A developmental research activity was undertaken to create and field test a systematic process designed to assist vocational educators to form linkages with business and industry. The literature was synthesized to ascertain what has been learned about the linkage process and coordination theory and has served as a basis for writing a manual for…

Several categories of problems affecting adult learning services in Colorado require state-level policy intervention for their solution. They include problems that limit adults' access to existing learning services, inadequacies in existing services, deficiencies in statewide planning and coordination of learning services, and financial…

A study reviewed research on interagency relations involving vocational education and examined a local vocational agency and some of its linkages. It also determined what further research is needed to facilitate mutually advantageous interagency arrangements. The study used a dyadic perspective. An analytic model of interorganizational behavior,…

Practitioners, researchers, and policy makers have attempted to improve the delivery of in-home service to the frail elderly through the expansion or merger of existing care providers or through the creation of coordinating units. To investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a third approach to in-home services, 68 older adults (mean age,78…

A resource manual for the allied health professional who works with disabled children and youth is presented. Each of the manual's six units states objectives for the allied health student and provides resource materials and publications, and a bibliography. Unit 1 on Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act), also…

An American labor leader questions the nation's sense of priorities and offers his views on the sponsorship of day care services. (ED)

Holds that American colleges and universities confront two forces (government regulation and reduction in resources) that will destroy their integrity unless they are committed to defending their fundamental purpose--to advance the pursuit of truth and to reward those contributing to that end. (JT)

A successful bond campaign must be highly organized with tasks specifically delegated. A guide for school board members and administrators describes the steps to be taken. (Author/MLF)

Overloaded services, scarce resources, and multiproblem families are among the problems prompting a serious look at coordination of services. This is a sophisticated and promising form of organizational technology that may well be, as the author suggests, an important device for improving service efficiency and comprehensiveness. (Author)

Based on research findings, author recommends training of medical staff on how to identify child abuse cases and how to report latter to appropriate agencies. Legal rights and responsibilities should be explained for both hospital administrators and medical staff. An interdisciplinary approach to treatment of child abuse cases is advocated. (SE)

The Auraria Higher Education Center in Denver will unite a community college, a state college, and a university branch at a single site. The Center will have an open admission policy, integrating students on all social and economic levels, and will integrate occupational and transfer-oriented education. (NHM)

An overview of the conference proceedings, the report looks at structures, functions, memberships, definitions, relationships, pressures, and the international dimension of adult education. Thirty-two countries were represented. A key issue was the relationship between national adult education organizations, government policy, and governmental…

Compared two groups of children know to be poor readers, those with adequate perceptual functioning and those without, to determine what inadequate perceptual functioning is related to the severity of the reading and adjustment problems. Inadequate Bender performance was related to a more severe reading problem. (Author/PC)

A 12-step procedure is offered to help cooperative education coordinators develop and build the individualized packages necessary to relate classroom instruction with work experience in their courses. Sample forms illustrate the process of setting behavioral objectives based on task analysis. (AJ)