Describes the problems surrounding the recognition of teachers as fully qualified professionals and diagrams the powers and responsibilities of state teacher standards. (Author/RK)

Inter-agency cooperation, community college support, a successful career education component--you'll find all three in this brief history of two high school pilot programs. (Editor)

A Presentation to the Annual Convention of the Department of Pupil Personnel, Maryland State Teachers Association, October 18, 1968.

Ideas and experiences to improve the art of influence with state agencies are provided. College presidents and institutional research officers were interviewed. The role of state agencies' future issues that may affect campus and state agency relationships are examined. (MLW)

Children's rights are discussed as part of a larger conflict between the integrative (emphasizing the duty of institutions to guide the child) and the libertarian views of civil rights. The relative authority given to the judgments of parents, professionals, and children by the law and by court decisions is described. (Author/PP)

Describes a project conducted by Mount Hood Community College (Oregon) with Comprehensive Employment and Training Act funding to survey local labor market needs and to train unemployed persons in research techniques. Emphasizes the coordination of state and local agencies in project planning and looks at the applications of the findings in career…

Influences in the development or change of teacher education curriculum include: (1) schools of education; (2) federal agencies; (3) state agencies; and (4) professional agencies. The school of education faculty has the least amount of influence and participation in the planning of teacher education curriculum. (JN)

Discusses the role of scientific information in four areas: research management, distinctions between science issues and policy issues, criteria development and standard setting, and risk analysis. Recommends ways to improve the process by which scientific data are evaluated and incorporated into standard-setting actions by EPA decision makers.…

The evolution of dental accreditation is described. The purposes of accreditation and the accreditation process are discussed. The self-study approach to accreditation, self-study policies and procedures, and time schedule for the self-study are outlined. (MLW)

Four years after the establishment of the Maryland State Board for Higher Education, its structure, authority, and problems are outlined and the agency's ability to cope with current higher education problems in the state is discussed. Problems include declining enrollment, school closing, program duplication, accreditation, and financing. (MSE)

State program review, generally asosciated with efforts to assess quality and enforce accountability, has also encouraged the states to look beyond traditional measures in evaluating their support for and investment in higher education. When access and finance issues meet head on, quality concerns may give way. (Author/MLW)

Discusses collective bargaining in the public schools of California as permitted in the Educational Employment Relations Act of 1976 (the Rodda Act). Available from Santa Clara Law Review, School of Law, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California 95053; $3.50 per issue. (IRT)

Together, staff and students of Franklin High School in Stockton (California) beat a budget crunch through creative fund-raising and money-saving activities, and by tapping the services of governmental agencies. (Author/JM)

America's nonprofit sector is seen as being in deep trouble. Difficulties include: escalating labor costs, a disinclination on the part of Americans to make charitable gifts, necessity to adjust to major demographic and geographical shifts, and enlarged government operations that have resulted in undercutting the viability of private institutions.…

Describes the Gateway Clubs, which work with local authorities to provide the mentally handicapped with opportunities for the enjoyment of leisure and recreation facilities. Makes recommendations for further developing voluntary and statutory authorities' collaboration, raising the general level of provision and leadership, and allocating…