Described are services of Recording for the Blind, Incorporated (RFB), which delivered 64,275 recorded educational books to 10,146 visually, perceptually, and physically handicapped students (elementary through graduate levels) during 1972-1973. (Author/MC)

One approach, the Special Science Programs Department, manages the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) advisory functions and conducts symposia, seminars and other meetings. The second, a full time Public Responsibilities Department, provides a continuous flow of research data and information into the public. Each approach is…

The article discusses the need for a close working relationship between business education and the economic education movement, the recent curriculum and project developments that can contribute to this bond, and what economic education service centers can provide in the way of relevant resource materials for business education teachers.…

This manual compiles information on affecting public policy related to child care services. It is intended as a basic guide to political action for child care advocates. Information needs of legislators, guidelines for lobbying, basic legislative terminology, political action principles, tips on testifying and suggested strategies for statewide…

It may be a mistake to speak of the "higher education community" as a synonym for the Washington-based higher education organizations associated with advocating public policy for American higher education. These organizations represent different views and constituencies including students, states, and institutions such as liberal arts…

The directory was prepared as part of a comprehensive effort for improving the international network for the exchange of documentation, information, ideas, and experiences, in the field of adult education. The provisional edition will be corrected and updated after March 1976. A work-sheet and coding instructions are included for this purpose. In…

In 1971, 67 persons at 32 libraries and 11 microform industries were interviewed to ascertain the acceptability of a permanent national microform agency, to determine the priority functions of such an agency and to specify its organization. It was recommended that the "Office of Micrographic Activities" be established under the administrative…

Critics have stated that the present system of accreditation stifles innovation. Because of this, a proposal has been made by the United States Office of Education to develop its own standards for deciding which colleges and universities should receive federal funds. Therefore, institutions of higher education would be subjected to both…

Information is provided on the purposes, goals, functions, membership, board of directors, calendar of events, publications, and names and addresses of the officers or executive committees of 19 national organizations serving the deaf. Organizations included are the Council of Organizations Serving the Deaf, Alexander Graham Bell Association for…

The Twentieth Century Fund is currently suggesting a National News Council (tentatively scheduled to be in operation by the end of 1973), which would be independent of both the government and the craft of journalism and would report to the public both on the accuracy of news coverage and on the threat, real and potential, against freedom of the…

Presented by the American Foundation for the Blind are background information and a policy statement on consumer participation in the area of services for the blind. Noted is past significant leadership blind persons have manifested in surmounting physical, social, and economic problems. Considered are ways to make known the consumer's point of…

Reported were proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. Opening ceremonies included a speech summarizing past and projected developments in employment of the handicapped, a speech by Raymond Burr who acted as master of ceremonies, recognition of many categories of volunteers who…