Describes the Ranfurly Library Service, a British charitable institution that supplies books in English to developing nations. The development and organization of the service, financial support, criticisms of the service, the increased involvement of the British Council, and the future of the service are discussed. (CLB)

Discusses the effect of the current economic crisis on the administration of human service agencies. Offers a systematic approach to managing such agencies with limited financial, human, and physical resources. Emphasizes the need for administrators to utilize the minimum amount of agency resources to provide clients with effective services.…

Discusses Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA), an organization composed primarily of foundation trustees who meet to examine significant trends and problems affecting Catholic life. Highlights FADICA's successes and focuses. (DMM)

Discusses the concept of "fixed-unit price contracting," an arrangement that is becoming popular with private industry councils (PICs). Guidelines include (1) find out as much as you can about the PIC's requirements; (2) figure out whether you can meet the PIC's requirements; and (3) keep in mind that most elements of a fixed-unit price…

Discusses the role of mental health and social services personnel in helping patients apply for recertification for Supplementary Security Income (SSI) benefits. Describes the appeal process and provides guidelines for professionals. (JAC)

Major research opportunities and needs are expected by the National Science Foundation in six areas of information science: models of adaptive information processing, learning, searching, and recognition; knowledge resource systems, particularly intelligent systems; user-system interaction; augmentation of human information processing tasks;…

Discusses topics and issues related to the federal government's support for university research. Points out that while government grants to universities for research and development have increased under the Reagan administration, unprecedented portions of the monies have been devoted to Defense Department activities. (JN)

Advocates and describes the use of vouchers as an incentive merchandising technique for books, poetry, and literary magazines. Available from: Poets and Writers Newsletter; Poets and Writers Inc.; 201 West 54 Street; New York, N.Y. 10019; Subscriptions: $5.00 a year; $1.25 single issues. (KS)

This article describes the development and achievements of the Highland Community College Foundation (Illinois), which has contributed over $1,000,000 to the college since 1962. The Foundation's history, organizational structure, and working relationship with the College are discussed. Private support foundations should be considered by community…

When the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) released its 2000-2010 projections of student demand for Virginia higher education, many were stunned at the projection of as many as 38,000 new students looking for access to higher education, but policy makers formulated, and state voters passed, a general obligation bond package to…

State policy leaders are concerned that the current supply of schools is not successfully educating all students to meet achievement goals set by the state. States have identified approximately 20,000 schools that did not meet expectations for adequate yearly progress and more than 11,000 schools that failed to meet adequate yearly progress…

This paper provides an overview to help trustees of higher education institutions learn how to form a collective knowledge base and ask penetrating questions about academic health center (AHC) governance practices, which vary by institution. The advice offered is addressed particularly to governing board members, chief executive officers, and…

Outlook is the monthly newsletter for the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). Each issue contains information relating to private education such as: new legislation and regulations, the most recent research, court rulings, national trends, federal initiatives, private school news briefs, and more. This issue contains the following…

Outlook is the monthly newsletter for the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). Each issue contains information relating to private education such as: new legislation and regulations, the most recent research, court rulings, national trends, federal initiatives, private school news briefs, and more. This issue contains the following…

This report contains information on federal funding of the research and development (R&D) components of agency programs as proposed by the administration for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998. Research and development data contained in this report are classified into the same federal budget function categories used in the Budget of the United States…