A summary of concepts and ideas presented at the 1970 Annual Conference of the National University Extension Association concerning purposes, activities and functions, financing, and local and national organization for the proposed center. (LY)

Modernization proposal calls for charge to employers for professional placements. (Editor)

Thecommunity development officer must become a link between the development planner and the communities involved; this means a change of emphasis in his work. (MF)

Finland's study circles are under the aegis of voluntary associations, and are an integral part of the national education system. They are directed by six national study centers, and in certain instances are used in combination with correspondence study programs. (MF)

This article consists of sections on organization and finance taken from the Act Concerning Leisure Time Instruction in Denmark. (A description of activities covered by the Act was published in Convergence v2 n4 p48-54 1969). (MF)

A history of the emergence of public schools in central and eastern Europe. (RA)

Critically reviews the preceding article by Lapointe and Koffler. Suggests that many of these authors' recommendations for program improvement need qualification. (GC)

Describes several studies, made by various organizations within the library community, which explored the feasibility of establishing a National Periodicals Center. The latest feasibility study is to be done at the Federal Government level and must take into consideration recent innovations in electronic communications technology. (Author/LLS)

Summarizes the status, organization, and themes of national research programs in information science. National plans from six countries are explored with respect to the planning organizations, content of national research plans, and desirable elements of a strategy for building the new discipline. (SW)

HEMAR Education Corporation, a finance corporation, has announced a tuition prepayment program and invited colleges to participate. The program allows parents to pay postsecondary tuition years in advance at deeply discounted rates, with guarantees that the amount paid would cover college attendance costs. Unlike existing programs, college choice…

Describes the High School Financial Planning Program, a nationwide effort to teach 16- to 18-year-old students the essential concepts of sound money management and finance. (JOW)

Provides brief background on national libraries and national bibliographies in general and discusses the documentation of Ethiopian publications. The efforts of the National Library and Archives of Ethiopia and the Institute of Ethiopian Studies in this process are considered, and recommendations for clarifying the functions of these institutions…

To implement a new resource-management methodology for determining nurse staffing based on expert opinion, a national education program was designed and used to train 172 health care facility coordinators using a systems approach. (SK)

Since the 1960s, there have been continuing federal efforts to bring reform to scale in high-poverty elementary and secondary schools across the U.S. This paper traces the evolution of these efforts and discusses their impacts on achievement outcomes. Drawing on evidence from meta-analyses of the Title I evaluation literature and the Comprehensive…