Waste in American education today includes improper allocation of resources in proportion to the need for them and the failure to use constructively and fully the out-of-school time of America's young people. (JA)

Describes the year of 1973 as a banner year for environmental geology and briefly details the areas where environmental applications originating from earth scientists are occurring. (BR)

The personal experiences of a "noncomputernic" with computer conferencing for educational research, conducting professional association business, and consulting activities are described in this paper. Problems and possibilities of computer conferencing are identified and discussed based on experiences with: (1) CompuServe; (2) the…

This paper examines the training and education of information manpower in the formal educational institutions of Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. The nature of the information, social, and economic infrastructures in developing countries is also examined. It is suggested that promotion of the supply side of the information…

This descriptive report examines public interest groups formed by women in the United States. In 1978 and 1979 representatives from the Center for the American Woman and Politics attended national and regional meetings of public interest and professional groups whose members work in local, county, and state governments. While there, they observed…

This article presents the results of a survey to investigate the current issues of computer use in public parks and recreation agencies and to document the experiences of agencies pioneering the use of electronic data processing. (PD)

Author discussed the educational condition of Britain's independent schools and how ISIS has alleviated the problem of sustaining interest in independent schools. (RK)

Warns against the emphasis on women's athletic programs because of the harmful results to women's physical education programs. (PB)

Building designers need to take an active interest in solving problems resulting from poor design or poor selection of equipment and materials. The most troublesome and repetitive problems found at Columbia University are listed along with directives for correction. (Author/MLF)

Research done on a grant from the Consortium for Development of Research in Education (Mercy, Marygrove, and Madonna Colleges).

This study discusses some of the problems and inconsistencies with the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) system. Present problems and concerns are attributed to: (1) lack of an up-to-date master edition and clear directives for UDC usage; (2) UDC structural and notational problems, particularly with regard to filing order for auxiliaries and…

In this position paper of the American Public Health Association (APHA), emphasis is placed on the magnitude of the K-12 school community in both size and the duration of time individuals spend there and the subsequent need of good health education. The APHA states that it is concerned about the traditional crisis approach to health care, where…

This report on performance based teacher education (PBTE) begins with a consideration of the problem of a definition of PBTE since uncertainty and confusion have tended to result from a lack of clarity about what PBTE really is. In Chapter 2, the background of PBTE is surveyed and the intellectual, educational and political factors influencing the…