Described is the program at the Okhla Training Center for the Retarded, the only center of its kind in New Dehli, India, which offers an educational and training program for the mentally retarded individuals (4 to 14 years and older). (SBH)

Describes the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) its growth, mission, and projected future role. (SL)

Article describes how video taping systems are being utilized by large corporations for management training purposes and as a total marketing and communication tool. (WL)

This study attempted to determine the effect of a teacher education seminar stressing economic concepts and methodology on the level of understanding in economics held by the students of the participants. There were 19 teachers of 440 students in the experimental group, and 12 teachers of 229 students in the control group. Results are discussed.…

Project Neighborcare (Lafayette, Indiana), the Family Day Care Project (Washtenaw County, Michigan), and Golden House (Alameda, California) offer training for family day care providers on working with disabled children. The programs feature instruction in dealing with emotional and behavioral problems and working with both disabled and nondisabled…

Discusses the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a large-scale undergraduate psychology conference as conducted through a special two-term course. Course requirements and structure are discussed as are specific details pertaining to the conference itself. The author's experiences are related to the literature on undergraduate psychology…

Five articles present an overview of the mission and role of the conference center in higher education. Discussed are the history of conference centers, the Winterthur Museum, the place of conference centers in university organizational structures, advantages of residential centers, and a reaction to Buskey's article, "Residential Conference…

To meet the need for qualified deaf interpreters a 6-week intensive interpreter training program was offered at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee during the 1975 summer session. (SB)

In this report, subnational economic data by industry, including Educational Services, is provided. County Business Patterns is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. The number of establishments,…

Discusses the power struggle of the directors, past and present, of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. (PG)

The National Technical Institute for the Deaf has conducted five student interpreter training programs to train interpreters for deaf college students. (DB)

A brief empathic communication training program, integrating shaping and feedback with modeling and experiential procedures is described here. (Author)