This paper is based on an analysis of 83 syllabuses and/or catalog descriptions of courses on the politics of education, educational policymaking, and policy analysis received from members of the Politics of Education Association in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. This material provided information on what topics were…

This study was designed to determine the relationship between the black college student's attitude toward science, science self-concept, and other variables of occupational choice and the selection of an academic major. The combined effect of the variables of occupational choice on the selection of an academic major was also examined. Science and…

Based on responses solicited from 26 Association of Research Library (ARL) members reflecting a variety of systems office configurations, this report describes the configurations at several ARL institutions and presents some major organizational patterns for systems offices and their relationship to the larger library organization. Original…

A handbook for teachers in small school districts who are faced with the need to include increasing numbers of students with limited English proficiency (LEP) in their regular classroom programs is presented. The handbook is designed to help teachers develop effective strategies to adapt curricula and instructional materials to meet this…

Reviews of 2,554 educational software programs by thirty reviewing sources were examined to compare the tendency of different review sources to give generally positive, negative, or neutral ratings. The reliability of language arts and reading software reviews was studied. Thirty-eight percent of the software programs were reviewed by two or more…

This packet is designed to guide users through the steps that ultimately lead to the assignment of collection responsibilities for individual member libraries of the North Bay Cooperative Library System, Santa Rosa, California. An initial profile of the member libraries examined the subject distribution of books owned, availability of books owned,…

This model collection development policy was designed to aid curriculum materials center (CMC) librarians in defining their collection development programs and to provide guidance to personnel in building and maintaining the materials and equipment collections. A CMC collection provides print and audiovisual media designed to support the…

There is no shortage of surveys on children's and young adults' leisure time reading interests, stretching as far back as 1888 in Great Britain and 1897 in the United States. The most comprehensive research undertaken in Great Britain was a study conducted by the Schools Council, published by Macmillan in 1975 as "Children and Their…

The views of Georgia school superintendents on leadership preparation and the role of principals are examined to determine future directions and standards for preparing public educational leaders in the state. Data were collected from 182 (97 percent) of the state's total of 187 superintendents. In the first part of the paper, Georgia…

Prepared to help instructors select the best available reading materials for children and adolescents, this bibliography contains short book reviews that have been previously published in the "Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books." Books for children and young people of all ages are reviewed, and occasionally an adult book that may be of…

Various aspects of campus police work are described, including the actual duties of officers, staff selection and training, and the larger issues of law enforcement. The urban university police is the focus, and comparisons are made to the organization and activities of other urban police forces. Also considered is the local context for different…

Love and romance continue to be important issues within every age group, not merely among the usually studied college students. Two issues, the nature or intensity of the love experienced and the motives or purposes of love were examined for different age groups. The ways in which the pursuit of heterosexual love may change throughout adult life…

This report describes a study of the use of science and technology books and journals in an academic library which was conducted to ascertain whether journal use can be predicted by book circulation figures. The study background and significance are discussed, terms are defined, study limitations are considered, and basic assumptions are…

Prepared under contract with the International Council on Archives, this Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP) study is designed to provide archivists, manuscript and museum curators, and other interested professionals with an understanding of the archival character of sound recordings and a set of guidelines for the appraisal of their…

The South Carolina Teacher Cadet Program (TCP) was developed to recruit high school students with strong academic records into the field of teaching. The program enrolls such students in a senior honors class to learn more about teaching, learning, schools, and the field of education. The program is established in 54 sites in the state and invites…