This article relates different ideas that park and recreation centers should consider when given federal funds for recreation. (MK)

Asserts that the Minority Schools Bio-medical Support Program, begun by the General Research Support Branch, Division of Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, on December 1, 1971 has made it possible for men and women from ethnic minority groups to pursue careers in the biomedical and health sciences, it is stated. (Author/JM)

A telephone survey of 437 no-shows at a university indicated that 82 percent were attending another school and 13 percent were working. The main reasons no-shows attended other schools were size, financial aid, academic reputation, on-campus housing, and communications from the university. Specific suggestions to counter each seeming limitation…

The test of a speech presented by Senator Charles Mathias, Jr. to the National Rehabilitation Association discusses Federal legislation, including The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the 1974 amendments; State Federal rehabilitation programs; vocational rehabilitation; research; funding and organizational problems; and The Innovation and Expansion…

Argument was for the importance of community development corporations (CDCs) as both tools for rural development planning and mechanisms for alleviating problems and economic impoverishment. (JC)

Describes financial aid available and how to apply for it on the national level as well as within the state of California. (Editor)

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…

In 1990, a survey was conducted of Texas community colleges to determine what, if any, effects they experienced after the first full semester of the implementation of the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) implementation. The questionnaire solicited information on the impact of TASP on enrollment and on interactive television and…

The teaching laboratory in physics departments in colleges and universities is a source of great potential strength in undergraduate education. Recent surveys and conferences, have identified inadequate teaching equipment and laboratory development. This report reviews these problems and offers suggestions for an enhanced federal effort to solve…

This guidebook on retirement planning helps potential retirees by raising important issues in such areas as changing roles and relationships, health and fitness, meaningful use of time, working options, financial and estate planning, and housing and lifestyle. The first section, on attitude and role adjustments, discusses support systems, changing…

A progress report on the Center for the Study of Higher Education (CASE) National Donor Data Base Project is presented. The project, which began in June 1987, has proceeded in several phases: (1) data base design; (2) acquisition of data from participating institutions; (3) development of software to load each institution's data into the donor…

This report describes the Community Child Care Services and Funding Plan, which is a plan for future collaborative child care efforts in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The plan was developed through the Child Day Care Planning Project in Cuyahoga County. The first section of the report provides an introduction, which is followed by an overview of the…

One of the roles of administration is to assist the faculty and staff of an institution in the development and administration of grants. A portion of this role includes fulfilling an obligation to sponsors who have furnished funding for vital activities by providing administrative direction. Covering such topics as preparing an application, tax…

This document contains the text of the Model Interstate Income Withholding Act, which deals with two of Congress' key goals in enacting the Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984: establishing a system for quick, efficient collection of support obligations throughout the country by the use of income withholding systems and improving the…

This study identified various direct and indirect strategies for financing supported employment, based on discussions with individuals in Minnesota and across the United States, reviewed supported employment efforts in selected states, conducted a review of literature, and explored related initiatives in other health and human service areas. Key…