Under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), vocational educators will have a vital role in the training and retraining programs for the unemployed and economically disadvantaged. Unlike any other training act, JTPA gives states and localities a choice in the direction of their employment and training policies. (SSH)

The new Job Training Partnership Act of 1983 represents a new era of collaboration between vocational education and the private sector in providing job training. (SSH)

Describes training for a statewide family planning program involving a large number of agencies in North Carolina which are involved in delivery of family planning services. Focus is on the need for involvement, commitment, and skills within each agency so the family planning program could be optimally effective. (WL)

A document published this week advocates some radical changes in the organization and philosophy of young volunteer work. (Editor)

This brief summarizes the report "Essential but Often Ignored: Child Care Providers in the Subsidy System," examining child care subsidy policies and practices shaping experiences of providers serving subsidized children, particularly those affecting providers' payments and their overall experience with the subsidy system. Research on…

As programs serving young children and their families increasingly work together to provide services, written agreements or contracts become more important in clarifying the roles of each partner in the collaboration. This document provides guidance in developing written agreements between Head Start programs and other programs or agencies. The…

One of a series concerning state policies and practices in child care and early education, this report profiles state-driven comprehensive early childhood initiatives designed to create state and local partnerships that share power and responsibility while promoting local decision-making autonomy in spending resources to improve services for…

Although schools and youth-development groups are committed to a similar vision of positive physical, intellectual, psychological, and social development of America's children, their isolation from each other can actually hinder growth. The strong bonds among school, community, and family that sustained older generations are frayed and disjointed…

The purpose of this document is to facilitate discussion among decision makers at the Iowa Department of Education (DE), Area Education Agencies (AEAs) and local communities (including school districts) to establish early childhood priorities, and define the AEA role in the statewide efforts to build a strong early care, health, and education…

The Office of Education publishes, at approximately 4-year intervals, a compilation of lists of institutions of high education accredited by nationally recognized regional and professional accrediting agencies and by State agencies responsible for accrediting within the various States. This bulletin is the tenth in the series, replacing the 1952…

The crisis in higher education has generated a movement toward statewide and regional cooperation among colleges and universities. An example is the Academic Affairs Conference of Midwestern Universities, a consortium of five institutions in Illinois and Indiana. Describes the AACMU development. (Author)

Florida finds an effective combination for attacking the dropout problem. (Editor)

A survey of attitudes toward Britain's University Grants Committee as intermediary between government and universities shows that it secures the maximum self-government for the institutions at any given time. Economic and political pressures have dampened enthusiasm for the agency, but do not warrant abandoning it. (MSE)

Events and factors leading to establishment of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools are outlined. The role of national agencies and their failure to accept responsibility for accreditation are noted. The change from a resource-based to a process-based accreditation system, and the problems still faced, are discussed.…

The agencies most directly involved with accreditation of optometry programs and their different roles in the process and outcomes of accreditation are discussed briefly. Relationships between the agencies are also noted. (MSE)