Describes policy decisions that have acted upon the 1982 Fiscal Year budget and funding priorities of the Administration on Aging's Gerontology Career Preparation Program, and projects the probable consequences of the policy option now being weighed to eliminate all future funding. (University of Texas Press, Box 7819, Austin, TX 78712). (NJ)

Cites a shift toward a more conservative political agenda in Australia that parallels trends in Canada; analyzes the development of the child care system in one province of Canada to demonstrate that despite manifold distributions to the child care system, the lack of a constitutional dimension has left the program vulnerable. Presents the example…