This report discusses the following topics: The Leadership Education Program at the USAF Academy; Organizational Leadership; Corporation Presidents' Perceptions of Leadership; Leadership Development; The Challenge of Leadership; Leader Experience, Leadership Training, and Other Blind Alleys; and Leadership in State Government. (Author/DB)

In response to growing unemployment among professional personnel in the aerospace industry, a series of 175 workshops were conducted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) in 43 cities. Nearly 15,000 unemployed engineers and scientists attended the workshops and reviewed job counseling and placement services from…

Through an analysis of children's reading materials published in the 1930's and 1960's, an attempt was made to show the difference in the amount of responses requiring literal comprehension (i.e., direct or paraphrased answers from the reading materials) and critical comprehension (i.e., use of interpretive and critical reading skills). Examined…

The term "managerial semantics" brings together aspects of communication, behavior, semantics, and management. An investigation of semantic principles as they are applied in industry today shows that although Korzybski's emphasis on differences between objects and individuals may have been useful when first formulated, it is less useful…

Equipment for two-way cable television (CATV) is becoming available and there are steps we can take to ensure that it is used efficiently. For example a possible obstacle to the orderly development of two-way CATV is competition between CATV and video cassettes. However the two could complement each other if videotape materials were prepared to be…

Are children going to continue to serve television by providing a trusting audience for its commercial message, or is television going to begin to serve children? Current children's programs are designed for the sole purpose of holding the attention of the broadest age span possible. Today's television fails to enhance the small child's…

The purpose of this study, concerned with the graphics arts industry, were to identify: (1) skills and technical knowledges needed by employees, (2) processes and types of equipment in use, (3) sources of labor, and (4) opinions of employers concerning personnel training. Data were obtained describing the industry in the Carolinas and Georgia by a…

More than 20 articles are presented to further clarify some of the controversial questions which have been of interest to cable television (CATV) station operators during the past decade. Issues cover a wide range of subjects--in-depth views on Section 315 and "personal attack" rules, community leader and public surveys, lotteries,…

The audiovisual (AV) field has been expanding rapidly, although in the last year or so there is evidence of a healthy slowing down in growth. This fourth edition of the guide to the AV industry represents an attempt to keep abreast of the information and to provide a single publication listing the many types of AV organizations and products which…

The purpose of the study was to define a world-wide machinery registering the essential characteristics of scientific periodicals and making them available to all interested individuals or organizations. The study is a combined feasibility study and preliminary system design. No attempt was made to identify individual organizations which might…

Mass communications are a chief tool in maintaining and expanding American influence abroad. Various government officials recognize this and have made statements which make it explicit national policy. The domestic communications complex is a vital part of the military-industrial complex and is used to further its interests, both in defense of…

Beginning with an historical account of the development of public printing in various states, this report proceeds specifically to trace the development of public printing in Kansas from 1857 until 1957. Emphasis is on the historical, political, and legislative processes and on budgetary concerns during this one hundred year period. A major part…

The origins, development, and effectiveness of Action for Children's Television (ACT) are examined in this pamphlet. The strategies used by ACT to obtain change at the congressional level and within television stations and networks include the following: a "tuneout" day when people are urged to turn off their television sets, a boycott…

Auburn University's radio station is being faced with providing quality public radio programing with inadequate resources, including money, personnel, and university support. This proposal is directed to the university community and discusses the university radio station's problems at three levels. At the federal level, concerns relate to…

This study examines the present status of broadcast education in colleges and universities and reports the attitudes of broadcasters toward the undergraduate programs offered in 205 colleges and universities. The report is in five parts: (1) a review of the administrative units which house broadcast educational programs, (2) a summary of the…