This statistical report presents an overview of the current status of public broadcasting. Separate sections deal with the development of public broadcasting, finance, broadcast content, national interconnection services, public broadcasting audience, and employment of broadcast personnel. An appendix provides definitions of selected terms related…

A summary of the major activities of the Library of Congress (LC) is given for a 15 month period ending September 30, 1976. Highlighted are the activities of the Congressional Reference Service, Processing Department (acquisitions, cataloging, and networking), Federal Library Committee, Copyright Office, Reader Services Department, major exhibits,…

Comments on the inadequacy of current engineering manpower data and what might be done to improve it. Declares the need for a national coordinated effort to obtain this information and make it available to students and others who base decisions, in part, on the future supply of engineers. (Author/MLH)

Among the projects described are programs for the promotion of National Information Systems (NATIS) and of scientific and technological documentation and information. (PF)

The major requirements for initiating educational statistics in developing nations are described. (DE)

Reports results of several surveys by the National Center for Educational Statistics. Data include amount of regular school completed, type of sponsoring institution, distribution of the number of courses by length of course, staff involved by type of activity and pay status, and illustrative charges by noncollegiate schools. (Editor/JT)

The paper examines the quantitative dimensions, causes, and consequences of the "new depression" in the college job market due to the changes in the industrial structure and continued growth of supply. (Author/BP)

This study analyzes determinants of two dimensions of the supply of physicians' services: the number of hours physicians work per week and the number of weeks they work per year. Data indicate that physician supply in the short run is affected by physician's nonprofessional income, age, sex, and employment situation. (Author/JB)

Potential implications of the "Privacy Act of 1974" as well as related issues from the perspective of the federal statistical system are discussed. Journal address: DUALabs, 1601 N. Kent St., Suite 900, Arlington, Va. 22209. (RC)

Reprint from "State Universities and Black Americans, issued by Southern Education Reporting Service, Atlanta, Ga., 1969 (