This final report provides a summary of the background, activities, and recommendations of the Assembly on University Governance at Syracuse University. Chapters cover events leading up to the Assembly, the preparatory commission, early proceedings of the governance Assembly and its committees, preparation and Assembly consideration of the…

This report covers the activities of the Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) from October 1, 1967 through October 31, 1968, and indicates the major efforts projected for the future. Included in the report are descriptions of the Center's projects and activities, the new CSE approach, administrative functions and supporting services, its staff…

Character string handling in the programing languages SNOBOL 4, TRAC, APL, and PL/I are compared. The first two of these are representatives of string processing languages, while the latter two represent general purpose programing languages. A description of each language is given and examples of string handling problems coded in the four…

Technical factors involved in the delivery of broadband information between a cable television (CATV) system head-end and subscriber terminals are discussed. Recommendations pertaining to the need for research in specified areas are given and a review of the system's hardware is provided, including details about device noise and distortion…

Five subdivisions comprise this volume. The introduction provides a brief overview of the history of the American Musicological Society. The next three sections review three symposia, the first of which--Musicology and the Computer I--was held in April 1965 and dealt with three of the major areas of computer applications to musicology: analysis,…

The staff questionnaire for evaluation of the South High Program during 1971-72 is presented. It contains a total of 37 questions. (CK)

A study was made to compare early respondents with late respondents and with non-respondents, using data collected from a study of 1,186 adult borrowers of two public libraries. Usable information was collected from 718 respondents either by one or more telephone calls or by a postcard sent first or when there was no answer by telephone. The…

The annual report describes and discusses humanities programs which support the parallel development of research, scholarships and institutions with a broader public education program. Programs described in this report represent the Endowment's efforts to bring the disciplines of the humanities to bear on problems of national concern. Following an…

A modified Valett Profile for the Stanford-Binet (L-M) was presented. Teachers are not overly impressed with test reports. A clinical profile that lends itself to rapid visualization may help. Theoretically, a teacher could develop a specific curriculum at a specific level for an individual child to include the construct categories subsumed by…

Standard errors for maximum likelihood estimates of factor loadings are expressed in terms of the inverse of an augmented information matrix. This formulation arises naturally by viewing the problem as one in constrained maximum likelihood estimation. The constraints correspond to the form of rotation used. Results are given for canonical rotation…

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Annual Report for 1973 presents a brief history of WICHE. The report is presented as an informal narrative that would try to catch the spirit of the times and of the people involved. A summary of cash receipts and disbursements for the year ended June 30, 1973 and a listing of WICHE…

The IFLA Annual 1970 is divided into two sections. Section one is the IFLA General Council Proceedings and contains: (1) the Opening Plenary Session; (2) the Plenary Session on the theme "Libraries as a Force in Education;" (3) the Plenary Session on the theme "Lenin and Libraries;" and (4) the reports on activities, meetings in Moscow, and…

This report of a 1969 Environmental Sciences Institute includes presentations from authorities on environmental problems, the discussion following some presentations, references, and the results of a panel discussion which involved all conference speakers. Papers presented were: "Is There an Ecological Crisis?""The Challenge of…

These 34 conference papers presented by more than 40 authors and coauthors represent a documentation of the growth of systematized education and the increasing emphasis on self-learning and self-regulation of the instructional process. The book is divided into the following seven subject areas: (1) Context of Individualized Instruction, (2)…

One conference address and two reports on adult education in Zambia are presented. The address is entitled "Adult Education and Industrialization" and the reports are "Adult Education and Industrialisation" and "Adult Education and Rural Development," respectively. (CK)