The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission talks briefly about the government's financial obligations to public broadcasting and about the noncommercial media's obligation to the public. (AA)

Try letting the academic community invest in endowment funds. (Editor)

Formation of, and cooperation between, college and community organizations to achieve the most favorable impact of an urban college upon the surrounding populace are two of the highlights of this article. (CK)

Medical schools and teaching hospitals, together with the government, must begin to plan a rational system of support recognizing the multiple functions of the school-teaching hospital complex. (IR)

Reports the needs and interests of several hundred recently retired teachers and school administrators. Solutions to subsistence retirement income are discussed. (MF)

The National Institute of Health (NIH) is currently seeking a reduction in indirect costs associated with the awarding of research funds. Various issues related to these costs, which are causing tension between university administrators and academic researchers, are discussed. (JN)

Looks at the problems and opportunities for higher education as seen from a corporate viewpoint. To compete effectively for individual and corporate support, higher education must market its programs, providing detailed information about them. (JOW)

The nature of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), its birth, growth, and uncertain future, are examined. What the arts community is doing to insure a national arts environment is discussed. (RM)

Discusses issues surrounding the support of local arts councils. Uses an example of federal policy and one of California State policy to illustrate the magnitude of official opposition to reforming cultural policy in the United States. (MK)

In a nation of over 200 million people, only two or three dozen make a good living writing plays. Of 16 playwrights interviewed for this article, only four have been making their living writing for three years or more. Presents insights and reflections. (PD)

The author provides an overview of a systematic process for developing proposals and describes the four major phases of concept development, proposal writing, funding agency review, and project operation. (Author/CT)

The multiplier effect is discussed as it applies to the field of continuing education. The authors' main point is that one grant or contract can, and should, be used as the basis for building organizational competencies and capabilities that will secure other funds. (Author/CT)

Reviewing evidence of private foundation support of adult education, the author finds that the number of contributing foundations is increasing, the range of grant recipients is broadening, and that foundations have an impact on legislation. (SK)

Tests the validity of classifying contemporary marriages into one of three types, i.e., wife as equal partner, junior partner, or complement. A sample of younger White wives is categorized by their responses to an item assessing economic provider duties. Results suggest the classification schema possesses a certain degree of validity. (Author)