Takes a positive view of assigning scholastic grades to students. Advances several reasons why grades are beneficial. (HMV)

The purpose of the Airlie Conference in 1972 was to develop ways to further Anglo-American cooperation on problems in higher education. A participant observer of the conference presents her personal assessment of the conference, including some reference to part-time student workers. (Author/PG)

Article investigated the interest in science education among students within the Dutch system of education. As well student characteristics were examined. (RK)

A discussion of prospects for the Commonwealth Educational Broadcasting conference scheduled for Sydney, Australia, in 1975. (Author/HB)

In this study, a mathematical model is used to tie both direct and indirect industrial pollution generated by fluctuations of the entire economy to behavioral patterns of the consuming public. The model studies consumer behavior patterns from three viewpoints: income of family, age of head of family, and regional location of family within the…

This publication reports on the National Institute of Education (NIE) Curriculum Development Conference, which was held November 17-19, 1976 in Washington, D.C. Purpose of the conference was to discuss important issues in education, with particular attention to the federal role in curriculum development, and to lay the foundation for a set of…

Summarizes the various activities of the conference and presents abstracts of the symposia and contributed papers. (GS)

Reports on the Conference on Information and Referral Service in Public Libraries held in Detroit on May 7-9, 1975. (PF)

The report of the chairman of the U. S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Higher Education discusses the financial problems of higher education and the striking growth of the part-time student population in comparison to the reduction of the full-time student body. (JB)

An examination of several association publications reveals a dearth of research-based periodical literature which addresses the needs of the media manager. The Division of Educational Media Management Newsletter is cited as the most directly applicable source of information for the media manager, although the articles in this publication are not…

This report describes the principal findings and recommendations of a 2-year Rand research project on machine-aided knowledge acquisition and discusses the transfer of expertise from humans to machines, as well as the functions of planning, debugging, knowledge refinement, and autonomous machine learning. The relative advantages of humans and…

This study provides information about the actual functions and activities of school district evaluation units by examining an integral product of the units. This product, an evaluation report, was examined from a nationwide sample of district evaluation organizations (N=116). Reports were checked for the presence of particular evaluation report…

The booklet lists administrative and legislative recommendations from the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals. Suggestions are made for such priority action items as consumer involvement in planning and decision making, establishment of a federal programs coordinating center, and enactment of a comprehensive national health insurance…