This volume is the fifth in a series of monographs documenting the literature in the field of transition from school to work for students with disabilities. Many different types of documents are cited and abstracted, including journal articles, conference proceedings, project reports, videocassette recordings, presentations, pamphlets,…

Presented in this report is an account of the attempt made by the Director of the United States Office of Personnel Managment (OPM) to exclude the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) from participation in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). The CFC is the annual charitable fundraising drive conducted among federal employees and…

To ascertain how evaluation has fared in the eighties, the Austin Independent School District surveyed the 94 largest school districts (including Hawaii and Puerto Rico) shown in the Directors of Research and Evaluation Network directory. A usable return rate of 63 percent was received for data analysis. As expected, the overall number of students…

These four Congressional hearings investigate the role of the federal government in assisting long-term, structurally unemployed workers and in encouraging private sector efforts to retrain Americans. Witnesses who present statements, prepared statements, and articles represent the Urban Institute, Washington, District of Columbia; Forecasting…

The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act authorizes funds under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 for community-based centers that serve the shelter needs of runaway or homeless youths. To examine the effectiveness of the programs and the characteristics of program participants, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) visited 17…

Advocates instituting steps to ensure fairness in peer reviews in the awarding of federal grants and creating new standards for awarding grants in those cases where competition is not appropriate. (IRT)

Provides checklists against which to determine how a school district stands in relation to the Education Amendments of 1972 Title IX requirements. (IRT)

Traces the background of the Government's patent policy as a contractor including the Kennedy and Nixon statements, which served finally to establish a government-wide policy. The author considers the new policy consistent and protective of the rights of both Government and the contractor but notes that it is now questioned on Constitutional…

Describes the conceptualization and development of a pilot urban extension program designed to enhance community self-help efforts while assisting the university in its educational, research, and service functions. Originally funded under Title I of the Higher Education Act, it still functions through the Ohio State University Department of…

Causes and effects are examined for recent cuts in the budgets of the Office of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and the National Institute of Education (NIE). Through interviews with agency executives the author finds new priority placed on selling themselves and their products to Congress. (JT)

Describes a federal public relations program during World War I designed to create positive public opinion about the war. (RB)

The article is intended to inform readers of the contents of the General Accounting Office report on the failure of vocational education in seven States and to present responses from Washington-based vocational education personnel. Included are the congressional committee review findings and recommendations based on the audit. (BP)

Describes general approaches that seem to be necessary in bridging the gap between a strict academic approach to chemistry and the practical aspects of problem solving in pollution abatement control. Presents the EPA role in training in view of graduate training grant phase-out. (Author/GS)

Describes the program at Northwestern University where the university became a lender in the Federally Insured Student Loan Program in cooperation with a large bank. (Author/PG)

A study, based on participant interviews and questionnaires examining the Wisconsin institutional job training programs funded under the Manpower Development and Training Act from 1962 to 1973, showed that all the individuals who participated in the programs received some benefit; those who completed the training benefited most. (AG)