Explains how a multipurpose bibliographic/MARC data base of machine-readable data files (MRDF), created according to the MARC II record format, was conceived, and how much an information resource would benefit the general user and professional librarian. (Author/CWM)

Describes the local off-line data base at North Carolina State University, which is updated from OCLC archive tapes, and reviews the processing required to make this data useful for maintaining the data base and providing some ancillary services. (CWM)

Analyzes the affective nature of bioethical issues, the role of the teacher in implementing programs and directing students, and specific guidelines for using the Science Forum technique in considering bioethical issues. (Author/MA)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology fossil fuels program focusses on the science and engineering problems involved in the combustion of fuels and in their high-temperature thermal processing. (BB)

This article describes the breadth of federal support for educational knowledge production and application. Support from the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is discussed in detail. (Author/MC)

The learning opportunities center for special needs community college students at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York, uses procedures such as individual and small group tutoring, one-to-one and group counseling, direct classroom intervention, faculty orientation and consultation, and bypass techniques and materials. (LRA)

The authors outline a proposal for job experience vouchers as a possible answer to financing the acquisitions of adequate work experience for youth employment programs. The proposal works by giving an incentive to employers to seek out ways of profitably employing new labor market entrants, the underemployed, and the unemployed. (CT)

This essay explores perspectives on teaching and learning by considering how a particular reform program (Individually Guided Education) is influenced by the social conditions in which it is realized. Individually Guided Education (IGE) is an approach to elementary school reform based on mastery-learning techniques. (DB)

The author describes the vandalism and theft curtailment program developed at Memorial High School in Madison, Wisconsin. The three-phase program, which includes monitoring, management, structural prevention, and long-range attitude development, was designed to respond to students at various stages of Kohlberg's moral reasoning continuum.…

Describes a college business education program designed for adults already in the work force. (FL)

Using five research topics mainly in educational administration as illustrations, the author describes some of the processes of Chilean educational research and questions concerning its impact on educational policy. (SJL)

A status report on the open university in Scotland, including enrollment and staff data and a listing of undergraduate teacher education courses offered. (SJL)

Discusses Great Britain's largest degree-granting institution and describes it as the world's most successful distance learning operation and most important innovation in the history of higher education since the establishment of the land grant college. Explores the possibility of the program's application in the United States. (AEA)

The Program for Academic and Creative Enrichment (PACE) is a pull-out program for gifted elementary students. It is implemented by resource teachers working on a three stage model to develop basic thinking, critical thinking and problem solving, independent study, and research skills. (CL)

Describes a structured group program called Depression Management Training (DMT). The purpose of DMT is to provide an intensive, interactive experience to participants who have problems handling recurrent, episodic depression. Suggests DMT increases participants' awareness of multidimensional sources of depression and enhances their coping…