Reviving an old idea, some libraries are now helping independent adult learners study what they choose and for whatever reason. (Editor)

Characteristics of broadcast educational television for adult audiences are discussed in terms of: style in television, television grammar, and course and resource-type programs. The current British Broadcasting Company (BBC) Adult Literacy Project and the television program "On the Move" are used as examples. (LH)

Data from 115 colleges and universities are used to analyze the organizational conditions associated with the institutionalization of new academic programs. (Author)

Describes the development and operation of a countywide purchasing cooperative composed of ten local government agencies in Washington County, Wisconsin. (JG)

Outlined are some of the rules for implementing Subchapter IV of Chapter 115, a Wisconsin Statute enacted to ensure the identification and development of services for children with exceptional educational needs. (SB)

Implying that there was no purposeful preparation for educational leadership during the first 130 years of the United States' development, this article presents considerations for future development of educational leaders. (JC)

An outline is presented of the carefully formalized method used by the Bois-de-Boulogne College in Montreal for setting up plans, on a consultancy basis, in industrial training for outside organizations. (Author/EC)

Summarized is a study to determine the degree to which Michigan vocational teachers and administrators use or plan to use local advisory committees for planning, equipping, staffing, and reviewing local programs, and their degree of commitment to the concept. Researchers conclude that improvement is needed in all areas of concern. (AJ)

An effective strategy to improve state planning for delivery of services to the handicapped is seen to involve a carefully developed "action sequence". (Author/SB)

Offers guidelines for effectively organizing materials in in-service reading programs. (RL)

Proposes guidelines for program objectives, course content, internship, and other considerations in preparing doctoral students in business communication. (RL)

Considers three difficulties with making an internship program part of the core curriculum in a college journalism program. (RL)

Describes the University of Wisconsin Extension Program's Educational Telephone Network (ETN) which provides more than 150 credit and noncredit program series annually. Points out that ETN has proved to be an effective, low-cost means of meeting the increasing demand for continuing education. (JMF)

The article describes the implementation and results of a developmentally sequenced language program for 21 severely, profoundly, and multihandicapped students (mean CA=10 years, mean MA=20 months). (SBH)