Paper presented at the Council of Academic Societies Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2-5, 1968.

Proceedings of the Conference on "The Public Interest vis a vis Educational R & D, held at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia on July 16-17, 1969 with the cooperation of the U.S. Office of Education.

Alumni periodical editors who successfully carry advertising were surveyed. Advertising, it is suggested, can pay for itself and defray part of production and distribution costs. The range of advertisers includes national, local, and in-house advertising, classified, business and professional advertising, and career placement advertising. (MLW)

The nature of financial and enrollment problems facing graduate social work education are outlined, and it is suggested that traditional approaches to these problems are likely to prove ineffective. Approaches suggested include serious curricular review and revision to reflect fiscal and political realities, refinancing, improved revenue sources,…

Reviews the status of present and proposed dependent care tax credit legislation and considers the special needs of families supporting vulnerable dependents. (RH)

The Cooperative Parent Infant Institute sponsored by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction and the Iowa School for the Deaf has served 85 preschool age hearing impaired children since 1978 by providing (1) a parent education program, (2) supplementary diagnostic evaluations, and (3) a family centered recreation program. (Author)

Guidelines and long-range planning are needed to move society from its current state of rapidly growing technology to one in which the technology is used effectively and conscientiously. New funding sources and coherent public policy are two crucial elements. (MSE)

Tightening economic conditions have forced sociology instructors interested in using expensive visual materials in their classes to seek other sources of funding support. Discussed are innovative ways of funding and administering courses making use of commercial films. The team-taught course, "Images of Women in Film," is used as a case study.…

Catholic University and Columbia University hired a public relations firm to help lobby their proposals for money from the Department of Energy's budget for new facilities. Discusses the successful outcome of their efforts, pointing out that some legislators are concerned that more colleges/universities will contact representatives to obtain…

Analyzes the precollege backgrounds and post college careers of some of the 100 Blacks who attended Oberlin College before the Civil War. Discusses the financial support of these students from the college, abolitionists, the Black Church, and their families. (AOS)

Uses Michigan school district data to test the assumption that public school expenditures are positively related, in a straight-line fashion, to family income. Finds that expenditures are a U-shaped function of income. (Available from Sage Publications, 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.) (Author/RW)

Guidelines and long-range planning are needed to move society from its current state of rapidly growing technology to one in which the technology is used effectively and conscientiously. New funding sources and coherent public policy are two crucial elements. (MSE)