Accountability is an issue of high visibility, high priority, and great controversy in the social work profession today. The authors try to show what accountability is about, where the profession falls short, and what might be done. (Authors)

Discusses children's rights and needs and what the Office of Child Development, the Children's Bureau and other groups are doing in this area. (ST)

The director of the Waterville, Maine High School Media Center, an ESEA Title III project, describes the center's facilities and programs. (SJ)

The Nixon administration's proposed budget for higher education is examined. (PG)

With a new director and new direction, HEW's Office of Environmental Education is offering expertise and making grants to stimulate educational programs. Also, resource materials are being made available, successful programs are translated into other areas, and technical assistance is possible. Outstanding programs are summarized. (BL)

The author gives his rationale for career education, explains why the Office of Education refuses to define the term too precisely, and makes a plea for unification of technical and liberal education. (Editor)

Presents a plan to cut the paperwork and the headaches of managing Federal grants. (Author)

How the Federal Government assesses desegregation plans and decides whether or not to extend financial aid to these plans. (JF)

A proposal to grant tax credits against the personal income tax for most health care expenditures. The premium or amount that the tax bill would increase to offset the decrease in tax revenues would depend on income. The plan would require more government participation in health services and would benefit the poor more than the wealthy. (BC)

Provides a systematic account of Canadian activities on the federal, provincial, and individual levels with respect to international education. (LN)

Legislation often is a major determinant in the financing and control of programs for training and using auxiliary personnel. This speech and the question and answer session which followed helped participants at the AHEA Workshop on Utilization and Training of Auxiliary Personnel in Home Economics to understand the many types of existing…