Presents a broad training format undertaken by a public jurisdiction for the successful development of performance standards. The three-hour course includes a lecture, a simulation exercise, and a discussion of the appraisal interview. (Author/CH)

Presents challenges for gerontological education, in light of the policy environment of retrenchment and cutbacks. Discusses the demographics of an aging society in terms of future need for trained professionals and an adequate research base. Argues for a firm commitment to aging research and education. Urges political action and involvement with…

The author argues that vocational education has a legitimate place in the secondary and postsecondary curriculum. He cites productivity, service to all students' ability levels, and service to students' long-term needs as arguments. He suggests that better program evaluation and more resources are needed. (CH)

Describes how rural human service agencies of Clarendon County (South Carolina) cooperate, coordinate, and use creativity in providing services for their mutual client populations. Discusses use of interagency teams and shared resources and training, problems regarding confidentiality, and response to client needs. (NEC)

While the scholarly interest in philanthropy is growing, there remains concern about the difficulty of accomplishing serious study of the phenomenon because of the nature of grants and research funding. (MSE)

Describes a study to determine differences in perceptions among 258 high school accreditation visiting team members related to job classification, previous team experience, and gender. Reports few differences, though less experienced members gave more favorable assessments than more experienced members, and males had more favorable perceptions of…

Summarizes the strategy used by the Los Angeles Roundtable for Children during its two-year study of child welfare funding and expenditures in Los Angeles County. Looks at: (1) the profile of the county's children; (2) public expenditures in behalf of these children; and (3) publicly funded services targeted for at-risk children. (RWB)

A total of 117 members of the National Council of Administrators of Home Economics completed the Resource Sharing Inventory. Forty-five percent provide some examples of how their department shared resources with other departments. Administrator attitude was the factor identified as most likely to encourage resource sharing. (CH)

Reports on a study of proprietary college counselors, i.e. private, for-profit educational consultants outside of the formal education system, examining their backgrounds, the services they offer, their relationship with public school counselors, and the clients they serve. Found that although well-seasoned professionals, their collaboration with…

The Montana Supported Employment Demonstration Project is working toward employment of 60 percent of severely disabled adults. The program features demonstration and training centers, supported employment stimulation, job development, single point of access case management, school to community transition, and an interagency coordinating committee.…

Describes Kaleidoscope's Youth Development Program in Illinois, which offers a variety of services to help youths who are "aging out" of foster care programs to learn to live on their own in the community. (Author/BB)

Attributes the acquisition of large segments of U.S. information services by foreign interests to the absence of a national information policy and the lack of federal support for the domestic information industry. Appropriate responses by the federal government are suggested. (4 references) (CLB)

Analyzed five-year experience of neighborhood-based, volunteer geriatric health outreach program developed by consortium of health and social agencies. Found outreach program enhanced network of natural community helpers through organized program in which Street Health Workers provided support to older adults and families. (Author)

Argues that the FCC prefers an unregulated marketplace for children's programing, but that it has not been shown that the marketplace will work for this program type. (FL)

Reports that the Newspaper Preservation Act played a positive role in the St. Louis "Globe Democrat" experience of 1983, and that the outcome of that experience suggests that the antitrust laws operate when a joint operating agreement ends. (FL)