Minnesota's experience in involving its private colleges in coordination offers an example of one important criterion of statewide board effectiveness. (Editor/PG)

Information and data were obtained from personal interviews with 93 local officials and 344 community leaders in 8 rural areas of Virginia in 1977 to assess the capacity building needs of rural areas brought on both by internal demands of local citizens for improvements in community assistance and services, and demands placed on local communities…

This evaluation of the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten (PreK) Program was designed to investigate the extent to which efforts to enhance program continuity through staff development activities produced lasting effects on children's cognitive and noncognitive development. Three children in each of seven of the 48 PreK school districts…

Researchers, coaches, and players of racquet sports were brought together for this symposium on four racquet sports. Although most of the papers presented at the symposium were written by Americans, one of the speakers was from Canada, and another was from Australia. The sports represented were badminton, racquetball, tennis, and squash. In Part…

Methods and techniques for implementing an adapted physical education program are provided in this guide for elementary physical education teachers. The recommended screening test, "Revised Motor Activity Scale," consists of observable items which are not scored and performance items in three categories which are scored: (1) body awareness and…

The implementation of a field experience program for a university situated in a large and sparsely populated area is described. Twelve faculty teams pprovide the structure for student advising, instruction, and supervision of field experiences. The need for a single organizational unit to facilitate the logistics of integrating the wide-spread…

This Special Publication was prepared at the request of the Metric Symposium Planning Committee of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). It is intended to provide information on technical issues and status of metric conversion in the United States construction industries. It was made available to attendees at the NIBS Symposium on…

Growing out of a meeting to explore alternative directions for community-based education in the Teacher Corps Program, the three papers in this document provide insight into how neighborhood involvement, the coordination and collaborative delivery of human services, and the utilization of political processes can be used to strengthen a community's…

Definitions of 33 terms used by state agencies concerning licensing of private and independent colleges are presented. Information was obtained from statutes, rules, and regulations. In an effort to address the question of whether a set of terms and common definitions could be devised for licensing and approval officals, definitions are proposed…

Because of the importance of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and vocational education coordination at all levels, a number of research and development efforts aimed at improved coordination have been funded in recent years by the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Office (now Department) of Education, and state agencies across the…

Information about the neuropsychological consequences of alcoholism has been mostly limited to the cognitive functioning of recently detoxified alcoholic men. To expand this research, the long-term recovery of cognitive abilities in alcoholic women was examined in two studies. In the first study, neuropsychological performances were compared for…