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Price, Amy; Barth, Richard P. – 1996
Shared family care has been defined as the planned provision of out-of-home care to parents and their children so that the parents, supported by the host caregiver, cares for the child and works toward independent in-house care; this approach is an alternative to the trauma of separation and lack of continuity inherent to foster care placement.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Welfare, Community Programs, Family Programs
Carter, D. D. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1975
Features of the existing legal structure regulating collective bargaining in Canada are examined, including application to the university of the legal regime for both private and public sector collective bargaining, with the conclusion that it is possible to shape a collective bargaining structure compatible with traditional university values. (JT)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1987
This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine what the federal government as well as local and state governments are doing and can do to respond to the growing problem of crack cocaine, and what prevention and treatment approaches are effective. Opening statements and/or…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Federal Regulation, Government Role, Hearings
Thomas, Dale F. – 1986
A study examined current practices in purchasing nonmedical, vocational rehabilitation (VR) services from public and private VR facilities. Questionnaires were mailed to the 83 State VR agencies. The majority of the 57 respondents used the individual authorization without a contract or written agreement as a primary method of obtaining…
Descriptors: Blindness, Comparative Analysis, Fees, Financial Policy
Cole, John Y., Ed. – 1982
Before launching any major projects in the international book field, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress decided to inventory what is currently being done in this area by both government and private agencies. This booklet presents brief descriptions of international book programs conducted by 15 U.S. government agencies and…
Descriptors: Books, Developing Nations, Federal Government, Information Dissemination
Charman, Derek – 1984
Prepared for Unesco's Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP), this study is intended to introduce workers in archival services to the life cycle concept of records, and to the advantages of establishing a legally authorized and comprehensive program for the orderly disposal of modern institutional records. It is noted that, although the…
Descriptors: Archives, Definitions, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
American Univ., Washington, DC. Adult Learning Potential Inst. – 1980
This document--a survey identifying federal legislation and programs that in some way address the adult learner--is one in a series of four developed to provide a comprehensive overview of the scope of training practices relating to adult learning. It provides a panoramic view of adult learning in response to national priorities based upon…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Legislation, Federal Government
White, William T., Jr., Comp.; And Others – 1981
This is the Civil Rights Directory for 1981 published by the United States Commission on Civil Rights. It lists relevant federal, state and local agencies, private and women's organizations, research institutions, and other miscellaneous organizations related to Civil Rights. The directory provides a description of each listed organization and the…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Role, Civil Rights, Federal Government
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Office of Special Education. – 1978
The manual describes the Maryland State Department of Education's responsibility and legal authority for administering the nonpublic school tuition assistance program for handicapped students. Procedures are addressed for such general areas as nonpublic institutions and child placement approval authority, nonpublic placement eligibility criteria,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Guides, Handicapped Children, Individualized Programs
Buchinger, Maria – 1969
This manual serves as a handbook for those involved in the art of land saving. The various topics in the booklet are dealt with in great detail since little has been published on the preservation of natural areas in international publications. Most of the document is derived from articles, books, and publications published by, or describing the…
Descriptors: Administration, Conservation Education, Environment, Environmental Education
Kakalik, James S.; Wildhorn, Sorrel – 1971
This report is the second in a series of five describing a 16-month study of the nature and extent of the private police industry in the United States, its problems, its present regulation, and how the law impinges on it. In this report, the nature, size, growth, and operation of the industry and its personnel are described, including the results…
Descriptors: Industrial Education, Industrial Personnel, Occupational Information, Police

Antoun, Frederick G., Jr. – Ohio Northern University Law Review, 1975
The "state action" concept broadens the Fourteenth Amendment to restrict certain objectionable private activity. In an effort to clarify the requirement of state action as it has been interpreted and applied by the Supreme Court, the author examines the various state action theories as they have been applied to activate Fourteenth Amendment…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Higher Education, Legal Problems, Private Agencies

Bell, Mary Margaret – Microform Review, 1987
Discusses efforts being taken by various institutions in Kentucky to preserve the state's local history using microforms. The institutions involved, types of records being preserved, and sources of financial support for projects are described. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Financial Support, Microforms

Abramovitz, Mimi – Social Work, 1986
Privatization is one way the Reagan Administration is restructuring the welfare state. Intervention in the economy was historically conceived to modify the market in behalf of social justice. In contrast, privatization channels public dollars into private hands, strengthens the two-class welfare state, and reproduces the inequalities of the free…
Descriptors: Business, Economics, Government Role, Private Agencies

Chaplan, Margaret A. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1984
Lists federal, state, and private organizations that publish statistical data of interest to persons in labor field and focuses on two areas of labor statistics--labor force and employment and unemployment and union membership. Gaps in statistics and users' problems in finding desired data are discussed. Eight references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Employment, Information Sources, Labor Force, Literature Reviews