Report on All-Indian Upward Bound Project at Arizona State University. (Editor)

Discussed are the results of a project that uses closed circuit television as a means to get emotionally disturbed children more involved in their education. (LS)

In an address to the fifth General Assembly of the Asian Broadcasting Union, the director of UNESCO's Department of Mass Communication explains "how Unesco reached its present position on literacy, launched its current Experimental Programme, and decided to use the title Functional Literacy." (Author/LS)

Recognizing that comprehensive labor force information is vital to the development of employment policy, the International Labour Organisation instituted a series of experiments to test the use of key informants at local levels to collect the information. The success of the approach requires international cooperation in providing technical…

Describes the development of curriculum materials for educating foster parents of mentally retarded children. (RH)

This study provides experimental evidence that instructional set can influence access to altered states of consciousness. Fifteen male subjects were randomly assigned to three groups, each of which received the same autogenic biofeedback training in hand temperature control, but each group received a different attitudinal set. (Editor)

The computerized Health Information System does not solve but rather compounds the privacy problems contained in the manual records of the Indian Health Service, generating a whole new level of information and failing to confine itself to strictly medical data. (JC)

Addresses are given for the 4 Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) demonstration sites, the 12 EBCE pilot sites, and the 9 market demand sites. Names and addresses are provided of persons who may be contacted for further information. (AJ)

Outlines a pilot study undertaken by staff of the Open University (Great Britain) to gain feedback from students on the effectiveness of support of their students' learning as an aid to staff development. The use of questionnaires is explained, and tutor responses to students' comments are discussed. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the teaching of elements of law within the Library and Information Studies curriculum, using the programs at the University of Brighton as an example. Describes a small-scale pilot research project which sought to characterize senior library and information service managers' views about legal knowledge and expertise. (Author/LRW)