The School Support Group (SSG) at Victoria College (Australia) is a joint project of two college organizations: the Centre for Studies in the Curriculum (sponsored by the Department of Curriculum and Teaching) and the Centre for Public Policy Research and Development (sponsored by the Faculty of Business). The SSG provides professional support and…

Citing a need for a strong, clearly-defined approach to software maintenance, this report emphasizes the importance of maintenance throughout the life cycle of a software system. It also stresses the need to plan, develop, use, and maintain a software system with future maintenance in mind. The report presents guidance for controlling and…

The activities of the sixth Council for Higher Education in Israel, which served from 1981-1986, are summarized. Following a list of members of the Council, information is provided on its principal functions, rules of procedures, and how the Council accredits new institutions or units. Higher education institutions in Israel are identified, along…

At the request of the government of Bangladesh the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh established the Maternal and Child Health-Family Planning (MCH-FP) Extension Project in 1982. This paper discusses: (1) the design of the MCH-FP; (2) the major characteristics of the national health and family planning program under…

The guidelines are intended to assist individuals seeking government or private agency help to obtain funding for the purchase of communication aids or prostheses. First, the need for a communication aid and selection of an aid or prosthesis are considered. Five steps are identified in the process of securing funding and include: (1) selecting a…

The report examines data on handicapped children in Project Head Start for 1980-81 (full year and 1980 summer program). Chapter 1 reviews background information on Head Start policies on services to handicapped children and diagnostic criteria for reporting handicapped children in Head Start. Chapter 2 discusses data from a survey of programs on…

The evolution in the way courts have labeled or categorized accrediting agencies is considered, along with the legal and policy consequences of this evolution. Attention is focused on the public interest standard that is the core of these developments and on ways in which accrediting agencies can fulfill their legal responsibilities under this…

This updated version of a directory first published in 1980 lists 60 agencies from 15 European countries which are able and willing to provide information about the availability of educational audiovisual material. It indicates the type of material about which they can provide information by subject area, media, audience, and language. Agency…

Designed to guide users to information sources on management of elementary and secondary schools, this directory indicates each organization's policy for supplying requested information and available publications. The directory lists organizations engaged in research and development and those providing various services (information dissemination,…

This report summarizes the General Accounting Office's (GAO) review of six federal agencies' compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and its 1980 amendments. The six agencies have not fully complied with their responsibilities and, as a result, federally owned or managed historic properties have been damaged or allowed to…

Human service professionals, lacking a viable model to incorporate primary intervention into the human service provider's role, seldom practice primary prevention. Collaboration is the most appropriate model for introducing primary prevention into a community human service delivery system. The collaboration model was applied in a midwestern…

This report describes how a victim of sexual misconduct by a therapist and the victim's response to a conference presentation by a member of the Wisconsin State Psychology Examining Board on the stages involved in the filing, investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of complaints made to the Board helped to create the Wisconsin Coalition on…

The paper reviews factors affecting the success of handicapped infant intervention programs. The absence of political leadership and support at the federal level, caused by changing political and economic conditions, is discussed. The practical programmatic issues affecting infant intervention which are considered include setting, staffing,…

This paper begins by pointing out that privatization, or relying on the private sector to provide commercial goods and services for government departments and agencies, is a tool that has been used effectively by the federal government for several decades. It then presents the theoretical basis for privatization, describes a number of methods used…

Volunteerism is increasing today and helps to fill in the gaps created by funding and staff cutbacks in service-oriented agencies. It is critical not only to recruit new volunteers but to retain volunteers. This study examines hospice volunteers for motivation and rewards. Previous studies have found motivations to include altruism and…