The Nigerian Government is attempting to create a national identity and eliminate inefficient indigenous educational practices. The author argues that quick implementation of this plan to regulate indigenous private education and craft apprenticeships could aggravate the employment situation and restrict the ability of localities to meet their own…

Describes the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges' National Issues Forum on "Energy and the Way We Live." Provides a calendar of events and topics for February, March, and April, 1980. (AYC)

The Epilepsy Foundation of America, with funding from Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), originated the Training and Placement Services (TAPS) Project for epileptics. Although the majority of epileptics are able to work, employer prejudice has been the principle obstacle to their employment. Several individual cases are described.…

Mentally retarded persons achieved an eighty percent job success rate through efforts of the National Association for Retarded Citizens, with funding from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), when trained by employers on jobs matching their capabilities. Types of jobs successfully performed by retarded persons are listed. (MF)

The National Urban League's LEAP program has opened career opportunities for nearly 17,000 minority men and women in nine years. Aimed at getting minority groups into apprenticeships in the building and construction unions nationwide, LEAP staff recruit youths at high school career days and in less traditional places. (AJ)

The process is recounted by which the U.S. Office of Education (USOE) picked up an NIE-developed innovation (Experience-Based Career Education) for broad demonstration, confirming the viability of a separate research arm, USOE's ability to cooperate with that arm, and the vo-ed community's receptivity to proven educational innovation. (Author/AJ)

The National Institute of Education recently initiated a three-year effort to encourage implementation of the Experience-Based Career Education program and to study the process by which it occurs. Emphasized are: transferring financial support to States and local systems, developing a network of program sites, and diffusing essential technical…

This report made at a Senate-House Joint Economic Committee hearing on the problems of youth unemployment is based on data gathered through academic research and personal visits to several industrialized countries. (WL)

The Communications Director of the American Library Association (ALA) offers five reasons librarians should claim literacy as their top professional mission: the "America Reads Challenge" to ensure that all 8-year-olds can read by the year 2000; the ALA's experience in literacy programs; the issue's universality; the success of past…

Reviews the development of the English Only movement and its negative effects on linguistic minorities. Suggests the following components of a national language policy: abandon divisive "Official English" measures; encourage transitional bilingual education; expand existing adult education with federal support; and revitalize the concept…

The paper decries the present British government's treatment of higher education including such proposals as the elimination of tenure and replacement of block grants with a system of direct contract funding. Institutions of higher education are encouraged to present a compelling position based on educational principles and democratic access. (DB)

Discusses the growing emphasis on preservation in academic libraries and examines the assumptions underlying the prevalent approach of one-time reformatting using microforms. A model for preservation policy and planning based on needs assessment and prioritizing is presented, and alternatives to current practices are considered. (10 references)…

Discussion of the U.S. research and development community focuses on the education system and access to information. Topics discussed include demographic changes; computer networks that link research and higher education, including the National Research and Education Network (NREN); and the need for a corporation with national responsibility for…

Describes Pennsylvania Research and Economics Partnership Network (PREPnet), which links research universities, Bell of Pennsylvania, and the State of Pennsylvania. Highlights include the U.S. communications and information infrastructure compared to other countries; and the need for national networks that will link higher education; business,…

It is suggested that special educators follow the mode of other helping professions by developing national standards for professional certification. The proposal is justified, steps already taken to facilitate this process are outlined, and the positive impact of such a move is discussed. (MSE)