Reviews federal efforts to develop a rural education federal agenda, five basic problems of rural areas which lend themselves to federal solutions, Department of Education proposals for fiscal year 1982, significant federal responses/already in progress, and strengths and advantages of rural schools. (AN)

Fefferman argues that mandatory Social Security coverage for teachers and other government employees assures their own pension protection and equalizes their contributions with their potential Social Security benefits. Brundige feels that teachers already have superior retirement plans and should not be forced to bail out the ailing Social…

The purposes, structure, and component parts of the newly formed Department of Education (ED) organizations from which educational research programs will be administered are discussed. As the climate surrounding ED changes, opportunities to take advantage of the elevated status of research will be presented. (Author/RL)

Describes the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the Technical Information Center (TIC), and lists databases accessible online to the Department of Energy and its contractors through DOE/RECON. (RAA)

Describes the mental health problems of the nation's children and youth and the lack of services to address these problems. Traces the recent history of federal programs targeted toward youth mental health, and criticizes the current administration's "Most in Need Program" in terms of its administrative and conceptual approaches. (GC)

The reorganization of the federal equal employment opportunity enforcement efforts and the establishment of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is explained in this description of the structure and function of specific divisions within the organization. A directory of OFCCP's regional and area offices is included. (RLV)

Federal energy measures have tended more to conservation than to developing alternate energy sources; but they have coordinated public building, tax regulations, and lending policies in the effort. (Author)

Federal intervention programs are affected by pressures that inhibit honest evaluations. (MM)

Reviews the initial creation of the TRIO Programs, beginning with TRIO Upward Bound in 1964, and on through the regionalization of TRIO programs nationally. (EV)

The total number of dollars awarded to 120 nonprofit organizations, most universities, in contracts for research, development, testing, and evaluation for military projects and civilian water-resource projects are tabulated. Organizations listed are those that received over $1 million. (MSE)

Application of evaluability assessment by the Cooperative Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture is reviewed. The effort involved five states with six major programs since 1984. Underlying philosophy and methodological considerations are discussed, and background information is provided on the assessment processes and studies…

Describes the Office of Minority Health Resource Center, designed to disseminate minority health-related information and increase public awareness of the gravity and magnitude of the health disparity that persists between minority and nonminority populations. Technical support, assistance, and information referral services are provided to…

The state of the art of randomized social field experiments is discussed. Topics discussed include disciplines of primary actors involved in such research, scientific value of experimentation, the nation's capacity to conduct field experiments, and society's willingness to permit such experiments. (TJH)

The authors discuss the contributions made by millions of older volunteers in the United States. They focus on the federal senior volunteer programs, (1) the retired senior volunteer program, (2) the foster grandparent program, and (3) the senior companion program. These model programs have been successfully replicated in other countries. (CH)

Views the inconsistency of federally mandated policies through vocational education legislation that reward and penalize programs for practices called creaming and dredging. Some seek capable students who will complete the program; others, to satisfy federal requirements, seek those most in need of assistance. (JOW)