Discussion of a successful Federally funded program designed to teach English to Mexican-Americans in Edinburg, Texas. The author credited this success to the multi-media approach of teaching languages. (AF)

Surveys Federal science policy parties, considers the need for continued scientific and medical research, and urges scientists to present the case for science." (AL)

A slightly revised version of a chapter from the author's book "The End of Liberalism. This case study of implementation of two Federal urban housing programs in an unidentified Southern industrial city exposes racist policies which have led to Black people being disillusioned in their belief in the legitimacy of government. (KG)

A federally sponsored program coordinated by the AFL-CIO Appalachian Council to aid the disadvantaged and unemployed in locating jobs. Job development and on-the-job training are both an integral part of the program. (BC)

The author thinks a voucher plan is misguided and doomed to failure because resources for education are too scarce. (RA)

Gives reasons why Medicare cannot provide financial support for needs of teaching hospitals over and above payments for those health services specified in the legislation. Speech delivered at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Houston, Texas, November 1, 1968. (WM)

Here are hard-hitting techniques that may encourage other vocational educators to lay it on the line with unmotivated students. (Editors)

An overview of how program evaluation is organized within the federal government is presented. Using examples from three federal agencies, the author shows how evaluation units are formed, defines their functions, and discusses the barriers that must be overcome to manage a federal program evaluation office effectively. (Author)

"Ideas Into Dollars," one in the Small Business Bibliography series of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), is described to be a resource guide for inventors and innovative small businesses which provides steps such as determination of technical feasibility, assessment of market demand, commercialization, and sales. (MC)

The "Condition of Education" is an annual statistical report about education in the United States. This review describes and comments on the publication's data selection data presentation, prose interpretation, and the quality of the statistics. Options for improving the publication are discussed. (BW)

Offers overview of research in progress information systems which provide information on projects between inception and published reports, discussing demise of Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE), and efforts of National Technical Information Service to maintain SSIE files. A listing of 28 research in progress information systems and…