The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's (CETA) cooperative relationship regarding the development of environmental manpower programs on a State and local level is discussed. Environmental programs resulting from CETA aid are described and EPA statistics given, stating that such programs are…

The West Yorkshire Language Link has developed a pilot program for Smith Bulmer and Co, to help the textile company's management, supervision, and training staffs to understand their Asian employees culture and to help improve the Asian workers' communicative abilities through a job-related English course. (LH)

Business educators can provide career guidance activities for high school students through recruitment, development, and placement activities. Techniques discussed are: slide/tape programs, films, tests, demonstrations, minicourses, occupational reference library, field trips, interest clubs, advisory committees, resource speakers, and placement…

The article is an attempt to introduce adult educators and other community leaders to the Forum. The Forum aims at a nationwide simultaneous dialogue about our country. Adult education could emerge as a permanent national necessity and an inseperable aspect of citizenship. (Author/BP)

A good public relations program in agricultural education involves: thorough planning, a person-oriented approach, specific purposes or themes, balance, continuity, and continuous evaluation. (EA)

Each year, a million new illiterates are being added to the pool of 50 million illiterates in Pakistan. An adult and continuing education program is reviewed. Objectives and needs, program implementation, curriculum requirements, and the role of international cooperation are topics considered. (MW)

Programs in agribusiness education should no longer be limited to the resources of the home farm. Agriculture teachers must capitalize on the total agricultural resources of the community, develop skill in managing these resources; and meet the diverse training needs of students through individualized instruction. (MW)

Summer employment and participation in professional programs offer the vocational agriculture teacher the unique opportunity to attain excellence in his program. Most administrators appreciate the teacher's efforts and the resulting well-planned and implemented programs. (MW)

Training problems can be eased by classifying the work force into sectors and making plans to suit each group. Sectors treated in the article include: managers and supervisors, industrial relations specialists, employee representatives, and apprentices and young employees. (MW)

A volunteer scheme in Bradford, England was set up to serve the needs of illiterates and semi-literates who couldn't attend a class. The service provided a confidential, free of charge, one-to-one, tutorial relationship in either the tutor's or client's home. (MW)

If the media center is seen as an extension of communitywide educational services, then its major creators must be local educators, librarians, students, and community users of the proposed program. Creating such a center becomes an opportunity for schools and libraries to regenerate their services to their constituencies. (Author)