Government support of microenterprise/entrepreneurship in Ireland was examined through structured interviews with 81 of 120 microentrepreneurs (68% response rate) identified as clients of local enterprise support agencies and/or completers of enterprise training and structured interviews with representatives of 25 local, voluntary, and private…

Based on a study by the Department of Community Service Education, Cornell University, to evaluate human service planning (HSP) nationwide, this paper discusses the premises that HSP may be defined as community learning and that the community (according to the Robert Boyd and Jerold Apps model for adult education) is both a beneficiary of and…

The collection of conference papers given by representatives of State, Federal, and voluntary agencies, and university faculty, discusses information and planning strategies aimed at maximizing independent living for the elderly. Introductory and welcoming remarks by James A. Thorson, Virginia Smith, and Frank Groschelle are included along with…

This booklet discusses the collective power of collaboration among the three agencies that compose the Corporation for National Service (AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and the National Senior Service Corps) and introduces the reader to a process of collaboration intended to strengthen existing services and to create new and higher-quality…

Illinois' new Superintendent of Public Instruction is interviewed regarding his position on several topics, particularly on the role of the Division of Vocational and Technical Education. (AG)

Educational research in India has suffered from some serious shortcomings in the past but is becoming more systematic, thorough, experimental, and sophisticated. In this chapter the activities of major agencies involved either wholly or partly in educational research in India are described; these agencies include the National Council of…

A representative from a British company presents his company's expectations regarding the new training services as provided by the Manpower Services Commission, the Employment Service Agency, and the Training Service Agency, in a presentation to the BACIE (British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education) national conference. (AG)

This report is a compilation of federal efforts in educational research, development, dissemination, and evaluation for Fiscal Year 1975. Individual listings for 41 agencies report research, development, dissemination, and evaluation activities separately and, in many cases, name an agency contact person. (MM)

Recent California legislation provides for administration of local environmental health problems, traditionally the domain of public health departments, by non-public health organizations. Indications are that the trend of environmental reorganization is along agency lines. Proponents feel that this could be a model for national reorganization.…

This is a summary of the 'Child Welfare League of America's' semiannual report on adoptions. Data, collected from 49 voluntary agencies over a period of 4 years include demographic variables of adopted children and of approved homes. (GO)

This document discusses the development and implementation of a multiservice center that could offer a variety of human social services in a single location. The paper focuses on seven components of the center's operation: governance, organizational structure, core services, joint funding, joint planning, joint programming, and evaluation. The…

The annotated bibliography on public agencies concerned with exceptional children contains approximately 90 annotated listings of agencies serving handicapped or gifted children. Listings are alphabetical by organization title and provide address, telephone number, and a brief description which usually includes purpose, membership requirements,…

The nature and origins of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education are discussed. Emphasis is placed on origin; membership; relationship to Carnegie Corporation and to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; relationship to higher education and government; the commission's legitimacy; schedule and activities; and achievements,…

The study empirically examined the value of interorganizational relations to voluntary associations; the data are from questionnaires sent to rape crisis centers in the United States. Interorganizational cooperation was studied in its relationship to structural variations and organizational effectiveness. No relationship was found between…

An examination of Internal Revenue Service administrative policies regarding Internal Revenue Code and Treasury regulations on charitable remainder trusts and pooled income funds concludes that rulings on the former have been few and results unexpected while those on the latter reflect the legal complexities, some being substantively and…