Civil strife and deteriorating economic conditions in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala have caused hundreds of thousands of refugees to seek asylum and assistance in other Central American countries, Mexico, and the United States. While international organizations and some asylum country governments provide the basic needs of refugees who…

This collection of 35 charts culminates the study of the criminal justice system in New York City. A basic chart shows all the positions presented in the narratives of the previous guides. It emphasizes the criminal justice positions mentioned in the narratives and ties them into the respective lines of accountability up to the very top of the…

State departments of education are engrossed in matters relating to instruction, school law, teacher certification, pensions, statistics and reports, supervision, and transportation. The best available information suggests that future federal funding will be dependent on State departments overhauling and measurably improving their planning and…

Discussed are problems of deaf persons during the job interview and later employment, and suggested for special schools and vocational rehabilitation people are techniques for improving vocational preparation and employability of deaf individuals. (MC)

The paper's focus is primarily on services to help rural mothers of handicapped children move from a point of bare survival to a more fulfilling life. These needs are explored: overcoming feelings of isolation; developing a support system through connection to formal and informal resources within the mother's geographic area; arranging…

The ways in which the regional accrediting commissions are responding effectively in the evaluation of rapidly changing postsecondary education institutions are described. Differences between the roles of the accrediting commissions and the state agencies are examined, and ways to develop more cooperative relationships are suggested. The primary…

This is one of ten papers commissioned to investigate research needs and to stimulate planning activities. The paper assumes that the primary current goal of foreiqn/second language instruction in the United States is to produce citizens who have a usable command of one or more languages other than their native language. The implications of this…

After discussing some of the complex, sensitive issues involved in doing policy-related research, this paper describes a strategy for social scientists to use in doing collaborative research with criminal justice agencies. The strategy calls for: (1) careful selection of programs or practices on which to conduct research; (2) collaboration with…

Representatives from the House of Representatives, American Youth Hostels, Inc. (AYH), the Council on International Exchange, Amtrak, the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Trancare, Inc. of Maryland, and the East Coast Bicycle Congress testified in favor of H.R. 13557 at the August 14, 1978, hearing in Washington, D.C. H.R. 13557…

H.R. 13015, the proposed revision of the Communications Act of 1934, is consistent in many aspects with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) trends toward greater reliance on marketplace forces than on regulation, but some portions of the bill should be reexamined before the final rewrite. First, the new bill would shift from a "public…

Fund raising should be considered a major part of the business of every voluntary organization, even if the organization has relatively small fund raising goals. Voluntary agencies concerned with children should keep in mind the following: (1) public fund raising campaigns can provide a substantial proportion of the funding requirements of many…

This manual is designed to assist those individuals or groups responsible for developing educational and vocational programs for women in jail. The first section identifies the needs and problems of women in jail, focussing on discrimination against poor women unable to afford bail, the nonviolent nature of women's crimes, and the inequity of jail…

The document reports on a meeting of Asian social science policy experts sponsored by UNESCO. The objectives of the meeting were to review the basic elements of the social science policies of countries in Asia and Oceania, to examine the feasibility of establishing a Regional Centre for Social Science Research, and to make recommendations for…

This symposium presentation outlines the activity of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in regulating the use during pregnancy and lactation of drugs which affect the fetus and neonate. When presented with an unexpected adverse effect of a drug or of a class of drugs, the FDA can take several steps. These steps include ordering total removal…

This manual is designed for use by law enforcement agencies during the conduct of training in connection with the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act. The suggested training program comprises six hours of instruction address, in addition to a short introduction to the overall course. The major topical areas are: (1) Course Outline;…