"HUMANITIES" is the bi-monthly newsletter of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a Federal agency established by an Act of Congress in 1965 "for the encouragement and support of national progress and scholarship in the humanities." Typical newsletters include articles on major grants awarded, reading lists, and other current items of…

Critics of television hope that cable television will broaden the scope of programming to include more diversity, more news, more local programming, more visibility for minority groups, and greater use of the medium for the presentation of contending views. This paper reviews what now exists and what is being planned in an effort to determine the…

The components of the Retrieval and Acceleration of Promising Young Handicapped and Talented (RAPYHT) program, a federally funded outreach model for gifted/talented handicapped preschoolers are discussed: general programing, talent screening, talent identification, talent assessment, talent programing, parent involvement, and evaluation. (CL)

Reports on the Commission on Federal Paperwork's efforts to reduce the amount of paperwork required for federal programs. (IRT)

The Reserve Education Assistance Program, or REAP (Chapter 1607 of title 10, U.S. Code), is a new benefit providing educational assistance to members of the reserve components--Selected Reserve (Sel Res) and Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)--who are called or ordered to active service in response to a war or national emergency, as declared by the…

Two school districts report their continuing participation in federal assistance projects and programs. The report suggests what federal assistance can do to promote the long-range goals of a district in a time of changing concepts about the nature and volume of federal grants. (Author)

Operated mainly at the grass roots level and on a bicultural, bilingual basis, these programs embrace community services, manpower development and training, library language and cultural specialization, and adult basic education. (LY)

Describes the 1970 amendments to the federal unemployment insurance program. (BH)

An analysis of the policies, procedures, and programs of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and an assessment of its impact on the employment of disabled persons in New England revealed uneven commitment in CETA toward the disabled and emphasized the importance of local control of programing. (CL)