By creating new programs for special categories of students and special interest courses for the community at large, community colleges have more than kept their enrollments up. They have called into question traditional definitions of students, curriculum, and faculty. (Editor)

Article investigated solutions for storing and releasing pets used for learning processes in the classroom. (RK)

Reviewed are the implications for local Wisconsin school district of state legislation mandating the education of all handicapped children (Chapter 89). (CL)

Two programs of social work education are discussed for their usefulness in this country. One is designed for students lacking the prerequisite credentials for admission. The second is designed for women lacking conventional time availability due to child-rearing responsibilities. (Editor/KE)

A computer assisted instruction system designed and developed on a minicomputer for teaching the principles and operation of software systems is described. (Author)

A National Health Insurance (NHI) bill is discussed. Such a law would address primarly two issues: financial coverage for catastrophic illness and some broadening of entitlements for ambulatory care. Current need, financial support, Federal and local planning and priority objectives are reviewed. (Author/EB)

Describes three aspects of a preventive dentistry project developed by the West Virginia Home Start Program in Appalachia: the initial workshop and followup in-service training sessions for project staff and the implementation of dental practices in private homes. (SDH)

Article suggested that if teachers are adequate to the task, all manner of lessons can be drawn from pets. These run the gamut from math to language skills to social sciences to sex education. (Author/RK)

Excerpts from "Budgeting for State and Local Government Services, reprinted from "ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, September, 1968