This guide is intended to assist countries contemplating a comprehensive, action-oriented review of health labor force development to improve their national health systems. Various aspects of the health system infrastructure are examined (major components, organizational structure, coordinating mechanisms, sources of information, and…

This resource list on adolescent parenting includes both a bibliography of books, periodical articles, and research reports, and a directory of resource organizations. Part 1, "Books and Articles," is comprised of an 11-page unannotated list of monographs and journal articles published between 1973 and 1987. A wide range of topics is covered,…

Vocational education appeared in China around 1870. Modern vocational schools were established in the Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. A system of vocational schools was set up in 1902. A number of senior vocational schools were set up between 1937 and 1945, but the foundation of vocational-technical education was very weak. Since the founding of the…

In its fourth year, the Bilingual Education Technical Assistance Center (BETAC) provided technical assistance and training to members of the instructional and administrative staffs of programs for students with limited English proficiency in New York City's 32 community school districts and for the Board of Education's Division of High Schools. In…

This project proposes the development and implementation of a model system for collecting, documenting, and reporting to the Atlanta (Georgia) Board of Education information that will indicate the number, ages, and grades of students dropping out of the Atlanta Public School System (APS). Furthermore, this project will demonstrate an effective…

This compilation brings together various conference papers and a working group report on the topic of residential services for people with deaf-blindness and other profound disabilities. The title paper by Lyle T. Romer describes three measures for evaluating residential programs: capacity, progress, and lifestyle. Valued outcomes of a residential…

Experiences of pilot-test state agencies in developing an information system are summarized, as part of the State Level Information Base project. The background and functions of each of the eight pilot-test state agencies are described, along with the information systems approach, and planning responsibilities (comprehensive planning, budgeting,…

The New Jersey Adult Reading Project was a state project involving more than 500 New Jersey adult educators from 98 adult education programs around the state. The primary objective of the project was to develop a competency-based adult reading management system that would allow program completers to achieve the following goals: continue their…

Intended to provide a comprehensive picture of the Appalachian Community Service Network (ACSN), this report documents its evolution from a federally funded regional educational experiment to a nonprofit corporation delivering educational and informational programming via commercial satellite to cable subscribers across the nation; ACSN's changing…

This guide provides an introduction to competency-based employment and training under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The guide describes in general terms the steps service delivery areas should take to implement competency-based employment and training systems for youth. The content is based on the experiences of practitioners, and it is…

Drawn from a conference that addressed the problems and challenges facing technical communication educators, the papers in this collection deal in general with career opportunities and educational programs in technical communication. Specifically, the papers discuss the following topics: (1) internship programs and job interviews at Rensselaer…

This manual details a program designed to facilitate the self-revitalization of senior citizens at the community level utilizing community resources. Discussed in the first three chapters of the guide are the background and theoretical premise, structure and organization, and the results of the Work Again Project, a senior citizen retraining and…

This guide is intended to stimulate the interest of school administrators and to provide them with the management skills necessary to improve and initiate effective vocational education programs in their communities. It is divided into nine topic areas: introduction, federal legislation, certification, advisory committees, partnerships, promotion,…

A project was undertaken to identify, develop, and test the effectiveness of a limited number of self-contained, individual learning modules about consumer topics that are especially appropriate to a variety of industrial arts courses given in secondary schools in Texas. Included among the project activities were the following: (1) identification…

Capital improvements programming is one financial managment technique for providing public services within the constraints of limited financial resources--a particular problem for communities experiencing rapid population growth. Long-range planning and improvement of public facilities for water supply, sewage treatment, parks and recreation,…