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Association of Coll. and Research Libraries, Chicago, IL. Bibliographic Instruction Section. – 1990
Since its founding in 1978, the Bibliographic Instruction Section (BIS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has published an annual guide that serves as the organizational handbook and directory of BIS officers and committee members. This directory opens with a capsule history of the origins and early years of BIS written…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Committees, Guidelines, Higher Education
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1983
As the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) is replaced by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), this report provides suggestions on coordinated activities by the state advisory councils for vocational education (SACVEs) to assist in the development of overall JTPA policy and the planning of programs at state and local levels. The…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Services, Government School Relationship, Job Training
Canadian Network Papers, 1983
This preliminary report describes the work to date of the Task Group on Computer/Communication protocols for Bibliographic Data Interchange, which was formed in 1980 to develop a set of protocol standards to facilitate communication between heterogeneous library and information systems within the framework of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI). A…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Foreign Countries
Light, John J. – 1982
Designed to help community and technical colleges keep their programs up to date with input from business and industry, this guide presents strategies, suggestions, and a rationale for the use of advisory committees. First, the state of the art of advisory groups is examined, providing examples of state-level mandates; citing research findings…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Advisory Committees, College Administration, Community Colleges
Kerr, Janet – 1983
Six examples of "ad hoc" White House policy formation in higher education are presented, using records from the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson archives. The process by which the higher education proposals of six task forces and commissions were formulated and then reviewed is reconstructed. The groups examined include the 1946…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Role, Educational History, Educational Legislation
Texas State Library, Austin. – 1982
This booklet provides background information about the Texas library system for both new and experienced system advisory council members and lay representatives. It is noted that most of the material included was previously distributed at the 1980 System Advisory Council Conference. Five sections are presented: (1) "The Public Library and the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Check Lists, Governing Boards, Library Cooperation
Illinois Commission on Children, Springfield. – 1983
This report contains information on the activities undertaken by the Parenting Education Committee. Background information is first provided together with the history of this committee whose purpose was to study parenting education statewide and to identify suitable areas for a curriculum as well as available resources. Results follow of a study…
Descriptors: Committees, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys
Scheerens, J.; van Seventer, C. W. – 1983
The "Standards for Evaluations of Educational Programs Projects Materials," formulated by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation raise certain questions which should be regarded as indicating a further complementary perspective rather than as a criticism of their formulation. The possibility of conflict between the…
Descriptors: Committees, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Foreign Countries
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Jenkins, Jeanne Kohl – Integrated Education, 1976
Findings are considered to suggest that principals recognize and are concerned about possible challenges to their authority from advisory councils. Level of concern appears to depend on council activities at the particular school or at neighboring schools. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Decision Making
Couture, Charles W. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1976
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Career Guidance
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Alexander, Chauncey A. – Social Work, 1976
In the first issue of Social Work--January 1956--the author and a colleague, Charles McCann, clarified the concept of representativeness as it was then used in social work. This paper restates and amplifies the clarifications of representativeness and examines current uses and misuses of the concept. (Author)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Committees, Community Services, Decision Making
Sawyer, Richard C.; Peterson, Leo C. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1975
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Whitelock, D. A. – Adult Education (London), 1975
After describing the political context and history of Australian adult education (termed, "depressing"), the author briefly discusses the reports, delivered or impending, of three government-sponsored committees on recommended future policy: on open tertiary education, on technical and further education, and on retraining. He predicts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Educational Development, Educational Finance
Allan, George B. – Community College Frontiers, 1975
Announces the creation of the World Federation of Colleges--an international organization for the study of community colleges, and describes the functions and goals of the Annual International Institute on the Community College, which is approaching its sixth session in June 1975. Names of International Advisory Committee members are listed. (DC)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Institutes (Training Programs), International Programs, Professional Associations
Kazlauskas, Diane W. – 1986
A view is presented concerning the Florida Sunshine Law as it applies to the issue of personnel recruitment in higher education administration at state-sponsored institutions. Consideration is given to the literature and personal experience with candidates for a state university administrative position and the associated search committee members.…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Confidentiality, Disclosure, Freedom of Information
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