After the statistical report found in Volume II, 1917, Report of the Commissioner of Education, containing statistics for the year 1915-16, had been prepared, the Bureau of Education adopted the plan of collecting statistics biennially instead of annually, as had been done in preceding years. This bulletin contains statistics of Industrial Schools…

Criticizes the rapidly escalating expenditures in space exploration and suggests the establishment of a moderate unmanned space program in place of the space shuttle in an effort to allocate enough budget for energy research and pollution control. (CC)

Three case studies of students in Britain were considered as a part of the evaluation of the FE. (RK)

Describes a Committee on Basic Research in Education that was formed in 1968 and that worked for four years in cooperation with the U. S. Office of Education to identify problems to be attacked by basic research in education and to develop and try out plans and procedures for stimulating and supporting such research. (Author/JM)

Evaluates the activities of the Committee on Basic Research in Education (COBRE), pointing out that its work was based on the premises that basic research is oriented to the academic disciplines, that its outcomes are scientific knowledge as opposed to products or solutions, and that its outcomes are unpredictable. (Author/JM)

Discusses the present concern in the scientific community over support for scientific research and training and examines this topic in terms of two questions: "To whom should scientists talk?" and "What should scientists way?" (JR)

Identfies the legal constraints and dynamics (in their institutional and political settings) which operate on community education. Examines (1) how community education fits into the structure of more traditional public education law, (2) how the courts have regarded community education, (3) the relevant policies that State education codes and…

The past and present situation of the segregation academy movement in Prince Edward County, Virginia, is discussed. (NQ)

Describes a study procedure for colleges and universities to provide information about constituency reaction, as background for leadership, fund-raising efforts, and other effects of institutional advancement. (Author/PG)

Analyzes trends in the research and development spending on the basis of a survey of chemical makers made by the Chemical and Engineering News. Indicates the presence of a modest upturn in 1973 in the basic chemical industry even in constant dollar terms. (CC)

Cites federal and Supreme Court rulings establishing the right of student journalists to publish their newspapers without censorship, without regulation, and with student fee support. (Author/RB)