Features a detailed description of a model program in community-agency counseling, with specific focus on curriculum organization for core and elective course work, internship placements, and related features. The impact of program accreditation in student employment opportunities and professional development is discussed. (Author/BL)

The author provides an overview of the types of accreditation available for postsecondary institutions and the organizations that issue accreditation. (CH)

Ways in which teachers can interest students about learning more about the United States are presented, focusing on a planned "pretend" visit to a particular state or region. Research topics include geography, history, population, climate, chief products, and background information. State tourism agencies are listed. (CB)

Discusses the effect of the current economic crisis on the administration of human service agencies. Offers a systematic approach to managing such agencies with limited financial, human, and physical resources. Emphasizes the need for administrators to utilize the minimum amount of agency resources to provide clients with effective services.…

Discusses four case studies of regional educational service agencies in their role as disseminators of new knowledge. Three characteristic approaches to dissemination were identified, namely, laissez-faire, entrepreneurial, and authoritarian. These approaches were shaped by five factors in the agency's context: state policy initiatives; client…

State park agencies have weathered some adverse conditions during the last decade. Financial operations, park acreage and facilities, attendance, personnel and salaries, as well as per-visitor expenditures and revenues over the past 10 years are discussed. (MT)

The article describes the structure of a volunteer program in a social service agency serving the blind and visually impaired in Seattle, Washington. The program's manual, screening, placement, job descriptions, evaluations, and statistics are reviewed. Examples of volunteering, including opportunities for disabled volunteers, are given.…

From the results of a questionnaire sent to administration, faculty, students, and alumni at 12 predominantly Black institutions in the Middle States Association (MSA) region, it is concluded that the accrediting agency has served as a catalyst for change and as a positive force in institutional improvement. (RDN)

The A-95 review is a procedure for coordinating federally assisted programs and projects with each other and with state, regional, and local plans and programs. This article describes the Project Notification Review System that New York state has implemented in order to comply with the federal A-95 requirements. (Author/IRT)

Describes the New York State Preventive Services Demonstration Project, designed to prevent the need for foster care by providing counseling and other services to families. (SB)

This article presents an overview of the issues and problems of the placement for adoption of an 'at risk' (possible mentally handicapped) child in Western Australia. (Author)

This report contains data on state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year (FY) 2002. The data were collected through the State Library Agencies (StLA) Survey. This report presents selected findings and background information about the survey. The body of this report is composed of tables providing an…

As agencies have pushed for greater performance and public accountability over the past two decades, some incremental improvements have been seen. All too often experience reveals that these improvements are temporary. This book provides a comprehensive examination of what leaders at all levels of the educational system can do to pave the way for…

This biweekly newsletter contains news and information about school improvement in the United States, designed expressly for parents and families. This issue highlights the resignation of Rod Paige as Secretary of Education, and the nomination of Margaret Spellings by President Bush for the nation's top leadership position in education.

This hearing was held to discuss the reauthorization of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) of the U.S. Department of Education, focusing on H.R. 4875, which was introduced in 2000 to reform OERI and institutionalize new standards of quality. H.R. 4875, approved by the House Subcommittee on Education Reform, serves as the…