Flexner's report on the procedures, agents, and effects of medical school accreditation emphasizes common sense and unstructured observation, rather than objective social science. Flexner would probably declare that lay people, rather than the National Education Association or the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, should…

A job placement course designed for first-semester students was introduced in a rehabilitation counseling master's program. An agency-based field experience was combined with classwork. Results indicate that substantial learning occurred and that students were able to deliver needed placement services. (Author)

Analyzes the reorganization plan that was designed to make sweeping changes in the administration and enforcement of federal employment discrimination laws. Suggests the plan is counterproductive. Available from School of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211; sc $3.50. (Author/IRT)

Voluntary self-regulation through regional accrediting associations is under criticism from both federal and state centers. The charge is that the colleges in defensive times become easier on each other. It is claimed that with so much money coming from government, peer-evaluation of colleges cannot be trusted. (MLW)

Asserts that care and knowledge are the keys to protecting the environment. The roles that nongovernmental organizations should play in environmental education are examined. (WB)

Describes environmental education's successes and failures during the 1970s and identifies tasks for the decade ahead. Cooperative efforts have produced better results than have searches for federal leadership and funding. In the 1980s environmental educators must acknowledge, but not dwell upon, their differences in philosophy and approach. (WB)

The extent, type, and quality of information that state postsecondary education agencies provide prospective students regarding higher education opportunities are investigated. Results indicate most states do provide information but it varies in format, content, and quality. Good materials that might serve as models for other states are…

The article suggests a model and plan of action designed to combat child abuse and neglect, utilizing extension education working with county agencies in developing programs to reach the target population. Community perspective, interprogram cooperation, and ways to implement programs are considered. (MF)

Educators and publishers (including state departments) need to know the readability and usability of periodicals and non-text materials. On the basis of a research review of the relationship between intended audience reading level and non-text materials readability, author recommends state and federal agencies develop materials which meet the…

If implemented, "Adams" could go a long way toward erasing the color line in higher education. Without this litigation and the resultant enforcement, the racial dualism of segregated systems of higher education in southern and border states would continue. (Author/IRT)

Highlights the constitutional and judicial principles that the Supreme Court will apply if and when it is called on to decide the issue of National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over religious schools. Available from Business Manager, The Catholic Lawyer, Fromkes Hall, Grand Central and Utopia Pkwys, Jamaica, New York 11439; sc $1.50.…

A descriptive analysis of research focusing on the organizational and environmental factors that affect levels of admission of children to care. (CM)

Questions whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any other agency of the federal government, has the authority to create guidelines for personnel evaluation in the private sector. (Author/IRT)

In 1976, the Columbian Government set up PAN to combat the country's serious malnutrition through coordination of the public and private production, distribution, health, sanitation, and education sectors. After describing PAN, this report considers its problems and approaches relating to nutrition education for both PAN professionals and its…

William Hallett, Red Lake Chippewa and the new head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, discusses such topics as (1) his new job, (2) ideas for change in the BIA (staff mobilization, clarification of bureau objectives, reorganization), (3) economic development for tribes, (4) education, and (5) Indian preference. (DS)