The Sage Project effectively merges a humanistic clinical approach to self-development and personal growth with a much needed demand for creative and positively oriented gerontological programs and services. Discusses the Sage Project's four primary programs: (a) Core group programs; (b) Institutional programs; (c) Professional training and…

Prior to the opening of a rurally located treatment program for public inebriates, a concentrated public relations effort was made to inform and reassure the inhabitants of the local and surrounding neighborhoods about the program. Community sentiments four years later are discussed. (Author)

Institutions of higher education in the United States which have a graduate degree program with emphasis or concentration in athletic administration or sport management are identified. Information on admission criteria, program competencies, credit hour requirements, student aid, and specialty options is provided. (MJB)

Described is the Work-Experience Program at the Maryland School for the Blind in Baltimore. (DLS)

Reflections on the state of elementary school media programs are based on applications for the 1977 School Library Media Program of the Year award. Programs nominated for this award and their outstanding features are included. (Author/MBR)

Some aspects of the non-profit Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a centralized system through which users receive permission to do authorized photocopying of periodical articles, are described including the confidentiality provided to authors, publishers, and users, and funding. (Author/MRB)

Describes an "Adventure Education" class that involved elementary students in the study of a political-environmental issue. The class included field work. (IRT)

This study of a large New York City program found that three fifths of the patients who entered treatment had terminated before the end of the second year. (Author/AM)

Available from: Special Education in Canada, Dave Muir, Subscription Manager, 12 Doucett Place, Scarborough, Ontario M1G 3M2. Described is an approach to mainstreaming hearing impaired students which uses interpreter-tutors. (CL)

Project INISS investigated the information needs of social services staff in the United Kingdom. This paper describes the origins of the project, the methodology employed in the first phase, some findings, and implications for information services in social services. (Author/KP)

The Colleges of Education Learning Programmes Project attempts to encourate the use of educational technology in education and the training of teachers. This article describes some of its activities and gives the findings of a small scale independent evaluation of the Project. (JY)