In Canada, no federal education agency exists, and local school systems traditionally rely on provincial ministries of education for most of their money and for educational direction. (Author/JM)

The purpose of this study was to use multivariate techniques in a federally-regulated validation study, and compare the results obtained from zero-order correlations and multiple correlations with the results obtained using factor scores and canonical correlation. The subjects consisted of 51 applicants for the position of patrolman. (Author/CTM)

The headmaster of Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, examines the relationship of the federal government to nonpublic education, noting that, while private schools are benefiting from increasing public interest and funds, they must guard against excessive regulation leading to a centrally imposed academic homogeneity. (SJL)

The author urges Catholic educators to fight federal regulation of their schools and to extend the freedom of education according to one's conscience to the poor as well as the rich. (SJL)

Reviews the historical background of educating the handicapped; presents the general features of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, including funding, enforcement remedies, and procedural rights; and discusses issues raised by the law. (MLF)

Focuses on the litigation challenging the authority of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate regulations governing employment discrimination pursuant to Title IX. Despite compelling challenges, interest in Title IX continues because its penalties are more extensive than those available under Title VII. (IRT)

Discusses the difficulties and challenges of doing basic research in science in a research university. Emphasizes the need for revising the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-12 which imposes regulatory demands and work-load documentation on government-sponsored research in universities. (CS)

Examines the extent that educational institutions can regulate face-to-face solicitation. Legal decisions indicate that: (1) regulation is not aimed at commercial content; (2) legitimate college interests include student privacy and the harm posed by high pressure sales tactics; and (3) alternatives for commerical information dissemination must be…

Describes food service programs administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). (MLF)

Presents an overview of the drafting of regulations for the development and implementation of programs authorized by federal education laws in connection with the Education Amendments of 1978. States that all regulations have been recodified, that is, simplified and clarified. Lists office of education contacts for comments on regulations…

Questionnaires completed by students at the beginning and end of an introductory mass communications course indicated that student opinion did not move in the direction of perceived instructor bias, that students' conclusions were independent of "correct" journalistic responses, and that students applied First Amendment considerations differently…

The second of several installments that address the complex issues and questions related to the implementation of the requirement that persons should have equal educational opportunity despite handicaps. (Author/MLF)

Five characteristics of secondary and higher education affecting educational measurement in the future are discussed. The five are the basic skills movement, the increasing diversity of students, the influence of external forces on higher education, the trend toward declining enrollments, and the relatively fixed nature of curricula. (PHR)

This article will argue that cost-benefit analysis persuasively demonstrates that truth-in-testing laws are socially and economically justified but often fall short of providing a comprehensive regulatory scheme adequate to correct the market dislocations generated by an unregulated testing industry. (Author)

Government patent policy and the effect of antitrust legislation on innovation are discussed along with the efforts of the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department to formulate new government patent policy recommendations. Participation, disclosure, commercialization, and administrative cost are discussed as issues that concern the patent…