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Porter, Andrew; Osthoff, Eric – 1993
This paper examines how school restructuring can be promoted by agencies outside the school. The first part posits a framework for designing and analyzing external strategies to promote school restructuring. This framework distinguishes between strategies that are: (1) intended to initiate versus support school restructuring; (2) comprehensive…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Pollard, Joyce S.; Rood, Magdalena M. – 1990
This paper examines the delivery of social and human services to school-aged children and their families through some form of coordination with the local school. A questionnaire was completed by representatives of 55 state agencies in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Respondents reported that their agencies provided 88…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, At Risk Persons, Children, Delivery Systems
Development Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1991
This report provides an overview of vocational training programs and activities for Limited English Proficient (LEP) adults in California, with particular emphasis on Orange County and Merced County. State policy regarding LEP adults is discussed, as are the roles of state agencies in providing services to these individuals. Statistical…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Role, Employment Patterns, Hispanic Americans
Development Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1991
This report provides an overview of vocational training programs and activities for Limited English Proficient (LEP) adults in Texas, with particular emphasis on the Houston and Lubbock. State policy regarding LEP adults is discussed, as are the roles of state agencies in providing services to these individuals. Statistical information concerning…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Role, Employment Patterns, Hispanic Americans
Virginia State Dept. of Community Colleges, Richmond. – 1983
This study of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) was conducted to provide a basis for the comprehensive restructuring of the VCCS system offices and for the reduction of staffing levels. Part I provides background on the study, and its limitations, assumptions, and procedures. Part II outlines the purpose of the VCCS system offices and…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Agency Role, College Administration
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Boston. – 1982
These four supplements, which update a 1977 publication and a 1978 supplement, explain changes and additions in the priorities and administration of library programs, services, and activities funded under the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) in Massachusetts. Each of the four reports contains an introduction which reviews its purpose…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Information Needs, Library Networks, Library Planning
De Jong, Fred J. – 1982
Intended for information systems specialists, this manual describes the network on aging in terms of the information it generates and uses. The network on aging is defined as that group of organizations whose functions relate directly or indirectly to the purposes of the Older Americans Act of 1965, including the Federal Administration on Aging,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Financial Support, Information Needs, Information Networks
Illinois State Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation, Springfield. – 1987
This report explores the organization and administration of the education for employment delivery system in Illinois. Problems central to service delivery in Illinois are identified in such key areas as intake, assessment and follow-up practices, gaps in services and duplicative services and regional and local planning boundaries. Legislative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged
Lindquist, Marilyn; And Others – 1990
Several nontraditional models for teacher education have been developed in Minnesota involving collaboration between state licensing agencies and school and college personnel. Two such efforts are the nontraditional preservice and inservice programs at the College of St. Thomas (St. Paul) and the beginning teacher mentor demonstration project in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Higher Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This report presents the results of an evaluation of state workfare programs created since 1981, when Congress authorized work program options that let State Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) agencies experiment with new approaches. The report, divided into seven chapters, focuses on program characteristics, participants, how the…
Descriptors: Federal State Relationship, Job Training, Participant Characteristics, Postsecondary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. – 1983
Intended especially for Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) personnel who determine and implement policies, this document concerns delivery of vocational rehabilitation services to hearing-impaired persons in New York. A statement of purpose begins the document. Each of the next seven chapters addresses a critical area of the rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1985
An overview is provided of the governance, enrollments, programs, finances, facilities, and significant activities and concerns of Illinois' public community colleges. The report begins by describing the organization of the state system into 39 public community college districts and 52 colleges. The next section deals with student enrollment,…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of the Professions. – 1986
A reference guide to laws, rules, and regulations that govern nursing practice in New York State is presented. In addition to identifying requirements/procedures for obtaining licensure and first registration as a licensed practical nurse and registered professional nurse, general provisions of Title VIII of the Education Law are covered, along…
Descriptors: Certification, College Programs, Credentials, Higher Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of the Professions. – 1987
A reference guide to laws, rules, and regulations that govern public accountancy practice in New York State is presented. In addition to identifying licensing requirements/procedures for certified public accountants, general provisions of Title VIII of the Education Law are covered, along with state management, professional misconduct, and…
Descriptors: Certification, Certified Public Accountants, College Programs, Credentials
Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs, Phoenix. – 1987
This annual report includes a list of commission membership and staff; a map of state Indian reservations; a table of reservation acreages and populations; a list of commission meetings and those in attendance; a list of 1986-87 commission publications and an agency financial report. A section of "commission highlights" summarizes nine…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Budgets, Cultural Awareness
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