Aspects of educational television (ETV) covered in this report include its history, growth and development, noncommerical television broadcast stations, instructional television fixed service (ITFS), microwave relay system, television signal translators, cable systems, and the use of satellites. The report also outlines the Federal Communications…

A case study of the Devils Lake Manufacturing Corporation (a successful enterprise between the Brunswick Corporation and the Sioux Indians on the Fort Totten Indian Reservation) is discussed. It shows how the thorough training of operative employees in a minority enterprise has been a factor in the organization's success. (Author/BP)

An American firm's experience in terms of technical knowledge and relevent architectural expression in designing and constructing a university complex in the Middle East. (Author/MLF)

Publishers' descriptions of new books and materials for secondary language arts are presented. (JH)

This report evaluates the environmental quality of the United States. The analysis reveals that wildlife, soil, water, minerals, and living space indices have slid downward from 1969 to 1975. Only air quality slightly improved and timber remained steady. Despite this pessimistic picture, public support for environmental goals is still high. (MR)

Discusses a program that allows university engineering faculty members to work in industry for one year to gain experience that will aid in their instruction of engineering undergraduates. (MLH)

Corporate/college relations is a new activity for the business community, growing partly out of concern over the widespread ignorance and hostility among faculty and students. Business and education share common problems--inflation, government regulation, pressure from women and minorities, and tenure--and cooperative programs result in mutual…

Lists and annotates articles dealing with such topics as advertising, broadcasting, editorial policy and methods, journalism education, journalism opportunities, media management, press law, and public relations. (GW)

City Lights Books of San Francisco has served as a literary meeting place, as a bookstore that concentrates on serious literature--especially poetry, as a publisher of significant voices such as those of Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski, and as an institution with a political conscience. (JMD)

Westview Press in Boulder, Colorado, is a small independent press with an interest in scholarly publishing, especially manuscripts concerned with international and public policy. High speed and low cost are the advantages of its no-frills production method. A description of its operation and guidelines for authors are presented. (JMD)

The tempo of change in electronics has greatly increased in the last few years. The current and potential applications of computers and other electronic technologies are numerous, and their impact on society profound. (SJL)

The reorganization of broadcasting in France in 1974 created an economic rather than a public service goal for programing. (JMF)

Describes the Austrian broadcast industry which is dominated by foreign influences. Suggests the restoration of autonomy of Austria's media through a system of promotion of and subsidies to Austrian media efforts, as well as a decentralization of foreign influence to increase the quality and competitiveness of domestic production. (JMF)

Summarizes Elihu Katz's proposals for social research on broadcasting, and points out differences between the American and British broadcasting settings with respect to commercial advertisers, research planning, and research coordination. (JMF)

Synthesizing five reports, this article documents growing support among educators for smaller, more diverse, age-integrated, and community-related schools characterized by both academic and action learning, and supplemented by experiential learning through business-industry work organizations, social involvement opportunities, and community…