The trend toward an active consumer role for tenants in British social housing indicates a role for adult educators in training tenants to access and use resources successfully. (SK)

Responses from 208 of 663 business school deans showed, in applying new accreditation standards of American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business to 3 faculty evaluation factors, there is change in favor of perceived importance of teaching. Accredited institutions rate teaching less important than intellectual contributions. Mission emphasis…

Discusses the "Children Can't Wait" project, aimed at improving child welfare practice through improvements in attorney-social worker relationships. Describes seminars held to facilitate the project's goals. Identifies two ways to improve such relationships: multidisciplinary training and interagency collaboration. Attributes the success…

Responses from 251 of 831 public sector administrators yielded no single idea or definition of work force diversity; 43.5% believed it was the same as equal employment opportunity/affirmative action, 40.5% thought it was different. Of individual characteristics of diversity, 94.9% selected race, 85.1% gender. Existing diversity programs were…

Reports on indicators of effectiveness of schools of library and information studies derived from surveying and profiling four American Library Association (ALA) constituent groups: ALA's Committee on Accreditation, senior academic administrators, alumni and alumnae, and employers. The methodology and results are discussed, and a table of…

According to 200 usable responses from 725 government agencies, about 25% mandate preretirement programs, 52% offer them. Their use as a strategy to open career paths may backfire and discourage retirement. Many of these programs are failing to recognize the growing diversity of the workforce. (SK)

A probability sample of nurses (n=1,038) responded to vignettes where case characteristic variables were systematically manipulated. Analysis showed that case characteristics involving type and level of abuse seriousness, perpetrator status, and perpetrator psychology had the greatest effects on recognition and reporting scores. Nurse…

The voluntary, public, economic, and professional sectors form an interactive network in which the voluntary sector has an important impact on the quality of community life. The kinds of formal and informal learning that take place in voluntary organizations bring about individual change and empowerment and should transfer to active citizenship.…

Provides a comprehensive view of California's school-to-work transition programs as they have evolved and grown. Discusses next steps including interagency collaboration, joint planning, and professional training. (JOW)

Discusses legal and psychological issues involved in erroneous reporting of child abuse. Addresses whether the child protection field will have the vision and initiative to address the problem proactively from within or whether regulation and restriction of activity will be imposed from without. Explores ideas to make child abuse detection more…

Sixteen separate but related charts present an outline of basic administrative relationships of governmental and private organization programs and services for the blind. Major divisions include the federal Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Defense; consumer support groups; colleges and universities; client services; and…

This summary of a seminar meeting on organization of the field of visually impaired rehabilitation addresses: restructuring of medical and rehabilitation services, rival accrediting agencies, effect of service provider mergers, problems in providing effective services, and possible solutions. (DB)

Discusses the importance of the next article in this issue, which deals with the acceptance of electronic or optical forms of data as evidence during litigation. The collection and storage of data in new formats is described, and the need for technological knowledge for attorneys acting as general counsel to agencies is discussed. (LRW)

Presents guidelines prepared by Department of Justice Management Division staff to provide an understanding of the rules of evidence as they apply to electronically filed records and ensure that appropriate agency procedures are instituted in creating and maintaining such records. Hearsay, authentication, and the laying of a proper foundation are…

A psychological contract is a set of unwritten reciprocal expectations between trainee and training program. Public agency trainers must establish and manage psychological contracts through clearly defined objectives and development of a learning climate that leads to effective training. (SK)