Reports the first national survey to determine current status of environmental science in colleges of education. Data shows environmental science content is often being taught but methods of teaching it are not offered. (BL)

The environment has a definite structure, made up of discrete clusters of attributes. The shape and composition of these mental pictures depends on the nature and context of environmental experience. While language (semantic response) at times reinforces experiences, at others the two are opposed. These differences are discussed and analyzed based…

Results of a nationwide survey of 595 modern language departments conducted in December 1970. Data analyzed indicate that the proportion of women declines from 55 percent of all graduate students to 18 percent of all full-time professors to only 8 percent of graduate teaching faculty in departments with Ph.D. programs. (DS)

Reversals of trait desirability are studied. Terms indicating conservativw behavior appeared to be judged relatively desirable in comparative judgement, while traits indicating dynamic and expansive behavior benefited from absolute judgement. The reversal effect was shown to be a general one, i.e. reversals were not dependent upon the specific…

A statistical analysis using the social marginal product of labor to estimate the rate of return on investment in education instead of market earnings. (BC)

The article reviews statistics on visually handicaped children served under federal special education legislation and suggests reasons for and implications of a low count. Difficulties, especially relating to the visually handicapped population, with the Rand Study of the costs of special education and related services are identified. (CL)

The Modern Language Association has created a computerized database for the world's 3,024 periodicals on language and literature from which it can retrieve current information including: the number of periodicals in the field and the rate new ones are introduced, number of manuscripts submitted and published each year, etc. (MLW)

Describes various reference tools that would be useful to urban researchers, including bibliographies, indexing and abstracting services, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, yearbooks, and directories on urban studies, political science, and economics. (For journal availability, see UD 509 682.) (Author/MJL)