Admissions selectivity, far from being restricted by open-door policies, is actually spiraling with everything else-both in terms of high academic scores and finances but, unlike other forms of inflation, it leads through shrinking candidate pools to nowhere. (Author)

Some points to consider in selecting textbooks for students at different ability levels and for different types of British secondary schools are briefly discussed. (DT)

A viable library collection should include at least a scattering of titles which the librarian finds offensive and disturbing. (28 references) (Author/MM)

More can be done by teachers to include the reader in selection of children's literature. (Author)

Videotapes of student teachers in classroom situations are made available to prospective employers by the New Mexico State University placement bureau. (SP)

A stratified sample of 5,000 of the 40,000 purchase orders placed by 49 of the 59 University of London libraries revealed comparatively little duplication in the six month test period. (MM)

Describes the author's success in using a soft sell" approach to stimulate reluctant high school students' interest in reading. (JB)

The author queried thirty-eight children's publishers and compiled a table of sixteen criteria categories. He also includes various pertinent comments offered by the editors who responded. (AF)

How teacher oversupply and the financial squeeze affected one teacher wh6 resigned a job in order to pursue the doctorate. (Author)

A selection of recommended books published during 1971. (56 references) (Author)

It was found that the question of part-time or full-time counseling is inseparable from the matters of role, preparation, selection, status, and accountability of counselors. Support was given to the proposition that only the full-time counselor can satisfactorily carry out the selected role. (Author)

Closet drama illustrating how the desire for mass commercial acceptability may cause a stimulating and informative textbook to end up in an editor's wastebasket. (DE)