The paper answers two questions: why the Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation existed as a legally defined group in 1970; and why the Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes had 5,500 enrolled tribal members in 1970. (Author/AM)

Compares the workings of a competitive market with the advantages and disadvantages of wage and price controls. (Author/RK)

Describes the types of items that should be included in school district guidelines for student publications and lists questions to consider when formulating editorial policies. Includes sample student publication guidelines. (GW)

Nine higher education commission reports were examined as to quality of research and stated objectives in comparison with results. Surveyed assessment by 29 peer leaders indicated that only Carnegie Commission reports could be shown to have changed the law and others had limited effect. (LBH)

This Water Conference adapted a set of detailed action recommendations on various aspects of water resources development and management and decided that this set of recommendations would be known as the "Mar del Plata Action Plan." This article presents an abridged version of selected recommendations in the Action Plan. (Author/MA)

The U.S. imports more than half its fish foods per year. As a result, the federal government is now showing an interest in aquaculture and has designated the Department of Agriculture as the lead agency for research, extension, and education. Catfish, salmon, and oyster farming are given as examples. (MA)

Examines many aspects of the United States' policies toward supplying technology to underdeveloped nations. Advances arguments which the author believes should be considered in future policy formation. (CP)

Examines two views of the policy process (AA 527 184) and takes them a step further to see what they portend. (Editor)

Argues for the development of national planning policy concerning scientific research and technological advancement in Latin American countries based upon the model of Venezuela's development. (SL)

RARE II is a new Roadless Area Review and Evaluation of the National Forest system. Administrators are attempting to inventory existing wilderness areas and to determine criteria for setting aside additional ones. This information will be used for the required 1980 update of the national assessment of forests and rangelands. (MA)

In coming years school managers will be confronted by the expansion of access to benefits of schooling, greater involvement in school governance by all segments of society, and increased examination of alternative methods for measuring the teaching-learning environment. Suggested options available through futures thinking, research and planning…

Notes that one of the reasons that so many social workers are sympathetic to the day care movement is that they do not believe that families are capable of providing their children with the necessary guidance and care. (Author/AM)

The special problems and implications associated with genetic screening of blacks in the U.S. are discussed. (Author/AM)

Notes that there is inconsistency between the philosophical basis of the American immigration policy and the legal status of the immigrant in the labor market. (Author/AM)

The traditional "test and measurement" approach to educational evaluation is contrasted with the "use of information for decision-making" developed in the industrial sector. Evaluation strategy should be determined by an analysis of the problem and the decisions to be made. (Author/LBH)