An examination of service delivery in early childhood education in Ireland reveals that the lack of a national policy has led to a great variation in services, little possibility for assessing and regulating quality, and a very limited choice for many children and their families. This article describes Ireland's system for early education…

Proposed health manpower legislation is described as an example of increasing government control of medical education. The assistant secretary for health, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, calls for bold and cohesive private action in articulating a national health policy participated in but not controlled by the federal…

This report reviews key issues and problems addressed at a national conference on transportation for the elderly and handicapped. The first section presents an executive summary, which details the following major problems (identified in the seven general sessions and four workshops): the need for more coordination of funding sources; better…

The Draper Fund was established within the Population Crisis Committee (PCC) in 1975. Contributions to the fund are used by the PCC to encourage and expand those activities which promise the greatest impact in slowing world population growth. Seven papers written around that theme are included in this report: "The Crucial Role of the Private…

This report summarizes the preliminary results of Phase II of an evaluation of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a national nonprofit lending and grantmaking institution founded in 1980 to draw private sector financial and technical resources into the development of deteriorated communities and neighborhoods. In this second phase…

Through Alaska's community education program, the school buildings are becoming centers for education and recreation for people of all ages before, during, and after school hours. Community education emphasizes cooperation and coordination among schools, agencies, businesses, and individuals to provide effective community programs at the lowest…

Proceedings of a conference on independent research institutions and scholarly life in the 1980s, which was sponsored by the Institute for Research in History, are presented. Summaries of workshops and the general session transcript are presented along with an introductory essay. A working papers essay is also included to delineate the major areas…

The focus of this testimony, presented to a public hearing before the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, is on the legal differences between attacks upon discrimination in the north and in the south; it is noted that the legal problems facing the north and the south have been becoming more and more the same. (Author/JM)

The proceedings of a conference designed to promote local planning and implementation of energy programs are summarized. The objectives of the program were to: (1) create a consciousness for local energy planning; (2) provide frameworks, tools, and techniques for local energy planning; and (3) define and clarify energy goals for the implementation…

Nearly 200 national and international organizations which provide information and services related to the environment are described in this guide. Included are private groups, government agencies, professional organizations, foundations, publishers, and businesses. Listed for each source are the name, address, contact person, chief interests,…

Designed for use by cooperative education instructors, counselors, librarians, students, and teachers, this career bibliography identifies more than 2,000 sources of occupational information (e.g., government agencies, professional associations, private businesses) which offer over 5,000 free or inexpensive job-related publications. Five hundred…

The question of whether foundations should engage in activities having a bearing on public policy development is discussed. Tax exempt private foundations have had a long, controversial history of participation in public policy formation. They contribute to policy development by means of various techniques that include support of established…

During the school year, 1969-70, the Indiana Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, international honorary for women in education, and the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children (IAEYC) conducted a survey by questionnaire of the non-public preschool programs in the state of Indiana. In an effort to give direction to preschool program…

Examples of projects, notably those using watersheds, that local community action groups can promote in planning and developing needed recreational facilities are discussed in this study report. Objectives of the report are to create an awareness of group action in obtaining recreational development, to emphasize that community action is important…

Noting that the concept of postsecondary education is changing the idea of what an institution is, the author summarizes the various means of evaluating institutions (by federal government, state governments, private agencies, and the institutions themselves) and emphasizes the need for institutions to define expected outcomes and work toward…