This guide contains detailed listings of courses and programs in film and television offered at 1,067 colleges, universities, and professional institutions in the United States. The individual listings indicate the type of institution, its accreditation, location, campus size, total enrollment, faculty size, calendar, grading system, number and…

Results of a survey of educational services provided by 145 public radio stations throughout the United States (78.4% response rate) are presented in this report. Following a description of the background of the survey and a summary of the findings, detailed findings are reported in tabular and narrative form for 26 items pertaining to such areas…

The portrayal of the working girl in the silent films of the 1920s ignored the fact that in reality women worked to help support their families, to be financially independent, or to supplement their family's income. A study of movie heroines from that era reveals that these characterizations reinforce the image of the traditionally dependent woman…

Information has become the lifeline of United States society, and consumers--especially those concerned about children--need to become concerned with the entire information phenomenon. Those who control access to information will be responsible to a great extent for the future values of society, and involved citizens should participate in shaping…

While there exists considerable sentiment about the older urban areas of the United States, little empirical work dealing explicitly with the problems of these areas has been done. This study is a preliminary investigation into the use of urban age as an independent variable. Preliminary results indicate that: (1) racial transition is not related…

The results of research studying the operation of person-to-person communication networks in the transfer of industrial technology are reviewed in this paper with a special view toward their applicability in the educational sector. First, the process of importing technology into a social system is examined; then inter-organizational relations are…

This discussion reviews the effects of technology and economics on the publishing and influence of scholarly journals and their role as a communications medium. Areas covered include the functions of the primary journal, economic pressures, and the availability of new technologies such as computers, synoptic journals, microforms, word processing…

Part of a series of statistical reports on public broadcasting, this publication is based on data provided by public television stations to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in a survey of public television programming by category. This is the third report in a new series of analyses which are based on the sample of an entire year. A summary…

A study was conducted to test the contention--which is supported by a review of the literature--that access to a wide variety of ideas and novelty will tend to stimulate innovation. The experiment consisted of a study of attitude changes through pre- and post-test administration of a research questionnaire to a group of 20 voluntary participants…

THE EXTENT TO WHICH PERSONS WITH WORKWEEKS OF MORE THAN 40 HOURS RECEIVE PREMIUM PAY AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY REGULARLY WORK LONG HOURS WERE STUDIED. THE DATA COLLECTED EACH YEAR IN THE MAY SURVEY OF THE LABOR FORCE BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, APPLY TO WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS WITH ONE JOB WHO WORKED 41 HOURS OR MORE DURING THE SURVEY WEEK.…

THE OFF-THE-JOB TRAINING INSTRUCTOR MUST KNOW THE SKILL HE WILL TEACH, HAVE BROAD EARLY TRAINING, AND POSSESS SUCH PERSONAL QUALITIES AS SELF-RELIANCE, CONFIDENCE, AND THE ABILITY TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS. THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR TRAINS INSTRUCTORS THROUGH THE JOB INSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN THE TRAINING WITHIN INDUSTRY SCHEME, WHICH DEVELOPS…

CURRICULUM STUDIES AT OSWEGO HAVE BEEN BASED ON A STUDY OF MAN AND HIS TECHNOLOGIES IN ORDER TO ANSWER BASIC QUESTIONS --(1) WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT MEANT BY THE NAME INDUSTRIAL ARTS, (2) WHAT SHOULD AND WHAT SHOULD NOT BE A PART OF THIS AREA OF STUDY, (3) WHAT RELATIONSHIPS EXIST BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES, AND (4) WHAT…

AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION, INDUSTRIAL ARTS MUST ENGAGE IN THOSE HUMAN ACTIVITIES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS AND HABITS OF MIND WHICH WILL BE THE INSTRUMENTS OF CONTINUOUS CHANGE AND GROWTH ON THE PART OF THE INDIVIDUAL. THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS PROGRAMS RELATES TO THIS POSITION BY…

CREATING IN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AN AWARENESS FOR THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY UPON THEIR DAILY LIVES WAS THE AIM OF THIS STUDY. A NEW ORIENTATION FOR INDUSTRIAL ARTS TEACHERS ATTEMPTED TO DEFINE A CURRICULUM AREA FOR COMPREHENSION OF THE BROAD SCOPE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY, RATHER THAN THE USUAL FOCUS UPON ISOLATED TRADES, OCCUPATIONS, OR…

Written by filmmakers with five years experience as part of a cooperative for the distribution of feminist films, this handbook is designed primarily to instruct filmmakers on how to distribute their films and to assess whether self-distribution is advisable. Mainly non-theatrical use of 16mm films is discussed, with emphasis on educational…