Material in this environmental reference is designed to provide a systematic means of keeping abreast of the latest significant happenings in the environmental control field. It attempts to show the relationship between what is supposed to happen (Congressional legislation) and what is happening (Executive Department management). Each…

To assist states in developing air quality standards, this book offers a review of literature related to atmospheric particulates and the development of criteria for air quality. It not only summarizes the current scientific knowledge of particulate air pollution, but points up the major deficiencies in that knowledge and the need for further…

Documented in this book are the staggering problems of pollution, the facts and figures about pesticides, waste disposal, air, water, noise, and atomic pollution. In asking the question, "Is there a solution?", Mr. Halacy examines what (if anything) is being done to attack the problems, as well as the many promising technological innovations to…

This paper summarizes the introduction to a symposium designed to articulate issues and problems relative to the functioning of journals. The symposium concerned itself with questions such as: Are journals useful or important in the dissemination of information among scientists? To what extent do journals constrain or stimulate the development of…

A form for evaluating various types of instructional materials, including their appropriateness to the learning environment and prior field testing, is presented. (RAO)

Institutional involvement under the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (PL93-523) may range from zero cost to sizable expenditures depending upon whether the institution can be defined as a water supplier, or a cooperative agent of another water supplier. (MJB)

A roofing project of any substantial size should involve an architect, an engineer, or a roof consultant. Careful planning and design, diligent construction, and quality inspection, offer owners a quality roof job. (MLF)

A roof management program protects the capital investment of a new roof. Steps to create a program are (1) assemble roof information files, (2) implement a roof inspection program with periodic inspection, and (3) establish maintenance scheduling and implementation. (MLF)

A survey of dental schools that revealed processing quality control and routine maintenance checks on x-ray generators are being carried out in a timely manner is discussed. However, methods for reducing patient exposure to radiation are not being fully implemented, and some dental students are being exposed to x-rays. (Author/MLW)

Reports that vocational health occupations programs are undergoing a self-analysis process including evaluation of competency and continuing competency. Presents perspectives of health professionals with comparisons to nursing and medical technology credentialing and continuing education. These perspectives are intended for other occupational…

An Indiana school researched and experimented to find "ideal" doors for heavily trafficked locations. Specifications are outlined for the door they determine may last 20 years. (MD)

This article contains standards and interpretation of the standards for graduate programs in physical education developed by the College and University Council of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. (JMK)

The variability in the testing procedures of football helmets is examined in this article. Inadequacies in standards for recertifying helmets indicates the probability of unsafe helmets being used. (Author/DF)

This book is intended as an introduction to the management of quality assurance and enhancement in higher education, particularly in England. The text focuses on the relationship between institutional quality assurance and the auditing authority of the British Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. The chapters of part 1, "The Quality…

The European University Association (EUA) established in 1994 a Quality Assurance Pool of current and former presidents/rectors prepared to serve on small teams that conduct institutional evaluations, when invited, in order to advise leaders of the host universities on the quality of their various operations and how to improve it. At a seminar…