During the past 30 years rural America as a whole has become more diversified, significantly reducing its vulnerability to changes in natural resource markets, commodity prices, and farm polices. This is not the case for farm-dependent rural counties--or for individuals elsewhere--whose economic fortunes are directly tied to agriculture.…

Discussed is the government's research and development policy related to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Programs and institutions working on various AIDS projects with federal support are discussed and several are listed. The Public Health Service Task Force on AIDS is discussed and the organization is described in a chart. Problems…

Reviews the rapidly expanding literature on the federal government's involvement in elementary and secondary education, covering research syntheses published in the early 1980's and subsequent unanthologized empirical research and normative commentaries. Identifies trends and themes that surface from this literature, encompassing both empirical…