Assisting tribal governments in meeting the needs of their members, the Kiowa Tribe, the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, and the National Paralegal Institute sponsored the first Tribal Service Advisor training event this year (TSA's can represent clients at the administrative level in many legal and social welfare areas). (JC)

A cooperative experiment among Pennsylvania rural communities and the University of Delaware and La Salle College, this course ("Re-Emerging Issues in Social Welfare: The Rural and Small Community") was developed to expose urban students to a rural environment and to utilize rural educational resources. (JC)

Addresses the issue of furthering communication and cooperation between practitioners and academics so that they can share with each other what is happening in their particular areas of expertise. (AM)

Explains the purpose of establishing the Federal Data Processing Reorganization Project. Ten teams were formed to look into the problems of government agencies. High-level technical knowledge is lacking in most agencies, such finding and others, together with conclusions and recommendations were stated in the teams' reports. (GA)

Results are presented of a nationwide survey on the use of baccalaureate level community health educators in state health departments, policies for employing persons as community health educators, and job specifications for these positions. It is recommended that baccalaureate level educators be used to reduce the staff shortage in community…

Six regional media centers in New York State have cooperated in buying materials and equipment and in assessing media resources. (STS)

Describing Ohio's four Regional Education Service Agencies (RESA's), this article provides a cross section of typical services offered by educational cooperatives. (JC)

Activities are cited of the five task forces for the promotion of language study. The task forces concern institutional language policy, the commonly taught languages, the less commonly taught languages, public awareness, and government relations. (SW)

Presents an interview with Blandina Cardenas, Commissioner of the newly formed Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF). Dr. Cardenas presents her views on policies affecting children and on the potential role of ACYF. (BD)

The East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU) emphasizes development of the community's potential by making possible the opportunity for community ownership of businesses located in East Los Angeles. (NQ)

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)

Recent actions by the House of Representatives concerning the funding of federal research and development agencies are detailed. While most government agencies will receive more money next year, NSF, ERDA, NASA, and the EPA will receive less money than the administration had requested. (BT)