Discusses the use of quadratic programming to calculate the optimal distribution of educational investments required to closely approach manpower targets when financial resources are insufficient to meet manpower targets completely. Demonstrates use of the quadratic programming approach by applying it to the training of supervisory technicians in…

Reviews general objectives, global and educational constraints, and projects educational planning and programs to meet these needs and limitations. (CP)

A study of the supply of new science and engineering Ph.D.s in the next ten years projects a gain in the production of social and life science doctorates, but a decline in the number of physical science Ph.D.s. (MLH)

Kaminsky and Nelson's method for estimating the times of future "success" from the times of earlier "successes" in the same sample is discussed in terms of its potential applications to long term psychological treatment, research, or training programs. (Author/JKS)

The response to the question "What next?" is a synthesis--a combination of philosophical, psychological, and linguistic scholarship with electronic and computational technologies, under the pressure of commercial requirements for improved man-computer communication. (Author/VT)

Challenges some deep-rooted assumptions about the nature of library service by emphasizing a radically different approach to the idea of information. In this view, information is seen as part of a communication model that focuses on the individuality of the user and the context of his information needs. (JD)

The author presents three methods for dealing with the problem of the number of tosses of a fair coin needed to obtain two consecutive heads. (MN)

Previous knowledge of the difficulty index and the intercorrelations of the items will allow group results to be predicted and manipulated. A compound bionomial probability function of a testscore is established for which a computer program has been written. Three item selections and the appropriate probability distributions are given which give…

Attempts to familiarize the reader with the current extent of use of the legal assistant, to analyze the major sources of attorney resistance to the more extensive use of the legal assistant, and to make predictions of the extent to which legal assistants will be utilized within the next ten years. (Author/RK)

A quantitative decline is predicted because of the leveling off of industrial production and exhaustion of resources. Coping with these conditions requires flexibility and adaptability. Delusions of certainty zero in on catastrophe. (Author/MLF)

Two experiments with college males examined the relationship between moral judgment and compliance in a modified Asch paradigm. Moral judgment was assessed using Kohlberg's dilemmas in one experiment and with Rest's Defining Issues in the second experiment. (Editor/RK)

Explored differential contribution of three alternative variables in explaining career-relevant behavior in science and engineering students. Results revealed that self-efficacy was the most useful in predicting grades and persistence in technical/scientific majors, self-efficacy and congruence contributed to prediction of range of perceived…

The Revised Denver Developmental Screening Test and parental reports of developmental concerns were compared for effectiveness in predicting school problems four years after a preschool screening program. Results suggested the test accurately identified only those children later found to have severe learning problems. (Author/DB)