The part played by the serials librarian and by the subscription agent in library acquisitions is described by a serials librarian and a subscription agent. (NH)

The components of a successful school are clear. Many educators can easily list them: high expectations for all students, a safe and orderly learning environment, strong instructional leadership, highly qualified teachers, data-driven decision making, etc. Then why don't more schools change the what they are doing to mirror them? Knowing the…

Discusses the changing role of Service agencies in helping unmarried pregnant women, unwed mothers, and their children. (DP)

Presented in this bulletin is the text of the hearing before the Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, United States House of Representatives, ninety-first Congress, concerning the transfer of environmental evaluation functions to the Environmental Quality Council (EQC). The hearing was held…

A definition, and a history of the role and functions of state library development agencies since the 1890's are presented. The remaining articles in this issue, which deal with various aspects of the same subject, are summarized. (MBR)

To address chronic unemployment more effectively, social workers can describe the problem accurately, collect data by type of unemployment (frictional, structural, cyclical and chronic), document negative human effects, emphasize economic consequences, document the unequal burden on nonwhites, and lobby for long-term employment policy…

The Bureau of Labor Statistics assumed major responsibility for the Current Population Survey in 1959. Since then there have been increases in sample size, changes in and additions of questions, and refinements in the household survey's concept, but in general, the basic concepts have remained the same since the survey's beginnings in 1940. (JOW)

Director of the National Institute of Education responds to questions about the operation and goals of this new Federal agency. (Editor)

Considers the legal and social implications of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Red Lion case declaring the FCC's fairness doctrine and its personal attack rules constitutional. Article based on address before the Radio Television News Directors Association Convention in Detroit, September, 1969. (LS)

Strategies for increasing evaluation research leverage are reviewed. Alignment of evaluation research with regulatory bodies with authority to suspend public program expenditures is advocated. Several likely obstacles in the development of the regulatory evaluation model are anticipated and addressed. (Author/RL)

Critizes the public child care policy with regard to adoption services through the story of "Joey", a black child in his teens. Shortly after his birth, Joey was sent by his teenage mother to a city agency for adoption and until now no real effort has been made to place him in a permanent home. (Author/MP)

The ACS (American Chemical Society) plays a major role in the facilitation of the teaching of established knowledge, the extension of this knowledge and public service, which become even more important because they are embedded in society highly dependent in its daily activities on the fruits of science and technology. The president of the ACS and…

In federal arts education policy, supporting special events means that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) promotes visiting artists in the schools or partnerships between schools and professional presenting organizations. An ideal NEA, however, subordinates that to the larger task of promoting continuous local funding for sequential,…

Children's access to Medicaid dental services is a long-standing concern. The tragic case of a 12-year-old boy who died from an untreated infected tooth that led to a fatal brain infection renewed attention to this issue. He was enrolled in Medicaid--a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage, including dental care, for…

The author's concerns about California's proposed external assessment system center around: a) the dual role of the Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing; b) lack of involvement of teacher educators in the process; and c) the amount of time and effort involved. (HMD)