"Humanizing our schools--preparation for development of integrated environments for learning" was the theme of this workshop conference for more than 250 Minneapolis Public School administrators. The goals of the conference were open communications on the topic of desegregation, discussions relevant to this topic, active involvement of…

A technical, user and cost comparison study was undertaken to provide the Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse (ERIC) staff with data on silver halide, diazo, and vesicular type films for microfiche duplication. This information will allow ERIC to determine if diazo and/or vesicular films should be considered in producing ERIC duplicate…

A new formula is developed for the relative efficiency of two tests measuring the same trait. The formula expresses relative efficiency solely in terms of the standard errors of measurement and, surprisingly, the frequency distributions of true scores. Approximate methods for estimating relative efficiency may make this function routinely…

The Ministers of 20 countries took part and reached a wide measure of agreement on the 2 chief themes of this conference: policy and planning in postsecondary education, and mobility of students, teachers, and research workers. A third theme of the conference was the activities of international organizations working in the field of education.…

Proceedings of a symposium held at the Northwest Scientific Association Forty-Third Annual Meeting, Salem, Oregon, March, 1970, are presented. The symposium indicated that mutual understanding by educators, scientists, land managers, and politicians must be developed on the definition of naturalness, present and future use and management of…

Least cost decision rules for transferring documents from primary to secondary storage are developed from a dynamic programing model of an information system. The program is constrained to provide for a minimum acceptable level of user benefits. Knowledge of the physical size of the primary storage area and the fraction of documents returned from…

Representatives from junior and senior colleges in the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma participated in the 5th annual Missouri Valley Conference on Junior and Senior College Cooperation. This article includes reports of special group discussions and the following major addresses: (1) Articulation of…

Medical aspects of deafness discussed are physicians, prevention, diagnosis, and habilitation. In speeches on physicians, Louis Z. Cooper expresses need for services for deaf victims of the 1964 rubella epidemic; Jerald M. Jordan discusses the doctor-deaf patient relationship; and Hilde S. Schlesinger critically views prevention, diagnosis, and…

To provide an opportunity for discussion of the educational needs of library personnel in the prairie provinces, a Workshop on Library Education was held in Edmonton on March 14, 1970. Approximately two hundred registrants representing all three prairie provinces participated. The papers presented are: (1) Issues, Decisions and Continuing Debate:…

The activities of TV Classroom, one of the largest programs designed to educate adults at the high school level through television, in the 1968-1969 school year are reported. In addition, the history of the program since its inception in 1952 is given, together with an historical chart. Course requirements, publicity, registrations, expenses, and…

The advisory report for professionals and public concerns the use of stimulant medications in treating elementary school-age children with behavioral disturbances. The discussion of the nature of children's behavioral disorders focuses upon hyperactivity, often termed minimal brain dysfunction or hyperkinetic behavioral disturbance, which is often…

The efforts of the Secretarial Work Groups during fiscal year 1971 are described. Three research projects were funded and one is pending. Fourteen publications were issued by, for, or in cooperation with the Federal Library Committee. (AB)

A summary of the findings and recommendations of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality is presented in this report. Specific environmental problems were studied in depth by six subcommittees and reported under the following topics: (1) people and land, (2) energy production and use, (3) pollution abatement, (4) environmental…

The records, findings, and recommendations of 15 opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) were synthesized and analyzed so that individual OICs and other manpower programs could benefit. A detailed review of the final reports of the OICs and three field visits were made to collect data. To facilitate comparison, each of the chapters contains…

Thirty-three division chairmen from community colleges across the United States participated in an August 1970 conference whose purpose was to serve specific personal and interpersonal, group, and instructional systems objectives and to prepare specific guidelines for leadership in improvement of curricula and instruction in community colleges.…