The American public continues to be perplexed by the substandard reading, math, and science skills of students. Science information alone is growing at a rate that will make it very difficult for many, especially students with feeble science knowledge and skills, to become scientifically literate. This research describes the development,…

This paper is a content analysis of 202 job advertisements located in the "American Association of Law Libraries Newsletter" (AALL Newsletter) between April 1992 and September 1993 for the purpose of determining what employers are looking for and informing individuals who wish to become law librarians about expectations in the field of…

Continued communication about environmental education (EE) issues is a goal of UNESCO. This document consists of the four issues of the UNESCO-UNEP Environmental Education Newsletter published in 1993. Each issue contains a lead story, followed by regular sections that report EE activities in participating countries and regions, new EE centers,…

The Health Promotion Program began with establishment of a one-credit course in health promotion and wellness and the training of family practice residents at the Mountain Area Health Education Center to serve as lab leaders in the course. The course later became part of the university's general education requirements. In addition, a health…

This collection of essays addresses the challenges of technical communication and provides detailed information for instructors and researchers who wish to further their knowledge of particular areas within technical communication. The essays in this collection also address the problems of a large, complex, and growing academic endeavor. The…

This guide provides a description and step-by-step instructions for the use of "Newsroom," a desktop-publishing program for the Apple II series of microcomputers produced by Springboard Software Inc. Based on the 1984 version of the program, this two-hour exercise focuses on the design and production of a newsletter with text and…

Described in this booklet are the planning, implementation, and evaluation stages needed in the development of a career education newsletter, a publication by the local school which keeps the community informed of career education activities and events. This guide explains the factors which must be determined in the production of the newsletter,…

Misconceptions about the teaching of writing prevail on many college campuses, partially because writing teachers fail to communicate with their colleagues. It is especially important for writing teachers to let their colleagues know that learning to write is a long term developmental process that needs support and reinforcement from the entire…

Articles in this newsletter discuss the increasing abridgements of the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent rather than make self-incriminating statements; the power of the Federal Communications Commission to put broadcasters out of business, as demonstrated in the Star case; and a case in which three members of the Young Socialist Alliance…

The opinions of 51 journal editors concerning the concept of a manuscript marketing newsletter for academicians were surveyed. The proposed monthly or quarterly newsletter would inform authors and researchers of editorial needs and requirements for publications. Editors of highly regarded journals in education, psychology, and sociology were…

Two papers are presented in this newsletter: one on the political activity of scientists following World War II as a result of the Manhattan Project, and one on the political activity of scientists today. These papers are followed by two commentaries which compare the two papers. Also included in this issue are news items, a calendar of events, a…

This issue of the "SLANT" Newsletter for researchers in second language acquisition is highlighted by a report of research on second language acquisition by immigrant workers in West Germany (including research in progress and a bibliography). Also included are reports from various language acquisition conferences; a listing of summer…

This newsletter consists of two parts, the first dealing with issues common to the nation members of the Council of Europe, and the second consisting of reports from eleven countries. The first section contains a brief resume of a conference of ministers of education from British Commonwealth countries and a summary of an American study of…

This collection of environmental education newsletters encompasses the issues published in 1978. The main topic covered in the first issue of the collection is the First Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education held in Tbilisi, USSR in October, 1977. The Tbilisi declaration resulting from that conference is discussed. The second…

Based on data from a questionnaire mailed to about 235 identifiable Chicano media sources from February through May 1976, this directory presents the name and address of each media group; name of organization, if applicable; how long they have been in existence; their publication's focus, language and frequency; and subscription rates. The 190…