During 1981, the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) conducted a survey to determine the costs to institutions of the program accreditation process. A memorandum requesting program and institutional information and direct salary expenses was sent to 1,727 institutions sponsoring one or more CAHEA-accredited programs, and…

The handbook is designed to inform members of New York's Committee on the Handicapped regarding their responsibilities as advisors on the following issues: classification, evaluation, and educational programs for handicapped children; reevaluation of handicapped children; annual reports on the status of each handicapped child and of services;…

This report examines the involvement of the Commonwealth of Virginia in both the support and governing of public television stations. There are seven such stations in the state, operated by four educational television entities; each of these corporations is controlled by a board of directors made up of citizens from the particular area served by…

This brief report argues against the cost analysis process currently used as a form of rate justification by states and central agencies who are purchasing child care. Instead, a logic is proposed for negotiated rates based on expected levels of necessary costs and reasonable rates in comparison with open market levels as shown on day care…

This speech examines the culture of poverty and its effect on children. It describes the poor, the sub-culture within which they live, and the many disadvantages the environment holds for children of the poor. The point is made that it is important to look at the child and family in their uniqueness as well as in their commonality. It is further…

Project Outreach conducted a survey to assist the National Council on Indian Opportunity (NCIO) in fulfilling its obligations of coordination, appraisal, and innovation of various Federal programs affecting the Indian community. The report covers 49 reservations and Indian groups and is a synthesis of the original responses provided by Indian…

An overview of current social science research on Indians of Ontario, Canada, is provided in this document compiled for the Ontario Economic Council. As stated, the purpose of the report is to inform interested persons of such research either currently in progress or proposed. The document provides information on agencies, institutions, and people…

This paper is the final report of the Mission Hill-Parker Hill conference on their schools, health care, and community. The background, procedures and assumptions of this study are presented. The schools in Mission Hill-Parker Hill are discussed, including sites for new schools, middle schools, community participation, and cooperation among city…

The National Institute of Education (NIE), a Federal agency started in August, 1972, is concerned primarily with educational research and development. Before NIE was actually established, a Planning Unit within the U.S. Office of Education generated many papers on what the objectives, activities, and organizational structure of NIE should be. In…

Herein are discussed the reactions of visitors to the Oxfordshire schools; the new elements common to education in all the Oxfordshire schools, including vertical grouping, "unstreaming," open education, the integrated day, and the integrated curriculum; the role of the teachers in Oxfordshire's primary schools; the role of various…

Reported in this booklet is the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Conference on the Human Environment which constituted a means of maintaining and accelerating the momentum of NGO activities for cooperation with the United Nations for the protection of the human environment. Offered in the report are: (1) opening comments by Conference…

The author looks at the emergence and growth of "helping services" within the framework of welfare systems and examines resulting relationships. He draws important distinctions for both specialist and layman and carefully outlines principal ideas and problem areas. (Author/RM)

Outlines the structure, activities, and publications of the United Nations and some of its specialized agencies. (PF)

The American Public Health Association has instituted a Quality Assurance Analysis and Review (QUASAR) program to provide consultative services to laboratories.(BB)

This study diagnosed factors that impeded optimal growth in a small community-based Black organization. Results suggest that, although the agency had experienced some difficulty in its functioning, the problems were caused by a developmental structure that the organization had outgrown. (Author)