The article offers an overview of the product safety issue and offers ideas for helping students develop product safety awareness. The role of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and safety legislation are discussed. (MW)

Discussed the following aspects of a well-functioning family day care program: (1) clustering of homes; (2) preservice and inservice workshops; (3) consultation; (4) family day care assistants; (5) stable method of payment; (6) alternative systems; and (7) agency attitudes toward day care mothers. (Author/SDH)

A true intergovernmental collaboration in the definition of objectives for Canada requires a cooperative federalism, multilateral rather than unilateral planning, and a negotiated agreement on how the constitutional powers and the resources of the partners in the confederation can be exploited to achieve these objectives. (Author/WM)

In the United States, support of science is heavily dependent upon the human element of effective advocacy. Such advocacy is the linking factor between universities, agencies, foundations, and the government. Governments customarily set the overarching tone for scientific activities and for ground rules guiding advocacy for science. In this…

The relationship of policy and decision making to statistical data and analyses is discussed. The optimal relationship, in which statistics play a key role in funding allocation and other policy decisions, rarely holds. Most surveys by statistical agencies are on a large scale, with a broad focus, resulting in databases which are difficult to…

This report points out the impediments to AIDS prevention efforts currently being encountered by the Centers for Disase Control's Center for Prevention Services (CPS), which works through cooperative agreements with state and local health departments. As a result of the alarming growth of the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) epidemic, funding…

This document describes the establishment of a Department of Nonformal Education in Botswana and is intended as a case study that can help ensure that nonformal education receives adequate funding in developing countries. The first chapter examines the theory of nonformal education and includes sections on three guiding precepts for this type of…

This resource directory begins by asserting that a lack of information sharing across interprofessional disciplines presents a barrier to the development of school-community partnerships. It attempts to address this problem by bringing together a body of information and resources that deal with a variety of social issues. All organizations listed…

This four-part handbook, developed by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), is intended for use by two-year institutions under review, members of evaluation teams, and others concerned with good practice in two-year institutions. Part I reviews the purposes of…

A study was conducted to: (1) enrich the knowledge of collaboration among child and family services providers by identifying and describing effective early care and education collaborations; and (2) create an analytic framework for the study of critical issues affecting the ability of collaboration to improve the quality, comprehensiveness, and…

A one-day meeting of leaders of basic skills organizations was held in order to create a consortium to promote the sharing of ideas and information, assist in the transfer of effective programs and materials, and encourage the joint development of new programs and products to train adults and youth in need. After familiarizing themselves with the…

This planning paper for the Bay Area Early Intervention Program outlines the role that the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development will play in a collaborative effort with community organizations that is intended to develop comprehensive, long-term, community-based services for low-income families. Services will start before…

The literature on change identifies several factors which positively influence the successful institutionalization of innovation in an educational environment. At each stage of the process of institutionalization these factors interact with the innovation and the institution to determine whether the change will persist. Most of these factors fall…