Results of interviews with 167 school administrators, teacher association presidents, and chief school officers in three New York counties indicate that Southern Tier educators favor educational change, but are hampered in planning by insufficient financial support, apathy and resistance, and inadequate organizational structures. Specific…

The report summarizes efforts of the Institute for Nonviolent Social Change toward the planning and design of nonviolent activities and programs capable of bringing about social change as discussed at a conference held in Atlanta, June 11th and 12th, 1971. To bring about a synthesis of various viewpoints and ideas this meeting was attended by not…

A directory of 1973 members of the American Society for Training and Development is given. Also included is the annual report of the society, which discusses its "Journal," a government affairs awareness program, a member recognition program, and new educational programs. (CK)

Attended by nearly 500 persons, Brigham Young University's BYU annual Indian Week featured Morris Thompson, Bureau of Indian Affairs Commission; Chief Dan George, motion picture star; Deana Jo Harragarra, Miss Indian America XXII; and John Maestas, BYU, who spoke of the need for Indian teachers. (JC)

Outlines proposals for improving political broadcasting which were discussed in 1975 at the planning conference sponsored by the Aspen Institute Program on Communications and Society. (MH)

This article summarizes the major topics of the conference on the Online Revolution in Libraries, including fees, stewardship between vendors and libraries, the intermediary/ the librarian, and repositioning resources. (KP)

AECT Conference Report, Spring 1977, included: (1) First General Session: The Concept of Instructional Development-Evolution or Revolution? (2) Second General Session: AECT's Role in Educational Excellence, and (3) Third General Session: Alex Haley on Roots. (STS)

Examines the National Commission on Pornography's purposes, membership, activities, deliberations, recommendations, and "Final Report." Notes that the Commission used evidence selectively and ignored recent thinking and scholarship on pornography. Points out that the commission received little attention from the mass media. (ARH)

Outlines the conference proceedings assessing the problems in preserving information, books and materials. Possible solutions are suggested. (KP)

This paper reviews the education and experiences that led one journal editor to support the reporting and interpretation of magnitude-of-effect (ME) indices in substantive research. The paper reviews the controversies associated with the use of ME indices as result interpretation aids and describes the influences of these controversies on journal…

This report reflects a 9-month study of the existing decentralization and deregulation efforts in higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It also looks for opportunities to reduce the burden needlessly placed on institutions of higher learning by state government bureaucracy. The report first attempts to catalogue more than 100 reports…

This paper describes the processes and techniques used to improve and streamline the standard student reports used at Purdue University (Indiana). Various models for analyzing reporting processes are described, especially the model used in the study, the Shewart or Deming Cycle, a method that aids in continuous analysis and improvement through a…

Announcement of winners in Nation's Schools second annual School Publications Contest -- along with analysis, by category, of the entries' strengths and weaknesses. (Author)