Suggests that the Carnegie report failed to clearly define the role of the public broadcasting system, and recommends that the system's public mission be clarified to justify the call for more money, more independence, and more creativity. (Author/CMV)

Recent changes and developments in Algeria's agricultural education program to meet the future needs for expertise at all levels in the rural sector are described. Training targets established in the national plan are detailed. (BT)

Presents the full text of the Task Force report on networking, adopted by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science to delineate the position of the school library media program within the total framework of national networking. The role of the school library media program is clarified. (Author/CMV)

The Nigerian national bibliography, its development, coverage, scope, format, frequency and currency of publication, cataloging, and standards are discussed as are access to national collections through union lists and library automation in relation to bibliographic control. (MBR)

Discusses the science councils and research and development institutions created in developing countries to promote technological and socioeconomic advancement. Examines the reasons for the ineffectiveness of these organizations. (MA)

Reviews India's previous stand regarding family planning which favored the notion that economic development would provide the incentive for fertility control. Recent recommendations, however, include raising minimum marriage age for girls and increasing incentives for acceptance of sterilization. (CS)

A detailed history of the eradication of mass illiteracy in the Soviet Union is given, from the first stage (1917-1920) to the third stage (1933 to post-war); methods of recruitment and teaching are recounted, as well as national policy developments. Instructional materials are described, and statistical data are included. (AJ)

The solution to the problem of women's illiteracy in the Soviet East, where the religion was Islam and seclusion was traditional for women, was intimately linked with the struggle for women's liberation. Such obstacles as the lack of materials and teacher shortages, and the policies developed to overcome them, are described. (Author/AJ)

Australia's language problems involve socioeconomic factors and communication skills as well as multilingualism. A program for solution is suggested involving inquiry into problems; policy formulation; implementation; and establishment of social and communication systems to coordinate activity concerned with migrant communication problems. (CHK)

Humanists must be aggressive in promoting their chosen fields without giving way to current dissatisfaction, suggests the author. A new federal program, the "State-Based" Program, has been established under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Humanities to encourage humanists to meet with the public to discuss specific issues.…

Describes national medical care services, in the Republic of Cuba, developed since the revolution of 1959. The comprehensive care polyclinic, basic unit for primary care services, is described in terms of human resources (teachers, medical personnel, other specialists) and functions (community health care, regionalization, provision of dispensary…

Secondary family and consumer science teachers in Botswana (93 of 245 responded) chose only 1 of 13 national education goals as appropriate for their field: promoting skills for everyday life. Goals related to individual/family development and community/national development were not among the teachers' top three. (SK)

Discusses sequential art, also known as comic books or graphic novels, as reading motivators, as content, as literature, and as the subject itself. Includes comic resources for school library media specialists and describes the White House Conference that Laura Bush has promoted that has given library media centers national visibility. (LRW)

Argues that the American educational system fails to accomplish its long-standing goal of instilling a sense of personal freedom and independence in its citizens. Argues that in previous years the educational system fostered a spirit of free enterprise, initiative, and the spirit of individual success that led to prosperity. (DDR)

Examines Nigeria's language policies in terms of (1) the historical, sociolinguistic, political, educational, and ideological contexts in which they arose; (2) their impact on patterns of language choice and use in education and other aspects of life; and (3) their implications for the theory and practice of language planning. (51 references) (GLR)