Describes National Science Foundation (NSF) activities and rationals in formation of it's Division of Information Science and Technology. (SL)

An effort to re-train American Indians traditionally schooled in agriculture, the Agency Camp Development Project is aimed at strengthening local organization to carry out a training program in construction skills and development of a housing project in a new community 11 miles south of the present Sage settlement. (Author/JC)

Eight representative 7th and 8th grade social studies textbooks prescribed by the Saskatchewan Department of Education were subjected to content analysis to determine their value orientations. Results indicated that the values of wealth and power received greater quantitative treatment than the values of affection, skill, rectitude, and…

Four years after selection of the Western Nevada area for development as a federally-administered reclamation project, and but a single full season of farming, the Indian situation had assumed problem proportions to the Reclamation Service and the Truckee-Carson Project. (NQ)

Briefly describes the efforts of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, working with predominantly black colleges, to become advocates for improving health care in communities surrounding their respective colleges. (Author/AM)

Legislative history and executive and judicial interpretation of Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are examined as background for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibiting sex discrimination in education. Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) regulations implementing Title IX are evaluated and found to adhere fairly…

Colleges are less willing to cooperate with the American Association of University Professors in its investigations of institutional violations of faculty's rights, and some criticize the organization's dual role as professional association and union. (MSE)

Reviews foster child health and the legal background for policy. Discusses components of a comprehensive child health care supervision program. Lack of continuity of care and lack of health information about foster children at time of intake are regarded as major problems contributing to high risk. (NH)

A survey of the research administration community suggests great diversity of organizational arrangements, operational staff size, staff and administrator background, and task assignments. (MSE)

A six-hour advanced level unit on French unions focuses on their role in French society, their origins, size, and comparison with those of other European countries, and also on more general topics of demography and the French school system. (MSE)

Response from a Delphi panel (N=93) to the question of how information needs of the aging should be met indicated the need for: adequately publicized activities sponsored by agencies serving older persons; communication between gerontology and library/information studies; extended information outreach. (NRB)

Briefly discusses the impact and objectives of federal aid to education and lists 14 federal agencies that have significant interests in financing education-related programs. (JG)

This paper explains the mission of the Institute of Education Sciences and outlines the activities the Institute is undertaking. It also shares the reflections of the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences on the fit, and sometimes misfit, between the current activities of the education research community and the needs of practitioners…

Evaluating a federal agency's success in stimulating and broadening the program efforts of community organizations present a challenge to social science researchers. The authors describe a methodology developed and used effectively in one metropolitan area to measure program change. They identify and utilize the findings to show how greater change…