The savings were effected in the areas of transportation, maintenance, and operations. (IRT)

Various needs assessment methods and delivery systems for community services are described. It is recommended that the characteristics and attitudes of both consumers and suppliers be considered in planning community service programs. (NHM)

Defines five roles of the community college in delivering services to the community--deliverer, convener, planner, coordinator, and collaborator. Identifies four factors which determine these roles: philosophy and policies, available services, commitment of staff, and political milieu. (NHM)

A 1975 research planning conference addressing the needs of consumers and researchers in the education of the severely handicapped identified such critical issues as the need for replicable service delivery technologies and information dissemination systems. (CL)

Major proposals for national health insurance are surveyed with regard to the alternative impacts on the student health center enterprise, and suggestions are made for preparing for and directing the impact. (Author/DS)

Case managers, experienced senior members of the system, have assessment, disposition, and advocacy functions for each client as well as responsibility for policy decisions for the organization. Treatment and administrative considerations of such an approach are explicated, and problems raised by the model are explored.

Describes a book availability study using the ACCESS retrieval and delivery system for the evaluation of library services. (CWM)

Advocates a more militant approach to facing problems directly related to certain practices among publishers: discount, delivery, and a general disregard for the significance of libraries in the market. This can be seen by comparing the way publishers treat public and school libraries to the way they treat retail booksellers. (JPF)

Outlined is the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped Marketing Program (Market Linkage Project for Special Education), developed to provide for the distribution of its materials and services designed to assist in the education of the aurally handicapped. (BD)

Careful attention to the organization and management of student services is necessary to the contemporary university to deal effectively with retention, student consumer interests, budget constraints, and shrinking admissions pools. A model is described that places responsibility on both academic units and central resources. (Author/LBH)

The article describes Texas's four vocational instructional materials centers, all located in universities, and the development and dissemination of curriculum materials in distributive education, industrial arts, agriculture, home economics, teaching the disadvantaged, and others. Purchase information for the materials is included. (MF)

Described is the adaptation of the Program Evaluation and Review Technique, a method of assessing caseloads to maximize professional efficiency and service to clients, to a demonstration program for severly and multiply handicapped blind students. (DLS)

Appalachian Leadership Outreach Health Program established community health centers in the homes of volunteers in 10 Kentucky communities. The cost has been nominal, and the advantages in transportion time and improved health awareness and care promise to help meet basic health needs of the rurally isolated. (JC)

Examined are approaches to the problem of defining the severely/profoundly handicapped, and proposed is a definition based on service need with emphasis on teacher competencies. (CL)

The authors discuss how the existing vocational rehabilitation systems can be more effective in job placement. (SBH)