The author contends that the professional standards review organization (PSRO), a national effort to assure high quality medical care, offers a challenge and an opportunity to the academic medical center. He discusses potential impact on role definition, criteria development, continuing medical education, curriculum evaluation, and attitudinal and…

The nation's only federal demonstration area in outdoor recreation, environmental education, and resource management for university students are discribed. (JD)

The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) is now before Congress for review and reenactment. This article examines previous CETA program efforts and the new provisions intended to target jobs and training to the most disadvantaged in terms of income and length of unemployment. (Author/AM)

The history of the Bureau of Indian Affairs is reviewed, the implications of the development of the Navajo Division of education are pointed out, and functions of the Navajo Special Education Parents Advisory Council are outlined. (SBH)

A history of educators' concern with systematic production and utilization of educational knowledge (KPU) since the beginning of the century is presented. The influence of Paul Mort on the KPU tradition from the 1930's to the 1960's, and of Federal policies on educational research and dissemination since the 1960's is investigated. (Author/MJB)

Recommends the establishment of a national, federally funded and directed program modeled on the successful Physical Science Study Committee to provide curriculum materials, provide appropriate tests, evaluate current tests, and begin soon. (Author/IRT)

This article provides information on how program directors can apply for Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) funds for meeting personnel expenses. (CM)

The nature of Health Systems Agencies (HSA's) and the role of environmental health professionals in one particular agency is reviewed with the hope that environmental health professionals throughout the country will be encouraged to participate in HSA's in their areas. (BB)

Describes the organizational structure of the National Science Foundation, focusing chiefly on the Science Education Directorate and its three divisions--Science Personnel Improvement, Science Education Resources Improvement, Science Education Development and Research--and how to obtain grants from them for community college science education, as…

This is a discussion of preventive medicine. Included is a historical background, a discussion of improving the environment, moderating self-imposed risks, changing consumer expectations, recommendations, and conclusions. (BB)

Because the underlying assumptions of cost-benefit analysis of rehabilitation programs are untested and the model is extremely sensitive to these assumptions, cost-benefit analysis should not be used to set priorities for federal or state funding of research and development projects. (CTM)

Described are the training activities for personnel in special education proposed for project year 1977-78 by the Wisconsin Division for Handicapped Children under Title VI-D. (SBH)

Reviews the proposed 1979 federal budget for basic research for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense, and Department of Energy. (SL)

The story of the national evaluation of the Follow Through program mirrors the difficulties in trying to evaluate a complex social program that changed its community service orientation to a strategy of planned variation of early childhood programs. (Author/MLF)

Shifts in funding priorities at the National Institute of Education may indicate significant changes in the types of activities NIE will support in coming years. Less emphasis will be placed on curriculum development activities and more on research and strengthening others' development capabilities and efforts. (Author)