Recent appointments at the U.S. Office of Education imply that USOE will be tightly organized, before the advent of the 1972 presidential elections makes policy planning impossible. (Author)

Remarks made at the Annual Graduation Exercises, Applied Management and Technology Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, May 2, 1969. (EB)

The article reports on the organization and implementation of a "Special Needs Awareness Month" in Quincy, Massachusetts. Noted are the heavy involvement of parents in the multiagency planning committee, and the resulting citywide displays, publications, programs, and publicity on children with special needs. (DB)

Discusses the rationale for the action taken in 1974 by the House of Delegates of the American Nurses Association (ANA) which gave authority for accreditation of continuing education by ANA. (JOW)

To make the best use of a governing board of schools or agencies serving handicapped students, staff should define the role of the board, recruit members who can contribute to a balanced board, provide orientation and training, and make them feel a part of the total operation. (Author)

Discusses the issue of spontaneous refugee resettlement in Africa in which peasant families have fled across boundaries which bisect common tribal groupings. Presents options available to formal agencies when assisting this resettlement process. (MK)

The author summarizes developments affecting current efforts in developing collaborative service systems for the handicapped; identifies basic processes essential to current efforts; summarizes interorganizational models relevant to interagency planning; provides an illustrative planning model; suggests basic problems associated with interagency…

The article reviews both federal and state level activities for cooperation and collaboration between and among various agencies providing vocational programs and services to handicapped youth and adults. (SB)

Provides a 1980-81 roster of the names and addresses of the officials of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Includes members of the association's Board of Directors, Commission on Schools, and Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. (JP)

Presents the bylaws of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, as revised on August 22, 1980. Includes guidelines governing membership, attendance at meetings, the duties of officers, and the right of members to appeal decisions concerning membership and accreditation. (JP)

The Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission is helping teachers move toward professional governance. (IRT)

This study explored effects of strategic planning intensity in disability-based agencies on the organizational performance of those agencies. It found statistically significant correlations between strategic planning intensity levels of the agencies and their respective organizations' performance on two out of five measures of organizational…

The second in a five-part series of case studies on enterprise-wide electronic learning explores how the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is developing a system for 110,000 employees, planning to move its training system from 17% e-learning currently to 70% by 2007. Ways in which organizational culture is changing as a result are discussed. (SK)