Intended for staffs of sheltered workshops for handicapped individuals, the guide presents a plan for selling the workshop idea to industry, hints on meeting obstacles, and ideas for expanding and upgrading workshop contract promotion. Brief sections cover the following topics (example subtopics are in parentheses): finding work contract prospects…

This book reviews the research in the field of typography as it affects children's books and sets it in the context of research on reading. The contents include five chapters: "Problems of Definition and Measurement" discusses the various measures of legibility used in research studies. "The Reading Process" examines three…

The theoretical perspective presented in this monograph is intended to answer two fundamental questions: What accounts for the input of the gatekeeping institution in the newsroom? and What accounts for the output of the gatekeeping institution? The organizational role of gatekeeper is to monitor incoming information for its news content; to…

Developments in communications technology should become a major concern of minorities (native Americans and Americans of African, Asian, and Hispanic racial or ethnic origin). Although minorities are disillusioned with broadcast television because television decision makers have not been sensitive to minority needs, they have shown interest…

The author states that the Federal Communications Commission is overidentified with the industry it regulates and calls for remedial action. Various proposals are examined and discarded. Basically, what is said to be needed is a structural change--reducing the number of commissioners from seven to five, each appointed for a single term of 15…

Actions of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to a Congressional mandate to protect children from excessive programing of violence and obscentity are described and demarcated. Special attention is given to the networks' proposal for a Family Viewing Hour. The question of appropriate warnings of offensive content (viewer…

Sixty students were categorized into a stratified four-group design to ascertain the predictive value of achievement motivation as it relates to: (1) diagnostic problem solving ability, (2) diagnostic problem solving knowledge, and (3) student attitude toward the course. Each of the four groups represented varying strengths of achievement…

Developing a rationale and a structure of knowledge as the basis for an instructional system in electronics technology and designing and developing a packaged instructional system in electronics technology for the sixth grade is the two-fold purpose of this study. The study identifies electronics technology within the broad framework of industrial…

Emphasis on national goals such as those related to urban development, housing, and transportation will create a need for new construction and a demand for workers in the structural, mechanical, and finishing occupations. This projected increase in demand for construction workers has resulted in a need to synthesize information related to the…

Annotated bibliography cites 32 sources of reference on safety cabinets for laboratory facilities. (RH)

Visits to 35 industries and professional offices throughout California and interviews of 219 draftsmen and supervisors were conducted to determine: (1) the effects of automation on the needs of industry for draftsmen with general versus specialized training, and (2) the curricular revisions in vocational drafting programs in junior colleges to…

A staff paper to the President's Task Force on Communications Policy analyses the use of the electromagnetic spectrum for communications and suggests improvements. The evolution of spectrum use and its present federal management are described together with the problem of achieving efficient use in the areas of electromagnetic congestion. Criticism…

This report presents an initial five-year program for meeting the critical transportation information needs of industry and government at national, state and local levels. The program provides for information on the flows of persons and goods, information on the activities (population and industry) that generate the flows, and information on the…

The annual conference of the British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education (BACIE), held at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, in September 1968, was devoted to educational objectives for England for the 1980's. The three speeches presented were, "The Objectives of Society" (Sir Herbert Butterfield), "Industry in the…

The evaluation and use of plastics in the construction industry are explained. The contributors offer extensive, timely, and thoroughly researched data on the chemistry, properties, functions, engineering behavior, and specific applications of plastics to building requirements. The major subjects discussed in depth are--(1) the role of plastics in…