Introduces the Second General Session of the 1970 DAVI National Convention and includes a speech by the Associate Commissioner of the United States Office of Education on the background and goals of the Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology. (AA)

The task of this analysis is to examine the underlying assumptions, assumed needs, and implied behavioral objectives of federal legislation since 1867 in an historical perspective. (Author)

The President's proposal to establish a Federally financed foundation to stimulate academic reform has produced interesting ideological and political alignments. (Editor)

Concludes that the Upward Bound program is of marginal social value, with low or nonexistent net benefits. (BH)

A brief description of a film produced to instruct high school students about the establishment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the operations of deposit insurance, and the part it plays in banking economy. (AK)

The National Advisory Commission on Libraries (NACOL) report emphasized that the librarian of today and tomorrow must have many technical and professional skills, but above all he must have skill with people," a trait which has heightened the significance of library services to the disadvantaged. (9 references) (Author/NH)

Describes a Government reorganization plan proposed by President Nixon that would make the present Office of Education part of a new department of human resources. (Author)

Presents a brief inventory of socially-oriented environmental research projects funded by HEW (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare), based on information from the Man-Environmental Research survey report. (PR)

Briefly describes man-environment research projects sponsored by HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) in its current three-year-old research program. (The Man-Environment Research report is the source of information for this review.) (PR)