Discusses the Middle Path Approach to development, a recognized trait in the Buddhist culture of Sri Lanka and one that has traditionally emphasized adult education, and (2) the Sarvodaya Shramadana, a nongovernmental voluntary movement which integrates Buddhist values into contemporary direct action programs for self-reliant and cooperative rural…

Described is a vocational habilitation model in which five mentally retarded institutionalized adolescents and adults served as community volunteers within a nonprofit organization. (CL)

Tufts New England Medical Center and local Boston community groups have cooperated to create a kindergarten through fifth grade facility that is also a resource center for the medical center community and the multiethnic residential neighborhood. (Author/MLF)

Immunity to prosecution afforded to units and agencies of state government under the eleventh amendment is discussed as it applies to public colleges and universities called as defendants in federal court actions. (MSE)

Discusses difficulties in developing manpower, hardware, and evaluation systems for computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in Taiwan. Highlights include the use of CAI in universities, secondary schools, and government agencies; a national project including personnel training, courseware development, and evaluation; and difficulties with computer…

Argues that community organizations can be utilized as the foci of volunteer services for the homebound frail elderly and can be particularly effective in rural areas where the population-at-risk is dispersed. Describes an Administration on Aging Model Project conducted in an Appalachian county. (Author/ABB)

Describes the governance and support systems that typically surround school districts. Discusses how school systems and external systems mirror each other's characteristics. Local strategies for using resources provided by outside systems and for coping with the constraints they present are discussed. (RH)

Administrators at several public institutions have filed complaints with state labor relations boards, claiming that their faculty have managerial status and should be barred from collective bargaining, as in a 1980 Supreme Court case concerning the private Yeshiva University. (MSE)

Self-regulation refers not only to standards and recommendations of accrediting associations but also to the actions of individual institutions in managing their affairs and developing and implementing programs and policies. A survey to determine improvement in the self-regulation system for colleges and universities is described. (MLW)

Describes Title I of PL 99-457, federal legislation dealing with early intervention services for handicapped infants and their families which requires a state plan to include a definition of "developmental delay." Discusses the individual family service plan and strategy for rural educators. (SKW)

A federal project introduced law enforcement and community development techniques in three urban school districts. The study found school safety and respect for students' procedural rights to be compatible. It may be possible to incorporate the techniques of the project into more promising approaches to school crime and student misbehavior.…

The uses the University of Michigan makes of its federal aid dollars, and the sources of that support, are outlined and a general comparison to the situations of other institutions is made. (MSE)

Reports on two recent surveys of regional/institutional accrediting agencies on the approach of accrediting commissions to the evaluation of educational outcomes. Highlights survey responses concerning the value of outcomes measurement and its relationship to educational quality. (DMM)

The increasing numbers of independent scholars, individuals doing scholarly work outside academe, suggests three needs: a comprehensive study of this phenomenon, development of a means of communicating within and outside this group, and discussion of what independence means. (MSE)

Problems faced by Black administrators in three community substance abuse agencies in Iowa were examined to determine the following: (1) the unique problems they faced; (2) their problems in relation to the expectations of their employers, co-workers, and clients; and (3) whether they believed there were problems specifically related to their…