I want, very briefly, to outline what we have been trying to do at the National Association for Mental Health to solve the problems that have arisen in Child Guidance largely as a result of the National Health Service Act. In 1944, when the Education A-ct went through, we felt that a very large part of our work had been done : Child Guidance was on the map ; it was an obligation of the Local Ed...

Service learning is a valuable instructional methodology that is little used in information systems (IS) education. The purpose of service learning is to promote real-world relevance through the application of classroom knowledge to problems in the business community. Students develop leadership and teamwork skills while enhancing their civic engagement. Service learning is self perpetuating by...

The timing of education across the life cycle is differentially associated with older-age health outcomes and socioeconomic status among military retirees, a subpopulation with common levels of adolescent health but variation in educational timing. A year of education obtained before military service lowers the probability of poor health in retirement by 2.5 percentage points, while a year obta...