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A multistate, qualitative policy study, conducted from 1989 to 1992, investigated how 6 states and 12 local school districts implemented the least restrictive environment (LRE) provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Eight sites were relatively high users of separate facilities for educating students with disabilities, and 10 were low users. Six factors, including financing and the state-local context, influenced the implementation of LRE. Although the LRE policy has influenced the way that states and districts educate students with disabilities, the federal law and regulations have little control over how leaders view the policy, the structure and political realities present, and the recursive nature of policy systems at all levels.

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This 'perspectives on research' paper presents the first stage of an innovative in-progress study aimed at understanding the career trajectories of graduates of a technology management undergraduate program with a strong integration of a human resource development component. The program is housed in the College of Education at an American University and started graduating students in 2008. The scope of work is limited to obtaining critical information to the institution on the career trajectories of its graduates and to provide perspectives on research to the HRD community through an online survey instrument (first stage of the study). The total amount of alumni, approximately 500, were invited via postal mail and phone calls and 75 responded to the survey, a simple 4 open-ended questionnaire that included demographic information. This online survey, first stage of the study, provided participants' responses that were qualitatively analysed. The results are presented here in the form of strengths and weakness of the program. Some of the findings include females' perception of their gender as a factor affecting their careers and an almost generalized petition for courses more focused on technology content. Also, aspects of career development from classic HRD literature are discussed and presented here.