The role of community agency in the rural community and economic development processes needs to be better understood in America and other advanced, industrialized nations. Community agency is vital to protecting, retaining, and maintaining rural communities. A comparative study was designed to explore the role of community agency in contributing…

Many children from low-income families appear to be not receiving quality child care from their license-exempt subsidized child-care providers. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to obtain data from a sample of license-exempt providers/caregivers and parents from a mailed self-administered survey and telephone interview. Four research…

Higher education, with strong leadership from its Washington representatives, must make its voice heard on Capital Hill. (Author)

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…

Educational research in New Zealand is undertaken by five types of organization: (1) universities and university-based agencies; (2) national educational research centers; (3) autonomous, private research institutions; (4) divisions of government ministries; and (5) local research centers, research units, or schools. Descriptions are given of the…

A history of the first 20 years of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) is presented, along with an issue of the SCUP newsletter (v15 n3 1985) summarizing the society's 20th annual conference. SCUP's role and performance is divided into five-year periods beginning with 1961-1965. SCUP was founded in 1966 but initial planning for…

This guide is intended for persons who are concerned with the social adjustment of refugees in the United States. Its objectives are threefold: (1) to help the service providers better understand the refugee as an individual; (2) to add to the knowledge of how to provide culturally-appropriate services and support for the needs of newly arrived…

The development and operations of the North Carolina Association for Institutional Research (NCAIR) are traced, with attention to specific meetings and activities. Events that led to the establishment of NCAIR are noted, including the work of the 1972-1973 planning committee. The association's mission is identified as: promoting professional…

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)

The Case Studies in Science Education (CSSE) is a large multi-site case study project with strong obligation for cross-site assimilation and interpretation. Researchers who prepared the CSSE for the National Science Foundation met in retrospective conference in April, 1980. Among other things they discussed the scarcity of guidelines for…

Following an examination of alternative means of providing evaluation services in the absence of additional resources, the Small Project Assessment Service (SPAS) is described. Two types of cooperative research endeavors had been considered--those involving outside (non-school district) organizations such as universities, and those involving…