A general overview of problems, current activities, and future action related to the human environment is delineated in this United Nations pamphlet. Reviewed first is the challenge facing the United Nations to promote common interest in protecting the earth's life-sustaining essentials. Following this, world scientific and technological strides…

This report contains the collective views of an international group of experts presented at a World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Mental Health meeting in Geneva, 1967. Detailed attention was given by the Committee to problems relating to the management and rehabilitation of the severely retarded, the community adjustment of the…

Reported are the results of the 1975 survey of federal and industrial spending for research and development (R&D) activities. Data are presented for comparison with 1974 data. Major findings include: R&D spending rose 5%, to $23.5 billion; Federal funds to R&D rose 5%, to $8.8 billion; industry funds to R&D rose 5%, to $14.8…

This study examines the coverage of the Rosenberg case in the "New York Times,""Chicago Tribune," and the "New Orleans Times-Picayune," from 20 May until 22 June 1953, the month prior to the execution. These three major metropolitan dailies represent different geographical areas and political orientations. It was…

This report discusses two teachers' conferences jointly financed by the Michigan Speech Association and the Michigan Education Association. The teachers discussed how speech and dramatic performances translate into terminal behaviors, how group tasks can be adapted to individual accountability, how to communicate achievement to students, and how…

The purpose of this article is to analyze and critique a sample of major documents which are being used in the development of policy positions by groups outside of vocational education but which have implications for vocational education. Four such documents have been selected for review. (Author)

Summarizes the findings and conclusions of the 1976 Pugwash Conference. Issues discussed included limits on individual income or consumption, natural resource usage, arms influx into developing nations, nuclear arms control, transfer of peaceful nuclear technology, and rising military expenditures. (GS)

Hermans' and Mehrabian's tests of achievement motivation were correlated with the achievement via conformance and achievement via independence scales of the California Psychological Inventory. The Mehrabian test was associated only with the achievement via conformance scale, but Hermans' measure was rather strongly related to both scales.…

Activities of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges throughout 1978 are highlighted. (LS)

Describes an experiment to determine the effectiveness of satellite teleconferencing in maintaining two-way communication with members in the field. ALA's goal was to provide information and guidance on copyright to as many people as possible, inexpensively, and in the least possible time. Summaries of reports from 12 sites are included.…

Discusses documentation and information in the social sciences in Austria, including the demand for information, information systems and information services, social research and main institutions of documentation and information, and a survey of institutions/organizations. (VT)

Assesses the present situation of information and documentation services in the social sciences in Belgium, including information and documentation on social science literature, research, and science data; services and technical tools used; existing international cooperation; and possibilities and areas of European collaboration. (VT)

Describes information and documentation in the social sciences (SSID) in Canada, and outlines SSID activities in literature, research, and data. SSID is characterized as highly dispersed, and underdeveloped, having few national foci, and no clear national center. (VT)

Briefly surveys social science documentation in Switzerland. (VT)

This brief description of the system of social science information in Yugoslavia includes size, scope, and publications. (VT)