Steps taken to alleviate financial problems in Los Angeles county created by Proposition 13 are described. (JD)

Ways in which age discrimination, a widespread problem in the U.S., manifests itself are discussed. It is suggested that the problem can be eliminated or lessened by judging individuals on more relevant criteria, such as abilities, likes, interests, ambitions, and achievements. (CJ)

The need for a "third dimension" of formative evaluation in reformulating the goals and design of new education programs is argued. The methods developed to meet this need in the context of the recently completed Florida Linkage System (FLS) project are briefly described. (Author/GK)

Lessons learned from the French experience in integrating continuing education into the universities include these: politically and ideologically, adult and continuing education are different and must be treated thus; autonomy is necessary; the university has no monopoly; and marginalization of adult education is a hazard of this approach. (MSE)

In a program designed to teach students specific behavior skills that will help them to function better in the classroom, appropriate behaviors are systematically monitored and reinforced. (Author/MLF)

The nature of the legislative environment is discussed and observations are made about how institutional researchers can influence lawmaking outcomes. (Author/SF)

Investigates the differential impacts of sociotechnical systems, job redesign, and survey-feedback interventions on a wide array of attitudinal and performance measures in comparable units of an organization. Attitudinal effects were quite similar; however, only the sociotechnical system intervention resulted in major productivity improvements and…

The dissemination to 125 schools of a secondary individualized reading program created by P. K. Yonge Laboratory School was accomplished by a workshop and by the formation into implementation teams of persons responsible for different levels of decisions. Evaluations support the use of this team-based change strategy. (SJL)

Ways for school officials to take the initiative in designing and implementing a plan of energy conservation. (Author/MLF)

A model for change is currently being tested in a collaborative effort between a national research center and a large school district: the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas at Austin and the Jefferson County, Colorado, Public School District. (Author/MLF)

Presents a four-step model for "planning" or "forecasting" future of adult services in public libraries: (1) identification of forces at work; (2) analysis of probable impacts of one force upon another; (3) identification of preferred (and rejected) elements of future with forces that control elements; and (4) strategies to be…

The paper reviews intervention studies of Hispanic populations in order to evaluate whether current research findings support the contention that psychotherapy/behavior modification/intervention methodologies need to be modified to take into account ethnic variables. (Author/NQ)

Decentralizing health services is a good way to make community residents more aware of health problems that need attention and to provide health services that are more readily accepted. (MB)

Psychoneurotic or personality disordered patients (N=94) received four months of analytically oriented psychotherapy, behavior therapy, or waiting list treatment. Neither active treatment was more effective than the other with any type of symptom (including affective ones), although both were more consistently effective than the waiting list.…

Describes the Burlington County College (New Jersey) faculty fellowship program--how it began, how it is funded, how faculty members obtain fellowships, and how well the program works to facilitate instructional change. (DC)