The trauma of closing a school can be eased by involving the community and school personnel in planning for the closure and allowing as long a time frame as possible. (MLF)

The fourth meeting of the Leadership Advisory Council (LAC) was chaired by Glen D. Whipple, Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) Chair elect and was held May 22-24, 2006, in Denver, Colorado. The meeting was facilitated by Rhonda Shipp, University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service. Using the Mobius strip facilitation…

Disagreement exists about the role and function of middle schools. Demand for improved student achievement, greater accountability, improved test scores, and greater responsiveness to parents characterize tensions. This paper reports on the efforts of one community to examine its middle-school program and reposition it to become more effective at…

Following the 1999 IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Conference, the Executive Board established an Advisory group to examine issues that were raised concerning Division 8, specifically the recommendation to mainstream Section 8 activities with the other seven divisions, thus dissolving this division. This…

Preliminary considerations (position description, salary, campus politics), organizing the committee, conducting the search, and the interview are discussed to combine in the planning of a successful search committee. (PG)

Suggestions for improving the method of group work in classroom situations are helpful in introducing teacher education students to committee research techniques. (Author/KM)

Discusses the report Youth: Transition to Adulthood'' prepared by a panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee. The report examines the appropriateness of institutions handling young people in our society. Among other things, it suggests work-study programs, a voucher system of education, and pilot programs to test innovative ideas. (JR)

Discusses action being taken to establish a national organization which would serve to focus and coordinate the activities of all the public interest groups now operating. Increased emphasis on the role of scientists in advising this government on public interest issues is advocated. (JR)

Lists the advantages of establishing a community college foundation. (RK)

Outliens some of the conceptual problems encountered in a study analyzing the costs of Michigan secondary vocational education. (SB)

Need for an administrative structure encouraging the flow of information from health science schools to the Center. (IR)