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Roulet, Marguerite – 2000
Between July 1998 and April 1999, the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy held a series of colloquia that explored the institution of child support enforcement from the perspectives of low-income, never-married noncustodial fathers. These meetings, held in Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; and Washington, D.C., were followed…
Descriptors: Child Support, Fathers, Legal Responsibility, Low Income Groups
Harriman, Sigrid G., Ed. – 1987
This document presents the proceedings of a conference on the issues of intellectual property rights in a technology-driven environment. Following an introduction which summarizes the conference presentations and discussions, copies of the five presentations are provided: (1) "The OTA (Office of Technology Assessment) Report on Intellectual…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Copyrights, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Dept. of Park Administration and Landscape Architecture. – 1987
In the first section of this report, summaries are presented of the papers delivered at the General Session of the meeting of the Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute. The topics were: (1) Risk Aspect of Parks and Recreation; (2) All You Need To Know about Boards and Commissions, but Were Afraid To Ask; (3) Leadership and…
Descriptors: Land Use, Landscaping, Legal Responsibility, Ornamental Horticulture
Sparling, Joseph, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Workshop sessions focusing on the issue of collaboration between health care services and day care services are documented in this report. The keynote address elaborates the thesis that day care programs should provide therapeutic care, particularly primary health care for ill children and staff, and assistance in obtaining secondary care. In…
Descriptors: Child Development, College Curriculum, Cooperation, Day Care
Independent Sector, Washington, DC. – 1987
A collection of 33 working papers for presentation at a research forum on the Constitution and the independent sector is presented. Thirteen sections cover: (1) the Constitution--"The Metapolitical Role of Voluntary Organizations in the United States" (Hall), "The Evolution of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations" (Hansmann); (2)…
Descriptors: Competition, Decision Making, Donors, Educational Finance
Gittins, Naomi E., Ed.; And Others – 1986
This volume of seminar presentations covers a broad range of legal issues affecting public schools. The first chapter summarizes employee free speech developments since "Connick v. Myers" (1983), a United States Supreme Court decision upholding a district attorney's right to dismiss a transferred assistant for circulating a controversial…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Courts, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1985
Issues concerning excellence in education and the 1985 strike at Yale University are considered in 27 conference papers. Topics include: a faculty and chancellor's perspectives on achieving excellence, employment discrimination, collective bargaining in community colleges, retirement issues, and campus bargaining and the law. Titles and authors…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
Collins, Mary Lynn; And Others – 1981
Summaries are presented of three papers presented at a summer workshop on Quality Assurance in Teacher Education conducted by the Association of Teacher Educators. The general topic covered by these presentations was teacher candidate selection and evaluation. Papers focused upon the following questions: (1) What entry level criteria should be…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Grading, Higher Education
Ooms, Theodora; And Others – 1995
Noting that a growing number of men are not fulfilling their financial, moral, or social responsibilities to their children, this report aims to provide a rough "map" of the main elements of an emerging fatherhood movement along with a discussion of related policy and program initiatives. The report also provides selected examples of innovative…
Descriptors: Child Support, Family Financial Resources, Family Life Education, Family Structure
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1987
The life cycle of a faculty member from pre-employment through retirement is examined in these proceedings. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "The Role of Faculty in Obtaining Quality in Higher Education: Facing the New Realities" (Frank Newman); "The American Professoriate: Rewards and Satisfactions" (Eugene Rice);…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Ladders, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1981
Proceedings of the 1981 conference on the legal and economic status of collective bargaining in higher education, sponsored by the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, are presented. Papers and authors are as follows: "Yeshiva Shock Waves" (David Kuechle); "The Yeshiva Case:…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, College Administration