Scholars, practice professionals, and policymakers should welcome the new era of evidence-based programming and policies, but these constituencies need to be realistic about the complexities, uncertainties, and limitations that lie beneath what could easily become a simplistic process. This paper discusses some of the requirements for the…

The collection of articles in this special issue on relational aggression gives a glimpse into the complex social networks, first, of children's relational aggression and, second, of the collaborators who develop and validate children's prevention programs. The programs described in this special section are among the first to address relational…

In this article, the authors advance 10 postulates describing what they believe to be true about collaboration in special education: (1) Collaboration in teacher education is possible; (2) Collaborative programs can be initiated from many departure points; (3) Collaboration requires real time for communication; (4) Supportive leadership is…

School personnel and university researchers can cooperate more effectively if research is linked to classroom outcomes. Collaborative research benefits schools, universities, and communities by aiding decisions about programs and resource allocations. (JW)

This paper highlights information about and suggestions for improving vocational education in the comprehensive high school that was synthesized from testimony at an American Vocational Association (AVA) hearing. An introduction describes the comprehensive high school, discusses some recent assessments of secondary vocational education, and lists…

A series of recommendations is presented by the Southern Regional Education Board to suggest specific ways that two-year colleges can better serve their students. Introductory sections discuss the importance of two-year colleges within higher education; problems facing undergraduate education (e.g., undergraduate study and degrees lack meaning,…

After setting forth eight assumptions concerning the education of educational administrators, findings about the Leadership in Educational Administration Development (LEAD) program are discussed. The analysis is based on the first-year applications, telephone conversations with staff at a majority of the project sites, and additional material…

The national conference "Policies, Practices, and Research in Teacher Education: Beyond the Looking Glass" and various research centers are working to improve the quality of education by improving teacher education. Several recommendations are offered. (DF)

Given the abundance of open education initiatives that aim to make educational assets freely available online, the time seems ripe to explore the potential of open education to transform the economics and ecology of education. Despite the diversity of tools and resources already available--from well-packaged course materials to simple games, for…

A college or university's intercollegiate athletics program is a visible and sensitive component of a campus about which pressures for data and information can become intense quickly. The campus institutional research professional and other campus administrators must be prepared to face this challenge knowledgeably and responsibly. (MSE)

A taxonomy of developmental planning considerations and corresponding areas in which institutional researchers and developmental professionals can collaborate to assess and improve fund-raising activities is presented. (MSE)

The author describes an instructional model intended to enhance each learner's capacity for self-direction and intellectual responsibility. This article examines ground rules of the instructional format, theoretical bases, the experience of collaborative learning and team-building, use of panelists, and participants' evaluations of the model. (CT)

Fostering self-determination is the defining focus of empowerment evaluation, but this type of evaluation overlaps participatory, collaborative, stakeholder-involving, and utilization-focused approaches to evaluation. It becomes critical to distinguish empowerment evaluation from other approaches as the field debates its boundaries and…

Establishes a theoretical framework for the evaluation of family planning programs by synthesizing the literature on the theory of collective action. Faced with the problem of noncooperation, asserts that a good program should apply selective incentives, localize the costs and benefits, and invest in social capital. (Contains 60 references.) (MDH)

A framework for evaluating public-private partnership projects in housing and community development organizes nine criteria in three categories: (1) need for partnership (problem magnitude, duplication); (2) process (planning, structure of partnership, management of operations, resource acquisition/management); and (3) outcomes (achievement of…