The objectives of the conference, determined by a Conference Steering Committee together with staff of the U.S. Office of Education, were: (1) to identify and promote effective methods and techniques for moving career education from a project status into an ongoing educational program status; (2) to determine and discuss major issues in the…

This text summarizes the proceedings of a 1975 conference of the Prix Jeunesse Foundation which revolved around the question: "What aids can television offer in order to make it easier for young people to socialize in their family and their environment?" Included are: (1) an introduction and the text of the opening speech; (2) separate…

This document contains a report delivered at a special meeting held in Tehran on the situation of children's books published in Canada. The report focuses specifically on work with children's literature within the two dominant cultures, French and English, and also discusses literary efforts and publications of native Indians and Eskimos. (JM)

This report, given at a special meeting on children's literature held in Tehran, presents an examination of titles from foreign languages which have been recommended for acquisition and use in elementary school libraries serving kindergarten through grade six in the United States and which are commercially available for purchase. The report is…

This report, given at a special meeting held in Tehran, differentiates between children's books published by mass-market publishers and by quality publishers and discusses related factors, such as pricing and distribution, artwork, writing, professional associations, printing, the British tradition, translation, and publishing statistics. (JM)

The major part of this report is devoted to the substantive work of the 1975 annual conference of the International Broadcast Institute (IBI). Contents include a report of the formal sessions of the general members' meeting; a report by the executive director; reports by the working committees on communication in support of development,…

In recent years, the cable television industry has been marked by prolific growth both in the number of stations and in the number of subscribers, and its legitimacy has been affirmed by a Supreme Court decision which placed the industry under the control of the Federal Communications Commission, (FCC) but the full potential of cable television…

Presented are eight author contributed papers on research needs in the neuropsychological, socio-environmental, and educational aspects of learning disabilities. Issues focused on in the papers and conference include the definition of learning disabilities, the role of screening in prevention or remediation, and whether curriculum should focus on…

Presented are the proceedings from the National Conference on Arts and Humanities/Gifted and Talented. Included are reports and presentations with the following titles: "A Temporary Community" (the development of the conference); "The Arts and the Gifted: A Stereoscopic View" (identification of the gifted/talented population); "What's To Be Done?"…

In July of 1975, a conference was held at the University of Wisconsin to examine the feasibility of using cable television as a public library resource and to explore varied uses and techniques for portable video tape machines. Included in this program events are: (1) a bibliography of readings about cable television; (2) the text of an address…

In a magazine format, the services and programs of the State Library of Ohio from July 1974 to June 1975 are reported. New programs such as the opening of the State Library Tower Center to meet changing government information needs and the Ohio-Morehead program to reach educationally and economically disadvantaged; new uses of technology within…

This publication contains the proceedings of the first conference on Science and Social Issues, which was devoted to the topic of world population. Speeches are divided into two major groups: (1) population and the environment, the natural science view; and (2) population and society, the social view. Topics include population and natural…

This document reports the key findings of a conference on the Implications of Current Student Attitudes. Three groups participated in the conference: university faculty, students from seven northeastern colleges and universities, and executives from the insurance industry. The students were questioned on why campuses are no longer the hotbeds of…

The articles comprising this double issue of Impact evolved from several sources, one of which was the National Conference on Program in Career Guidance, Counseling, and Placement, sponsored by the Missouri State Department of Education. The purpose of the conference was to bring together a local school guidance director and a guidance supervisor…

This document contains all of the presentations given at the 1974 National American Academy of Advertising Conference in Newport, Rhode Island. The theme of the conference was "Perspectives on Advertising" and the areas of focus were curricula and instruction, descriptive and experimental research, cooperation between educators and the…