This paper summarizes a study of Title I regulations and related problems which local administrators in Jefferson County, Kentucky dealt with. More specifically, the study determined which, if any, regulations were significant factors which created problems in the desegregation process and what administrative actions were taken to overcome them.…

Senator Pell offers his views on the effect of the new administration on the education budget, the need for a large education budget, the need to simplify the administrative procedures used in operating federal programs in the schools, and the effects of various pieces of legislation on education. (IRT)

The University of California Research Management Improvement Project (RMIP) was initiated to point out federal requirements and their impacts on the educational institution. The findings are contained in nine separate reports covering case flow; environmental health and safety; federal procurement requirements; financial management: budgeting and…

Program changes inherent in the CETA concept have markedly decreased the effectiveness of previous program management and liaison strategies. Some reasons for this decrease and a new set of skills for working at the interface between prime sponsors and subcontractors and/or the regional offices are presented. (Author)

The author calls for a total health care and environmental health policy to be established nationally. His concern is with improving the quality of the environment with today's technology and thereby improving the health of the population. The emphasis is on preventive health care rather than the control of illness. (MA)

Efforts in Great Britain to change from the historic apprenticeship system and the levy-grant system as manpower training sources to (1) industrial internal training programs and (2) stipends to all British citizens 19 years of age and over for training program participation are reported. Implications for the US are drawn. (AG)

The Norfolk/Chesapeake Teacher Corps Project developed a special component which focused on helping teachers and interns become sensitive to the needs of exceptional children and on helping them master competencies required to individualize instruction in the regular classroom for children without severe handicaps. (Author/JA)

The decade witnessed extraordinary growth in the number and scope of international exchange activities despite brief setbacks. Highlights are reviewed: major books in 1965, The International Education Act of 1966, 1967 Conference on Crisis in Education, growth of specific types of exchange programs, activities of other countries, recent events,…

The implications and the political causes behind the Senate Appropriations Committee's proposal for zero funding for NIE for fiscal year 1975 are discussed. (AM)

Addressing the problems of cross-research analysis, two Federal Interagency Panels have recommended that researchers: 1) use more complete definitions of the variables used in their study; 2) be more precise in their descriptions of populations; and 3) insure that their methodology and research lends itself to a comparability review. (BJG)

Examines the unique situation, it is stated, of Korean-American children and a federally funded program's efforts to assess and meet their needs, with the express purpose of making educators aware of the condition of this particular ethnic group and of offering a methodology for serving other ethnic isolates in the schools. (Author/JM)