The development and operation of a successful employee selection, promotion, and transfer program is described. The 3-year program involved posting public notices of all library vacancies, actual or anticipated, and encouraging individuals, whether on the staff or not, to apply for positions in which they were interested. (JT)

Traces the development of a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through four semesters of large-scale use in introductory courses to the program's suspension. (CP)

This article discusses the specifics of developing a course dealing with multiculturalism in Canada in Project Multi-Culturalism Observations of Student Attitudes in Canada (M.O.S.A.I.C.) (Author/RM)

The author discusses the use of oral history in social studies classrooms K-12. The validity of oral history and problems to solve are examined; the Native American Oral History Project is described as an example of an oral history teaching technique. For journal availability see SO 504 433. (Author/RM)

Describes a toy-lending library program developed jointly by a school district and a women's club in order to aid the development of preschool children and to encourage parents' participation and understanding of their child's educational and emotional development. (JG)

Discusses the potential benefits to school districts of financing college-credit inservice training for the district's teachers. Describes the experience of an Arkansas school district with such a program during the period 1973-75. (JG)

Describes a project at the Free University of Berlin, for the production of a scientifically sound FL teaching program for foreign workers. Describes the material produced thus far, including a play designed to be acted out by the learners. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Describes the rationale, format, and mechanics of a college European Studies major. (DB)

Problems and needs of unprepared adult learners are identified and purposes and processes for programs designed to hold them and encourage them on to more systematic study are outlined. Includes description of released time and multi-media programs at Sheffield University Department of Extra Mural Studies for trade unionists and housewives. (JT)

A review of Chinese adult and continuing education traces the experimentation, innovations, and philosophy of the last 50 years. The consolidation and perpetuation of the Communist social revolution through educational channels, various programs and institutions, and the effects of the 1966 Cultural Revolution are examined. (LH)

The article reviews past and pending Federal legislation concerning day-care services. Different kinds of day-care programs (community-university center, proprietary center, and family day care) are described. (AG)

A high school Business Enterprise Training Program allows students to participate as a management team in charge of a variety of classroom business enterprises. Teaching strategies, activities, and organization for the program's experiences in basic business principles and management techniques are discussed. (Author/MS)

Strategies for weed control in cropped and non-cropped areas are presented together with an operational plan for implementing a program for weed control at the national level. The program includes training personnel and community education procedures. (EC)

A vocational direction program is described that integrates self with occupational environment to help students use the knowledge and experience provided by their liberal arts background. (Author)