A professional update team of foreign language teachers promotes the interests of the membership and encourages cooperation and professional improvement at all levels. The first task in organizing such a group is to choose individuals who represent all segments of the profession and to include administrators in as active a capacity as possible.…

The current movement in higher education to embrace collective bargaining has not yet reached broadly into the South and the West. Several events have occurred both nationally and in these regions, however, which seem to foretell that organized neogtiations may become a part of regional campus procedures. The implications of these events, as well…

The use of sophisticated instructional methodologies involving applications of educational technology has been largely accepted by institutions of higher education. How these methodologies can be used in an organized and systematized way remains unresolved. Reductions in the power and prestige of individual institutions under state-mandated master…

Established by NIE in June 1975, the State Dissemination Grants Program provides resources to state education agencies to develop comprehensive and generalized dissemination capacity, which is defined as the leadership and service capability to provide information and technical assistance in the solution of problems identified by the dissemination…

Two final resolutions were adopted by the Council of Europe at the October 1978 European Conference of Ministers Responsible for Regional Planning. Resolution 1 focused on guidelines for the planning of rural areas in Europe. Strategies and policies called for: a more balanced development which makes the living conditions of different regions as…

This publication comprises a collection of papers and synopses of discussions dating from the "Teaching the Teachers in Building Climatology" colloquium which was held under the auspices of the International Council for Building Research (CIB) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The papers deal with the use of various…

There are several difficulties that hinder the planning of regional communications networks: (1) an over-reliance on the federal government to initiate planning; (2) lack of evidence that the investment will produce adequate returns; and (3) a pervasive feeling that the communications industry is necessarily dominated by advertising.…

Cable systems, used alone or in conjunction with other systems, can provide valuable and economical services to government, education, health care, and some business organizations. Closed-circuit broadcasts are particularly efficient when they are used to replace the transportation of clients or employees. Planning of such systems on a regional…

The studies described in this paper were undertaken to evaluate the usefulness of information-exchange techniques for promoting the quality of life within given regions of a society. The first analysis describes the investigation of projects to enhance the functions of small businesses, joint regional planning, health care, education,…

The papers reproduced in this collection were originally prepared for presentation at a February 1976 symposium at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The symposium summarized a series of three regional seminars on National Energy Policy in a Regional Context; these seminars were held in Minnesota, New…

Based on the assumption that an institution's sensitivity to societal needs is a function of its sophistication in planning, this report proposes a model for trend monitoring and analysis designed to improve responsiveness to changes in training requirements precipitated by industrial research and development. As background, the report first…

Reported are the proceedings of an energy end-use regulation seminar held in October, 1975, at Chanhassen, Minnesota, to review the possibilities and effects of implementing energy use legislation in the state of Minnesota. This conference was one of four seminars held by the American Association for the Advancement of Science throughout the…

As part of a 3-year school improvement project, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory conducted statewide issues forums in five states to examine the conditions and needs of rural and small schools. Pre-forum teleconferences were held with advisors in each state to generate prioritized lists of rural educational issues. Advisors gave…

Adults must continue to learn. The accelerating pace of cultural change has made today's knowledge and skills tomorrow's obsolescence. A society that makes its educational investment almost entirely in children and youth is on the way to becoming obsolete and is reducing its survival chances. To promote the cause of lifelong learning, we need to…

A group of experts on population and development planning met in Bangkok, Thailand in July, 1977. The meeting was organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. This report is the result of background papers used at the conference, reactions to the papers, and further writing. The purpose of the meeting…