinated services; drawing facilitation strategies from ongoing projects in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and…

Reviews past and current school reform efforts designed to link human services with public schools. Discusses five alternative approaches for linking public schools and human services: informal relations, coordination, partnerships, collaboration, and integration. Offers suggestions for planning, training, resources, and funding necessary to…

Finds the American system of voluntary accreditation unique worldwide. Traces the development of K-12 and higher education in the United States and efforts since 1870 toward educational standardization. Describes 1873-1909 as a period of confusion and disagreement. Explores the roots of accreditation, the role of accrediting agencies, secondary…

Throughout the 90s, employer-supported child care has experienced the most growth in the child care arena. This article highlights the top child care organizations, including Bright Horizons, CorporateFamily Solutions, Children's Discovery Centers, and others. Employers providing care include private companies, government agencies, hospitals, and…

Examined female child welfare workers' perceptions of their work. Found that despite positive aspects, subjects felt that their work had adversely affected their physical and mental health; they used a variety of problem-focused and emotion-focused strategies to cope. Findings posed implications for intervention strategies and the appropriateness…

Interagency information sharing is a critical feature of social work efficacy on schools, but legal, policy, and ethical issues are often poorly understood. Article outlines regulatory development of confidentiality in five public service arenas and proposes a means of planning effective information-sharing procedures in an interagency project.…