This report evaluates the impact of two types of initiatives for involving real estate developers in building or supporting new child care facilities. These initiatives are: (1) linkage, a legislative mandate that requires developers to construct a child care space or contribute to a child care fund; and (2) bonuses, or zoning incentives that…

A study was undertaken of specialized magazine editors' perceptions of audience characteristics as well as the perceived role of their publications. Specifically, the study examines the relationship between the editors' perceptions of reader problem recognition, level of involvement, constraint recognition, and possession of reference criteria and…

A community television project in La Rouge, Saskatchewan is used as a "mirror" instead of a tool -- not to tell people what to think or what should happen -- but what is. (AH)

Describes the state-based program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which provides grants to local institutions through state committees for support of public programs in the humanities which relate to public issues.

This issue includes legislative summaries for the 1974 sessions for 47 states and the District of Columbia, including several states whose legislatures did not meet in 1974. (JMF)

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools maintains an interest in the improvement of elementary schools, as evidenced by its Cooperative Program in Elementary Education. The primary Technique for improving elementary schools is the faculty study, which is the sum total of a particular school's activities in selecting a problem, enlisting…

The Education Commission of the States (ECS) conducted a poll in early 1974 of the seven ECS commissioners in each of the member States. The commissioners were asked to indicate the degree of concern in their State on each of 18 issues confronting education in the States. Financing schools and colleges was identified as the most urgent concern by…

Results are presented of a survey of 20 community radio organizations operating in Canada. For each of the 20 agencies, information is provided relating to: (1) the name and address of the organization; (2) the name and population of the community served; (3) the station's call letters, frequency, and power; (4) the date of the station's license;…

The historical background of citizen participation in local affairs and its relevance at the onset of community concern about cable television are briefly discussed in this report. The participation of citizens, municipal officials, and cable operators in laying the groundwork for a cable system as well as the pros and cons of cable television as…

This report presents the results of a questionnaire sent to the daily and weekly newspaper editors in Washington to evaluate their sources of agricultural news. Responses were obtained from 16 of 21 daily newspaper editors queried and 63 of 140 weekly editors. The questionnaire was designed to check the accuracy of newspapers' mailing addresses,…

A variety of regional influences, including urban-suburban-rural factors, must be allowed to have an important bearing upon cooperative teacher education program design and implementation at the local level. One must take into account existing patterns of school-community-university relationships, the school system's relationships with its teacher…

The Manpower Development Service (MDS) of Utah State University designed workshop activities which were adapted to the situations and needs of attending local government officials. (Author/BP)

Reports on a study of the agenda-setting function of the media in a rural central Illinois city, during an off-election year. (GW)

School financial elections are won by analyzing what people know and need to know about the ballot issue; developing a ballot issue that is salable; then organizing, planning, financing, communicating, and finally evaluating to see what went right and what went wrong in the campaign. (Author/MLF)