The article describes the gifted education programs offered at Kent State University (OH), which include five degree programs from the bachelor through the doctoral levels. (PHR)

The article describes the Intermountain Center for Gifted Education in Utah which provides educational programs statewide for gifted and talented students. It is explained that the programs are also designed to expand community awareness of the needs of gifted students and encourage active community involvement. (PHR)

A small academic library that took advantage of the OCLC online cataloging service by becoming a secondary user recounts the process of initiating use, and outlines its weekly working procedure, including costs. (MBR)

The Johnson-Neyman technique is briefly reviewed, and a program for carrying out an analysis using the procedure is described. The program accommodates one independent and one dependent variable, up to 20 groups of observations, and an unlimited number of cases. (Author)

Answers the intermediate need for a computer procedure that can provide a reasonably sophisticated factor analysis for as many as 500 variables--a program to cover the vast majority of factor analytic requirements with nearly the same degree of ease as that afforded by use of the "little jiffy" programs. (Author/JKS)

Gives a general introduction to the Classroom Management Training Program approach to maintaining discipline in the classroom and provides more extensive discussion of three aspects of the method--limit setting, the incentive system, and instructional techniques. (IRT)

Describes the process one school district uses in attempting to place students with teachers whose teaching style best matches the way the student learns. (IRT)

Describes a successful program, a parent involvement weekend, implemented in an urban high school. (LD)

A closed circuit television program produced through the facilities of the Waukegan Development Center by retarded adults for retarded adults is discussed. It is explained that the variety format of the show allows for many guest performers and that the show also utilizes prerecorded "remotes" and a musical contest as a part of its weekly…

Describes a successful approach a division of teacher education used to compete for research grants. The rewards are funding for research and development projects, plus an equally valuable though less concrete benefit: a reputation for action and excellence. (Author/IRT)

The article discusses a successful program for mainstreaming the handicapped preschool child into a regular classroom. Pointed out is the need for a cross section of children with and without disabilities, consistent and sometimes intensive support for disabled children, collaboration with parents, and initial assistance with peer relationships.…

The organization and workings of the Danish Storage Library, a centralized facility the aim of which is to receive, store, lend, redistribute, and dispose of library materials deposited by all public libraries, are discussed. (Author/MBR)

Library education and training in the Pacific Islands, including American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, and Papua New Guinea, but excluding Hawaii and New Zealand are discussed. There are two levels of training--professional which entails receipt of a B.A., and subprofessional, encompassing certificate courses. (Author/MBR)

Describes the evolution and program of Philadelphia's Lifelong Learning Center, which stresses helping individuals to overcome problems of unemployment due to job obsolescence, mid-life career change, women returning to the job market, and career education and planning. Both workshops and individual interviews are used in working with clients.…

Described is the experience in two schools with the adoption of two science curricula, The Man-Made World and The Technology-People-Environment. The success and difficulties with the programs are discussed. (MP)