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Dollerup, Cay; And Others – 1983
Part of the interdisciplinary Turko-Danish Fairytale Project, this paper provides information about the three fairy tales chosen for study: "The Snake, the Fox, and the Man,""The Gold Apple," and "Per Smed's Whip." Various sections of the paper contain descriptions of the following: (1) the selection procedures, (2)…
Descriptors: Criteria, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
The text presents a compilation of three recently reauthorized Federal laws providing services to persons with disabilities: the Education of the Handicapped Act (amended by the 98th Congress through Public Law 98-199); the Rehabiliation Act of 1973 (amended by the 98th Congress through Public Law 98-221), and the Developmental Disabilities Act of…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne (Australia). – 1984
The Institute of Family Studies has completed its fourth year of operation, and government and public demand for input from the Institute is growing beyond its capacity. This report focuses on current operating difficulties as well as on the structure and activities of the Institute. The first section, entitled "Structure and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Databases, Divorce, Family (Sociological Unit)
Cordes, Sam M., Comp. – 1977
Summaries of 89 studies on rural health care (underway or recently completed) in the United States as of December 1976 are reported. Information on each study includes: title; principal researchers' names, addresses, and professions; major objectives of the research; methodology; findings (on completed research); financing organization; current…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Costs, Delivery Systems, Directories
Notter, Lucille E.; Spector, Audrey F. – 1974
This survey report provides information about research and other investigative studies in nursing in the southern region of the United States, including teaching of research and identification of resources and research support available. Contents are presented in two parts. Part 1 (seventeen pages) is a discussion of the survey, which covered…
Descriptors: Agencies, Case Studies, Educational Research, Federal Government
Hertz, Thomas W.; And Others – 1978
The major purpose of this report is to analyze early childhood research supported by the member agencies of the Interagency Panel on Early Childhood Research and Development during the most recent fiscal year, in order to chart the directions in which federal research programs are moving, both within individual agencies and within the federal…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Development, Community Services, Coordination
Shaw, Marilyn B., Ed.; Stubblefield, Harold W., Ed. – 1976
These proceedings contain the presentations made at a conference held to disseminate results of teacher training and special demonstration projects (funded by the Adult Education Act, Title IV, Section 309) which had recently been conducted in Virginia and other middle eastern and southeastern States. Also included in the proceedings are papers by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Education, Conference Reports, Correctional Education
Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1981
Proceedings of a 1980 workshop on industry/university cooperative programs are presented. Program presentations and authors include: "On Industry/Academia Relations" (T. Baron); "The MIT Liaison Program" (J. D. Bruce); "An Industrial Perspective of Academic Programs" (R. Fuller); "University/Industry Interactions…
Descriptors: Animal Husbandry, Biological Sciences, College Programs, Computer Science
Kokaska, Charles J., Ed. – 1981
The document contains eight papers on research in career development of the handicapped, and is one of three volumes of selected papers presented at a November, 1981, international conference on the career development of handicapped individuals. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Research in the Area of Career Development for the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Development, Disabilities
Chapman, Davis W.; And Others – 1980
The purpose of the Center for Helping Organizations Improve Choice in Education (CHOICE) project, the scope of its activities, and evaluations of the effectiveness of those activities are described. One major project goal was to encourage and facilitate institutional efforts to provide more complete and accurate information to prospective…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, College Admission, College Applicants, College Choice
Gilbert, Elon H.; And Others – 1980
The objectives of the state-of-the-art paper, second in a series on farming systems research (FSR) in the Third World, are to: (1) review the literature on farming systems; (2) evaluate farming systems research in international institutes and in national agricultural research systems in the Third World; and (3) recommend what can be done to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Data Collection, Definitions, Developing Nations
Frances, Carol; Coldren, Sharon L. – 1981
The need for new capital in higher education and major areas where the interests of the business and higher education communities are aligned are considered. Higher education is a major employer and makes a large contribution to the gross national product. Human capital has become the accepted term for referring to the contribution of education,…
Descriptors: College Role, Economic Factors, Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities
Christensen, Rosemary; Witthuhn, Jan – 1981
In order to design programs that will work well with Indian students, the Indian Education Section of the urban Minneapolis Public Schools is seeking accurate data about its 1,800 American Indian students through a conceptual research model that focuses on demographics, background and socialization variables, and school performance. Among the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Cultural Background
Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Co-operation, The Hague. – 1978
The 1977 annual report of the Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Cooperation (NUFFIC) considers the following topics: major developments in work and policy; relationships NUFFIC has with other organizations; University Development Cooperation; developments in international education; the functioning of the Consultative Structure…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Financial Support
Phipps, Ronald A. – 1978
A new readmission policy at Salisbury State College for students who were academically dismissed is described, and data are presented on dismissals and readmissions from Fall 1974 through Fall 1976. Academically-dismissed students may be readmitted in time to enroll for the next semester provided they apply for readmission through the Office of…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Academic Failure, Administrative Policy, College Admission
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