The proposed rewrite of the broadcast section of the Communications Act of 1934 fails to assure minority access to and service from the broadcast industry despite demonstrated need and compelling logic. The proposed bill must be revised or opposed as a serious threat to the development of minority voices in America. (Author/WI)

The need for quantitatively defined minority enrollment goals in graduate social work education is discussed. An overview of minority enrollment efforts, a summary of related federal and professional regulations, an exploration of the legitimacy of quantitative goals, and a formula that yields quantified minority enrollment goals are provided.…

Suggests procedures for complying with affirmative action policies and for handling job applicants in the language profession with fairness, courtesy, and respect. (AM)

Everything in health policy affects medical education, and everything done in medical education has implications for health policy, suggests this economics professor. Medical educators must face the inevitability of change and shape medical education to relate to the social and economic structure. (LBH)

This paper discusses Federal Title I administration, and focuses on the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's activity in rulemaking and monitoring and enforcement. It also examines some of the similarities and differences in the ways states manage Title I and the implications of these strategies for local districts, particularly urban…

Discussed are some negative implications of the final federal rules for evaluating specific learning disabilities (Federal Register, December 29, 1977), which conceptually redefined learning disabilities to mean an "underachievement." (DLS)

Some perspectives on industrial arts' role in vocational education, general education, and the federal funding structure as presented by four speakers at the annual vocational convention. (SH)

The author discusses the problems associated with the rules and regulations governing the "set-asides" and "excess costs" for programs for handicapped and disadvantaged students in vocational education as set forth in P.L. 94-482. He explains that the rules may limit rather than expand these programs and delineates six elements…

Describes the federal regulations requiring colleges to examine their public relations programs for misleading and inaccurate statements, and the innovative approaches used by various colleges under the Better Information for Student Choice project to give students the information they need for making decisions about college attendance. (RT)

Second in a series of articles on the federal involvement in education, this article deals with the funding and control of academic research and biomedicine. Emphasis is on the relationship between government funding and government intervention, particularly in research universities and medical schools. (LBH)

Areas of privacy protection provided by FERPA are discussed and related to: coverage of institutions; former students; admissions records and letters of recommendation; exclusion of private records, law enforcement records, and employment records from education records; student access to records; challenges to information in records; disclosure;…

In this labor-intensive area, faculty ratios and instructional costs are rising. As service revenues become crucial, they are threatened by federal efforts to contain medical care costs. The economic effectiveness of research and sponsored service activities is difficult to determine due to a lack of accounting tools. (Editor/LBH)

A reduction of the total number and scope of government regulations can be accomplished only through a basic commitment by institutions to the development of credible self-regulating mechanisms. These should have the authority to monitor institutional policy and practices. (Author/LBH)

Miami-Dade Community College has developed a planning system that provides the tools necessary for an effective decentralized system with the capability of dealing with the changing roles of faculty and the increasing need for individualization and adjustments in the learning program. Two key components are described. (LBH)