Reviews the educational value, design quality, and ease of use of "WINDOW," an educational "magazine" on a disk for the Apple II/IIe microcomputer. Indicates that the articles, software reviews, and other informative material are greatly enhanced by sound, graphics, and the chance to try out reviewed programs. (JN)

Addresses questions of the philosophy of computer use that cut across various specialities, providing examples to make these distinctions clear. Topics considered include numerical analysis, simulations, software, Fortran computer language, and hardware. Indicates that computers do more than analyze experimentors' data. (JN)

The advantages and disadvantages of the evaluation of school health services in the Eugene, Oregon, public school district are discussed as an illustrative case study. The methodology of the work is presented; evaluation results are analyzed; and the reactions of board members and health services personnel are described. (Author/PN)

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a mathematical model for measuring decision-making units' efficiency, was applied to resource allocation information in the division of occupational and technical programs at San Antonio (Texas) College. Input-output data were used to analyze existing programs' efficiency and proposed program modifications. (RW)

The article describes three self-help programs designed to reduce disruption in secondary schools. (SW)

The article describes how the New York Association for the Blind (The Lighthouse) studied its information needs and further systematized information collection, retrieval, and use for internal case management and external information exchange with human service agencies by means of a computerized client information system. (Author)

Explains the provisions, benefits, and drawbacks of the Job Training Partnership Act, specifying its implications for vocational special needs education. (SK)

Describes Project ENOVATE (Exploring Nontraditional Occupations in Vocational and Technical Education), which provided field-based business and industry experience for 70 Arizona counselors. The training focused on career awareness, exploration, assessment, and decision making in new, emerging, and nontraditional areas. (JAC)

Describes the evaluation of a training program designed to teach family therapy skills to 24 social workers of a family service agency. Notes that while its impact somewhat surpassed initial expectations, a need for reliable instruments capable of measuring change in trainees' perceptual and executive skills remains. (Author/WAS)

Describes an attempt to supplement an advertising curriculum with two marketing and media software suppliers. (HOD)

Interspersed among the results of a five-state regional survey, conducted in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, the authors offer guidelines for conducting a student activity program. (JW)

Describes the strategies used by Pacific University (Oregon) to build up enrollments in foreign languages, including restructuring the program for foreign language majors, changing teaching methodology, and emphasizing study abroad. Also discusses active student recruiting. (EKN)

A small-group program established to provide advice and support in areas of stress for freshman students at Indiana University School of Medicine is described. Two objectives of the program were met: increasing intraclass student communication and support and decreasing student anonymity. (MLW)

The University for Youth, at the University of Denver's School of Education, offers a summer enrichment program for gifted and talented children in grades K through 12. (SB)

A project to develop, implement, and evaluate a slide/text modular oncology course teaching disease state and pharmacist-oriented information to pharmacy students, with potential adaptation for pharmacist continuing education, is described. Module effectiveness was evaluated using a pretest, posttest design, with group mean comparisons across both…