The Inter-Agency Task Force on Migrant Labor, created in 1970 by the governor of Texas, was charged with the responsibility of cataloging migrant needs, making an inventory of all ongoing Federal and state migrant programs, and developing a state plan to bring into focus all resources at hand to produce some immediate as well as long-range…

Community development is defined as an interdisciplinary social sciences profession with the major functions being the land-grant triumvirate of teaching, research, and extension. The type of curriculum and other training needed for producing community development professionals is outlined. Also, the type of interdisciplinary management system…

Project STAY (Scholarships to Able Youth), located in the barrio of San Antonio, Texas, helps young people stay in school beyond the secondary grades. The project provides outreach services to meet the needs of the students. Its primary service is to act as an advocate for these young people. The project recruits all types of youth from families…

Four state official civil rights agencies (the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission, the Commission on Indian Affairs, the Mexican-American Commission and the Nebraska Commission on the Status of Women) and four local civil rights agencies (the Commission on Human Rights of the City of Grand Island, the Lincoln Commission on Human Rights, the…

Published November 4, 1975 in the Federal Register, these Regulations have been developed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to assist American Indians in implementation of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (PL 93-368). Prepared for tribal leaders and policymakers, this handbook analyzes the Regulations from the…

Presented are the findings of a research study designed to assess the effect on 200 children (5-21 years old) of being in long-term agency care. In part I, a survey of work in the child welfare field is noted to point out the gaps in knowledge and relatively poor progress of many children during the time they were in care. Described in part II is…

The accomplishments and activities of the National and State Advisory Councils, the implications of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1976, and opportunities and problems now facing vocational education are discussed. The author comments that the amendments (1976) are primarily concerned with defining the Federal role in vocational education,…

The ways in which state higher education coordinating boards diffuse information about academic innovations is examined, and it is concluded that both the types of change they favor and their dissemination strategies are linked to their political position and the broad political and policy perspective it requires. (Author/MSE)

Steps taken by the Council of Europe to implement the European Convention concerning the international recognition of degrees and credits and to otherwise encourage and facilitate academic mobility within the European community are reviewed. (MSE)

Discusses the implications of the requirement of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (1984) that each state designate a state board of vocational education to serve as the sole state agency for program administration at both secondary and postsecondary institutions. Considers problems, possible solutions, national strategies, and new…

Harlan Cleveland's book concerning the benefits and costs of open governing board meetings is reviewed and critiqued, especially in its suggestions for modification of statutes in the cases of presidential searches and program and board evaluations. (MSE)

The trend in Australia toward a broader scope of collective bargaining implies that college faculty bargaining may extend to aging and pensions, tenure, leaves of absence, conditions of fixed-term appointments, criteria for promotion and dismissal, staffing redundancy, and other issues. (MSE)

The nature and functions of one element of the public postsecondary education system in England and Wales, the regional management centers that act as coordinating and advisory agencies, are described in the context of their establishment and history within the larger educational system. (MSE)

The East German agency charged with documentation concerning the comparability of higher education systems in foreign countries, mutual recognition of curricula and degrees, and monitoring East Germany's compliance with Europe's conventions on the recognition of studies is described. (MSE)

The National Endowment for the Humanities is criticized for not providing greater leadership both within the government and among potential sources of private financial support for the humanities. (MSE)