This final report for the JumpStart III program presents a summary of the entrepreneurship training programs developed by each of the four JumpStart III partners selected in March 1997. Grants for the colleges totaled $354,546 over 2 years. The Jumpstart funding has been only a starting point for these and the other 12 Jumpstart partners in…

Individuals who would blow the whistle by making public disclosure of impropriety in their own organizations face choices of public v private good. These dilemmas, along with institutional and professional standards that might ease the way of whistleblowers, are explored. (Author)

Presents a simple public choice model for analyzing the benefits that parents confer on society by providing day care for their children and that public provision of care confers on parents. The collective demand for government day care center spaces is estimated using 1973 data from North Carolina. (Author/KC)

Summarizes the results of a statewide economic impact analysis of Maryland's 17 community colleges which revealed that expenditures had positive short-range and long-range impacts on the state economy in the areas of business, general employment, and increased student earning potential. Presents suggestions for conducting impact studies. (MB)

Evaluates the ongoing annual economic impact of South Carolina State College on the local Orangeburg community through statistical analysis of faculty, staff, and local business surveys; a geographic analysis of college expenditures; and a Keynesian analysis of the indirect effects of college expenditures. (FMW)

Discusses the need for quality child care in schools. Topics include the meaning of "good quality"; the child as part of the family; the school of the 21st century; reasons for child care in school; benefits to schools and communities; and school-linked child care as a way of life. (AEF)

In Rankin Inlet, a remote Innuit community in the Canadian Arctic, an elementary school/business partnership has provided every citizen with access to the latest Internet-related technologies. Students at the Igalaaq Centre have their own e-mail accounts and Web pages, and use technology to record and share information about Innuit culture and…

Investigates student and community satisfaction with programs designed and implemented by students for groups of pediatric clients who were identified as at risk or in need of psychological services. Reports that students and the community expressed high levels of satisfaction and that confidence in student ability increased by the end of the…

America's Promise Alliance recommends that all sectors of society work together to ensure all young people have a 21st century education in which service-learning and civic involvement are components. This policy/practice brief explores service-learning as a place-based family-strengthening strategy that develops the capacity of youth as a core…

In this report, Roslyn Kunin and Associates, Inc. has used both primary and secondary sources to collect information on the quantitative and qualitative impact of international students in public educational institutions on the British Columbia economy. This study finds that international students studying in British Columbia bring substantial…

Traffic collisions kill about 43,000 Americans a year. Worldwide, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death by injury and the ninth leading cause of all deaths. Photo Radar speed enforcement has been implemented in the United States and many other industrialized countries, yet its cost-effectiveness from a societal viewpoint, taking all…

The Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program was evaluated from the standpoint of its impact on three groups: VISTA volunteers, communities served by VISTA sponsors, and sponsoring organizations to which VISTA volunteers are assigned. Survey questionnaires were sent to 1,250 of the 3,400 VISTA volunteers currently in service, 494 current…

This article reviews research conducted by Marvin W. Weiss on the cooperation of community colleges and community schools and lists the potential areas of cooperation he identified. In light of the present economic situation, it is essential that these two significant educational enterprises work together to improve the quality of life for their…

Results of a series of panel discussions designed to assess community information needs indicate that needs are greatest for educational television programs related to career fields, employment opportunities, industrial surveys of the local area, and employer education, combined with college-based programs to prepare people for vocational and…

Outlines steps usually taken by community colleges to establish cooperative cultural activities with existing organizations and describes community music programs sponsored by four community colleges. Also describes the three basic kinds of operational modes used by community colleges to expose students and community to musical excellence. (DC)