Reviews a number of books and films on behavior modification techniques in training and provides names and addresses of publishers. Presents information to give managers and trainers a choice of different reinforcement and feedback mechanisms. (MF)

Examines factors related to implementing congressional television, relevant studies and reports, events of 1975-1977 related to legislative implementation of congressional television, the 1977 90-day television test and evaluations of it, and recent events that may lead toward congressional television. (GW)

Describes models that will help principals to become more effective agents of change. (Author/MLF)

Rapid changes in information management in the EOP are taking place. Reasons why are considered from the perspective of an intensive planning project, as well as how outside ideas are gathered and used. (Author/MBR)

In this paper, the effectiveness of a project to reform Northwestern Junior High School in Jacksonville, Florida, is described with reference to improved scores on standardized tests, less teacher absenteeism, and the change strategies which effected these improvements. (WI)

Inherent differences between the legal-adversary process and empirical social science research are damaging to the growth of social science and to its usefulness in court. Changes are suggested which would increase the value of social science findings in court decision making. (Author/GDC)

Synthesizing five reports, this article documents growing support among educators for smaller, more diverse, age-integrated, and community-related schools characterized by both academic and action learning, and supplemented by experiential learning through business-industry work organizations, social involvement opportunities, and community…

Using the Derbyshire Project as an example, describes the adaptation for use in public libraries of Benefit Assessment and System Change (BASYC), which was developed as a decision-support framework coordinating subjective and objective factors that influence management decisions to change policies or systems. Three data tables are included.…

The general public and decision makers, as well as users, must be aware of programs designed to meet clearly defined user needs if library media centers are to develop and gain continued support in the face of spiraling inflation and public reaction to increased taxes. (VT)

Concludes that as black unemployment rates stay well above the national average, black power's potential for precipitating change has diminished because its internal weaknesses have enabled it to be transformed into reinforcement for conventional American political and economic ideology. (Author/AM)

With changes in the student body and in society, the author states that the role of business education should be expanded to: enlarge the clientele served, particularly adults; expand the scope of the subject matter taught; and include more services in the areas of counseling and placement. The author offers suggestions for implementing these…

This model shows that counselors may be active leaders in change agentry by acquiring new skills, and by applying a systematic strategy for planned change. Targets for change in student guidance services include: (1) counselor assessment of attitudes toward change; (2) helping clients change their environment; and (3) defining guidance service…

The plight of unemployed black youths is examined in this article. Any significant amelioration of this plight will have to be overcome by a cooperative effort of the government, the educational system, and the community. (Author/AM)

It is proposed that the current norm of privacy surrounding child-rearing practices should be shifted toward greater openness and freer communication. The rationale for this proposal is considered in terms of society's responsibility toward the child and in terms of current psychological and legal views of the function of privacy. (Author/AM)

Applies the critical paradigm of "rhetorical enterprise" to nineteenth century British reform efforts, particularly the Birmingham Political Union. Concludes that cases of rhetorical enterprise challenge critics to account for the enterprising consistency of tactics and creed, regardless of the relatively inconsistent factors of men and…