Home economics teachers need to know how to obtain occupational information to help students prepare for jobs and to substantiate validity of existing or new programs. Describes and discusses federal occupational information sources and grants, use of advisory committees, private industry information, and state committees. (MF)

In order to evaluate the clinical competencies of graduate pharmacy students upon the completion of a medicine rotation, an oral examination has been developed that requires students to present data and defend decisions. Objectives, responsibilities, and competencies required by the rotation and nine sample exam questions are appended. (JMD)

Identifies via questionnaire data major health risks and problems. Emphasizes the responsibilities of schools in helping students develop effective health attitudes and habits. Recommends strategies for improving health education programs. (JD)

It is suggested that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 applies to agricultural research and development projects receiving federal monies through the land grant college system, and that the Department of Agriculture has neglected its statutory duty to assess long-term environmental impact of agricultural mechanization. (Author/MSE)

Colleges continue to face questions, pressures, and even legal confrontations concerning the constitutionality of mandatory student activity fees. In addition, the educational and administrative considerations are equally as problematic on many campuses as students press their positions that run contrary to traditional student activity programs.…

Discusses the trend in the United States toward expanding continuing education for adults, describes planning processes at the University of Wisconsin to illustrate policy issues facing all states, and notes difficulties in accomplishing this expansion. Examines nine specific issues and presents differing views of the university role. (MF)

The author states that work-study and work-experience programs provide valuable experience in business offices and that teachers should find ways to provide these experiences for students. Suggestions include visiting local business firms, having businessmen and others as guest speakers, and a job fair for prospective graduates. (MF)

Education and training are primarily responsible for war and peace, states the author in discussing fallacies in the concept of peace education to promote nonviolence and tolerance. Noting that school competitiveness, as well as adult hypocrisy, promotes crime and violence, he considers challenges to peace education. (MF)

Explores the following topics: the way the means of communication comprise a real and influential environment; the changes that radical shifts in the structure of that environment cause in social organizations and intellectual predispositions; and the role of educators in assessing the biases of the information environment. (GT)

The experience of Babson College of integrating liberal arts into a school of management program is presented through three phases of development culminating with a second master plan formulated in 1975. The liberal arts are seen as making a vital contribution to a broad preparation for managerial responsibility. (JMF)

Recognizes evidence of increased community college responsiveness to the needs of special service groups (older adults, handicapped individuals, and women) and looks at implications for the future. (AYC)

The advantages of having a pediatrician, under the supervision of the program director, as member of a family medicine faculty are discussed. That academic role is outlined, and because it is a stopgap position, cautions regarding the future of a pediatric-family-medicine faculty member are offered. (JMD)

Advocates of the "new realism" in urban revitalization argue that effective urban policy involves attracting industries and white-collar taxpayers while improving public management and reducing public services. If this approach is not counterbalanced by socially conscious interests, cities may soon have little room for many of their present…

Aspects discussed include federal responsibility in Indian education, the need for federal leadership and coordination, and the need for in service and preservice training. (Author/DLS)

Section 439A of the Education Amendments of 1976 restricts the dischargeability of federal student loans to cases of "undue hardship." The origin, applications, and legal procedures involved in Section 439A and in Section 523(a) of the new Bankruptcy Code are examined and suggestions are made for determining the meaning of "undue…