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Internet Resources for Leadership Studies
Starting Sites | U.S. Government Information | Consumer News Bulletins | Consumer Guides | Housing Information on the Web | Leadership Studies Web Sites
Starting Sites
- University of Delaware Leadership Program, The School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy
- Association of Leadership Studies Educators (ALE)
Members of the Association of Leadership Studies Educators are active in “higher education, community development, government, community organizations, Extension programming, and private consulting.” The Web site provides links to conference proceedings, lists of publications, and related Web links. - Consumer World
One of the best consumer-related sites on the Internet, Consumer World offers information on product recalls, links to consumer agencies, an online library, and connections to companies and virtual shopping malls. - The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
The AAFCS “is one of the oldest professional societies in the United States. Founded in 1909, its purpose is to improve the quality and standards of individual and family life through programs that educate, influence public policy, disseminate information and publish research findings.” The site gives information about the organization, links to other family-related sites, and a job bank for professionals in this field. - Individual and Family Studies: A Guide to Internet Resources
Provides links to sites providing information and statistics related to family studes. - The National Institute for Consumer Education
An excellent source of consumer-related texts and tips, with links to other useful sites. - Yahoo: Business and Economy: Consumer Advocacy and Information
Yahoo identifies sites related to consumer advocacy.
Jump to top of page.U.S. Government Information
- FedStats
Statistics from federal government agencies. - GPO Access
Contains the full text of some of the most frequently used government information sources, such as the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register. - Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
A resource guide with links to statistical information on the Web. - Resources for U.S. Government Information (University of Delaware)
Connects users to a variety of government information, including bills, laws, and census statistics.
Consumer News Bulletins
- Consumer Product Safety Commission: Press Releases
Press releases providing information on product recalls, safety tips, and CPSC legal cases. - Federal Consumer Information Center
Features consumer-related tips, news broadcasts, events, conferences, and Federal Register notices. - ConsumerReports.org
Current only, provides articles on consumer issues and product recalls. - In the Public Interest
Online newsletter from Ralph Nader.
Consumer Guides
- Consumer Information Catalog
The Consumer Information Catalog offers a list of consumer pamphlets available for sale by the center and links Web users to the actual texts online. - Consumer World: Consumer Resources
A listing of online directories, consumer tips, buyers guides, and health/home/legal guides.
- Consumer Action Handbook
Offers names, addresses, telephone numbers, and online addresses of corporations, trade groups, state, and local consumer protection offices and federal agencies. - Consumer.gov
Provides links to full-text information in consumer guides from federal agencies. Information may be accessed by subject categories, such as food, health, product safety, money, and transportation.
Housing Information on the Web
- American Association of Housing Educators
The AAHE is “an organization that promotes excellence in the planning, development, delivery and service of decent, safe, sanitary, affordable, ecologically sound, and appropriately designed housing for all people. Members of the organization recognize and understand the relationship that exists among the well being of individuals, families, and communities and the holistic housing environment. The organization is a major forum for professional dialogue among educators, researchers, and policy makers in the field of housing.” - Building Permits
Includes data for U.S., state, metropolitan area, and place. - Construction Statistics
Monthly numbers of “housing units authorized by permits, started, sold or completed” and “the dollar value of all construction put in place each month.” Tracks “residential construction in 30 metropolitan areas across the country each quarter, and the sales of new one-family houses in those areas each year.” Tabulates and publishes “the dollar value of residential improvement and repair work each quarter.” - Delaware State Housing Authority
Under the category of Research and Statistics, the DSHA provides information about Delaware's Consolidated Plan, Housing Impediment Study, Housing Production Report, Needs Assessment, and State Housing Code. There are links to housing-related Web sites. Housing Production in Delaware is a publication of the Delaware State Housing Authority. - Housing Starts: Current Construction Reports
“Provides monthly statistics for the United States and regions on new privately owned housing units started, authorized in permit-issuing places; and authorized, but not started at end of period. The report includes both monthly and seasonally adjusted estimates of units started and authorized. Comparative data are shown for earlier years.” - Joint Center for Housing Studies
Publishes the annual State of the Nation's Housing. Data from the appendix tables of the reports can be downloaded from the Web site and read with Adobe Acrobat. Select PUBLICATIONS on Web page and click on PUBLICATIONS BY YEAR. - National Association of Home Builders
News bulletins, plus useful facts and figures on construction statistics, home prices and sales, and financing.
Leadership Web Sites
- Association of Leadership Educators (ALE)
Members of the Association of Leadership Educators are active in “higher education, community development, government, community organizations, Extension programming, and private consulting.” The Web site provides links to conference proceedings, lists of publications, and related Web links. - Center for Creative Leadership
“The mission of the Center for Creative Leadership is to advance the understanding, practice and development of leadership for the benefit of society worldwide.” - International Leadership Studies Association (ILA)
The International Leadership Association is a “global network for all those who practice, study and teach leadership.” The site discusses the publications and conferences of the association. Links are provided to Web sites related to leadership.
