A Chicago business school offers fashion merchandising as one of several business curriculums that combines on-the-job training and classroom instruction. Instruction is organized around the occupational cluster concept which requires training stations that provide a wide variety of learning experiences. (EA)

Through the Projects With Industries grants program, the rehabilitation of handicapped people is being actively engaged in by industry as well as by professional rehabilitation persons. (AG)

Summarized are the efforts of the National Ironworkers and Employers Training Program to employ older men who are members of minority groups in the ironworking trade at the journeyman level. (DS)

Discusses the emergence and growth of technology and the problems associated with industrial development. Suggests that some management of the applications of technology is possible but will require a major readjustment of the cultural values prevailing in the industrialized societies. (JR)

This handbook gives practical suggestions for organizing and conducting publicity campaigns. It is directed to media publicists working for private agencies, studios, stations, or networks; however, the methods and principles discussed apply to all fields of publicity. The book discusses the following topics: the publicity campaign; the press kit,…

A survey of 16 major United States Corporations was conducted to determine how speeches by senior executives are used to publicize the corporations' views on business matters and public affairs. This paper reports the survey results in the following areas: number of full- and part-time speech writers employed by the corporations; backgrounds and…

A special symposium held at the University of Southern California examined an agenda for action, "Social Research on Broadcasting--Proposals for Further Development," which was commissioned by the British Broadcasting Company and written by Professor Elihu Katz of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Participants included communications and…

Four of the articles in this publication discuss the remote sensing of the Earth and its resources by satellites. Among the topics dealt with are the development and management of remote sensing systems, types of satellites used for remote sensing, the uses of remote sensing, and issues involved in using information obtained through remote…

This report, part of a series of statistical surveys of public broadcasting based on data provided by licensees of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, provides details of public-television program content for the 1976 calendar year. Chapters include discussion of definitions and categories of program content, the public television system in…

This statistical report presents an overview of the current status of public broadcasting. Separate sections deal with the development of public broadcasting, finance, broadcast content, national interconnection services, public broadcasting audience, and employment of broadcast personnel. An appendix provides definitions of selected terms related…

Presents statistics for the distribution of research and development funds and manpower in industry, universities and colleges, other nonprofit organizations, and the Federal government. (MLH)

A review of library resources activity and literature in 1974. (Author/PF)