Effective interface between the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (IV-A) and the Child Support Enforcement (IV-D) programs is a key factor in assisting families in becoming self-sufficient, reducing welfare expenditures, and enforcing parental responsibility to support their children. Consequently, overcoming the procedural, technological,…

Effective interface between the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (IV-A) and the Child Support Enforcement (IV-D) programs is a key factor in assisting families in becoming self-sufficient, reducing welfare expenditures, and enforcing parental responsibility to support their children. Consequently, overcoming the procedural, technological,…

This paper outlines a constructivist theory of learning with a more concrete and specific approach to the types of problems addressed in Piaget's equilibration theory. Knowledge, in this constructivist view, results from the subject's transformational activity on the world and his/her real efforts to organize that activity. The first section…

The United States Congress established the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) and the network of State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees (SOICCs) in the Education Amendments of 1976. NOICC and SOICCs were mandated to foster coordination and communication among producers and users of occupational…

Presented an analysis of various mechanisms of interassociational cooperation, emphasizing the role of the American Council on Education. (Editor/RK)

Created in April of 1975, the Intra-Departmental Council on Indian Affairs constitutes an effort toward coordination, cooperation, and complementary utilization of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare resources with respect to American Indians. (JC)

Thirty documents selected from the literature on educational change, social systems, and management and organization were searched for statements considered relevant to collaboration and coordination between organizational units. These statements, either quoted or paraphrased, are listed in this report along with their sources. The statements are…

This brief review of seven documents in the Clearinghouse for Junior College Information collection indicates the growing interest in adult and continuing education on the local, state, and national levels. This related to (1) the improving educational level of the general population, (2) the changing and increasingly complex world, (3) increasing…

The Compact for Education is not yet particularly significant either for good or evil. Partly because of time and partly because of unreasonable expectations, the Compact is not yet a going concern. Enthusiasts have overestimated Compact possibilities and opponents have overestimated its dangers, so if the organization has limited rather than…

Junior college activities are coordinated directly by 35 states and by universities in 9 states, while 6 states have no visible agency for the purpose. Existing staffs consist mainly of newcomers, and literature on statewide control is limited. Forces that are increasing state control over local activities include: (1) the shift of financing to…

A case study of the Wisconsin Coordinating Committee for Higher Education was the basis for an examination of the factors contributing to effective coordinating mechanisms between public institutions of higher education and their external supportive world (the public and the state legislative and executive branches). Using questionnaires and…

The Committee on Institutional Cooperation is composed of representatives of the Universities of Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and Michigan State University, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Purdue. The major purpose of the Committee is to strengthen higher education through voluntary cooperation, to avoid…

There seems to be 3 distinct types of higher education organizations that operate in response to unique demands and imperatives: (1) institutionally based organizations such as those acting collectively through the American Council on Education, (2) those interested in the furtherance of separate disciplines, and cooperating through the American…

Established in 1948 as a public agency of 15 member states cooperating to improve higher education, the Southern Regional Education Board works with state governments, academic institutions, and other agencies to: do research on the South's problems and needs in higher education; provide consultant services to states and institutions on problems…

This report deals with recommendations for resolutions to the problems and issues in higher education today, focusing on procedure and process, and emphasizing especially the role of the coordinating board as the intermediary between state governments and institutions. It also concentrates on the functions of planning, budget review, and program…