The 1982-83 Team Building/Building Teams Project, developed by the Washington State Sex Equity in Education Program staff, is described in this report. The focus of the project is described as district team-building with building level implementation of the district's identified needs in attaining sex equity in education. Project summaries are…

Discusses the need for greater flexibility in college aviation programs to insure that a retired aircraft pilot has a second career option. (MLH)

The study determined the perceptions of interns and agribusinessmen towards the internship course at Auburn University, a supervised practicum in technical agribusiness competencies. Questionnaire responses from 37 interns and 37 agribusinessmen rated characteristics of the internship as very good to outstanding. Nine recommendations for program…

This article examines the problems involved in the frequent and often untimely transfer of clients from student to agency worker or student to student in the clinical social work training setting. Recommendations for handling the problem are made. (Author/EJT)

Programs in agribusiness education should no longer be limited to the resources of the home farm. Agriculture teachers must capitalize on the total agricultural resources of the community, develop skill in managing these resources; and meet the diverse training needs of students through individualized instruction. (MW)

A total of 57 parents of kindergarten children who participated in Columbus, Ohio's Child Assault Prevention Project (CAP) were surveyed in an effort to gather descriptive data on parent-child discussions, practice of prevention strategies, and parent attitudes. A questionnaire was developed and tested. Part 1 of the questionnaire elicited…

Americans must accept the notion that each and every American is responsible for each and every child and the United States must develop a national children's policy encompassing concerns that influence children's health. There are at least four fundamental steps that the United States can take to improve children's health in the 1990s. They are:…

A Senate hearing was convened for the purpose of receiving testimony on the reauthorization of the Head Start program on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the program's implementation. Opening and prepared statements providing background information are followed by reports of the arguments of three groups of concerned parties in favor of…

The purpose of this paper is to summarize current trends in child abuse prevention and to provide program administrators and policymakers with guidelines for implementing successful new parent programs in their communities. Contents address: (1) the scope of the child abuse problem; (2) a theoretical framework or conceptual model for use in…

Students drop out of school because of a variety of family, economic, and racial factors that can be categorized as either alienation, lack of motivation, or disadvantage. The key to reducing the dropout rate is helping youth to overcome their sense of disconnection. Students with low motivation to attend school have shown improvement in school…

This report addresses two elements of an eight-part study of South Carolina's vocational education system. The report provides an overview of major national and state issues regarding vocational education in grades 9-12 and the structure and operation of the system. Statewide information about enrollment patterns and a profile of students who…

The Carnation-ILWU (International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union) Project attempted to find employment for a group of unskilled and semiskilled manufacturing workers displaced by the closing of the Carnation Company of Oakland, California. Although more than 2,000 employers were contacted in Alameda County in the year following the…

Participants in the "Beyond the Looking Glass" Conference established a set of objectives for each of the three teacher education constituencies: practice, policy, and research. The teacher education continuum of preservice, induction, and inservice served as one dimension of a framework for structuring dialogue, discussion, and…

This booklet is a review of the State Department's management of Federal funds and voluntary agencies' distribution and use of program funds for refugee reception and placement. Most of the refugees received the required core services with at least 94.3% receiving food, clothing, and shelter; and 84.1% receiving general employment-related services…

Program advisory committees in vocational education have traditionally been charged with the responsibility of evaluating programs for the purpose of keeping them up to date with business and industry practices and current technology. Rapid technological development and accountability requirements have led to state mandates that the advisory…