Guidelines and objectives of the Academic Librarians Exchange Program, which facilitates sharing of professional librarians among the college libraries of Rockland County, are described. Future developments could include the expansion of this program into the public libraries. (MBR)

Twenty-eight California campuses of higher education cooperate in an interactive data base, which is available on computer to disseminate information on instructional improvement efforts in the U.S. system. The formation, modes of usage, data base content, use of the data base, software, and future development of the network are described. (CMV)

The Mexican American Unity Council aims to bring about economic and social change to San Antonio's Chicano community. (NQ)

Presenting a summary of the recent General Accounting Office (GAO) report on Indian self determination, this article details GAO's measures of evaluation; lists contracting obstacles cited by Indian officials; presents GAO's recommendations to encourage contracting; and presents comments made by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health…

Reporting on three hearings held this spring by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Reorganization Task Force, this article presents highlights from the testimony of Forrest Gerard, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and discusses the matrix system of organization currently under consideration by the BIA. (JC)

The authors discuss how the existing vocational rehabilitation systems can be more effective in job placement. (SBH)

Contends that the National Endowment for the Humanities is biased against scholarship by young persons on experimental literature. (DD)

Concerned that the undocumented alien questions should not be pushed aside, MALDEF focused its efforts on presenting Mexican American immigration concerns both in individual meetings with Carter's "domestic issues man" and with other administration officials. MALDEF also facilitated Administration meetings on immigration with other…

Presents a model for designing interorganizational coordination (IOC) systems, based on the premise that different contexts support varying degrees of interorganizational coordination. Identifies key contextual dimensions that administrators should consider in designing an IOC program and suggests guidelines for selecting the appropriate level of…

The major differences between the House and Senate versions of the National Science Foundation authorization bill for fiscal 1978 are identified. (BT)

The goals set forth for the National Science Foundation by its new director, Richard C. Atkinson, are detailed. The new director seeks to restructure the agency's applied research programs and to secure more funds for basic research. (BT)

Traces the evolution of services that advertising agencies perform and identifies major factors that are responsible for this evolution. The purpose is to explain or predict changes and to demonstrate "systems thinking." (MB)

This article discusses the newly enacted Public Law 99-457, which mandates preschool special education, in the historical context of the implementation of Public Law 94-142. Provisions of the new law are summarized, and a variety of issues (such as interagency coordination) that the field needs to address are discussed. (Author/DB)

Explores the nature of accreditation with respect to the objective of assisting institutional improvement and the lack of outcomes measures independent of the evaluation process. Differentiates between accreditation and assessment. Analyzes the methods and criteria of accreditation and proposes educational outcomes as norms of evaluation. (DMM)

A list of specific campus projects that Congress has directed federal agencies to support this year includes controversial projects (so-called pork barrel projects) for which the agencies did not request funding or sponsor competitions. (MSE)