The second of two articles on Computer Assisted Instruction, concentrating on a description of two large scale demonstration projects: the Ticcit system being developed cooperatively by the Mitre Corporation, the University of Texas and Brigham Young University, and Plato, being developed at the University of Illinois. (AL)

The first of a two-part series outlining the status and prospects of computer assisted instruction. This part discusses the range of instructional methods used, and provides some assessment of their efficacy. (AL)

Describes a number of programs designed to assist members of the American Chemical Society obtain employment, including direct support for unemployed members and the exercise of political influence in stimulating employment opportunities. (AL)

Describes an experimental program of health care for a Navajo community, and discusses the use of personal physician care where a para-medical referral system may have been more technologically efficient. (AL)

Describes a project in which science and technology are shaped directly and humanely to community needs. One goal is community self-reliance based on a soft technology that does not place stresses on the environment, is low in its capital demands, and decentralizing in its social impact. (GS)

Describes the main features of a Ralph Nader study of the National Institute of Mental Health program of community mental health centers. (AL)

Comments from doctors and other professionals concerning the effects of proposed guidelines for the regulation of methadone distribution are reported. (AL)

Describes the four week Westinghouse School for Environmental Management, attended by executives of public and private power utilities. The school provided a comprehensive course in environmental problems with an emphaiss on the relation of power production to the environment. (EB)

Discusses the reasons why basic science courses are taught in all-university departments'' and the clinical experience is provided in cooperation with community health services, rather than a clinical teaching hospital, in the programs for Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Osteopathy. (AL)

Describes efforts by government and professional associations to actively encourage the recruitment of minority group students and employees for extended training in the earch sciences. (AL)