Describes the program New York City created for selecting, training, evaluating, and placing managers. (IRT)

Describes a program in which a medical school and several school districts are working together to develop self-instructional materials on cardiovascular disease. (IRT)

Discusses and describes some active Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs). An EAP is a stress intervention program that, when combined with other stress prevention procedures, can serve as an effective base for developing a comprehensive managerial system for combating organizational stress. (Author/IRT)

Describes strategies that were successful in passing library bond issues for the Atlanta Public Library and the Marion (Ohio) Public Library, as well as legislation providing for cooperative library areas and additional state funding in Michigan. Some lessons learned from an unsuccessful campaign by the Clearwater (Fla.) Library are included. (JPF)

A study program leading to masters' degrees for child care administrators is especially designed to match their needs in terms of education and ongoing job responsibilities. (Author/SE)

Describes a home visiting project (in London, England) designed to help disadvantaged children (20-30 months) and their parents, and discusses two school/community projects: the Chaucer Nursery and Infant School and eight nursery centers located throughout the country. (SE)

Describes a model parenting program at Prairie View Elementary School, Gainesville, Florida, aimed at providing preventive, developmental and educational services for new parents and their children. (CM)

The author describes a preservice mathematics methods course designed to develop independent learning and productive thinking skills as well as knowledge of mathematics methods. (MJB)

Participant and facilitator evaluation of a weekend residential outdoor experience for college women indicated that the goals of interpersonal, intrapersonal, intellectual, and physical growth were met. (MJB)

The Professional Partnership Program, which began at the Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey, was intended to foster professional growth and more effective teaching. Describes the programs that teachers there participated in and what they learned from those programs. (Author/RK)

Describes a project at Columbus East Senior High School, Columbus, Indiana, where supergraphics have been developed to the level of a sophisticated art form. This form of art serves a dual role as a pleasing decorative element and as a means of identification of specific areas within a building. Aside from being a constructive design activity,…

Based on experience with a simplified admissions concept, Southern Illinois University is satisfied that the admissions process has been made easier for prospective students, high school counselors, and admissions staff. The computer does not make decisions regarding admission of a student, but reduced work loads for everyone concerned. (Author)

Describes a three-day program called "Senior Citizen Celebration Days: A Festival of Education and the Arts" sponsored by the University of Nebraska. Problems involved in planning and developing the program, benefits to older people, the university, and the community, and evaluation of the festival are discussed. (Author)

For middle-class parents pinched by rising college costs, a tuition tax credit has irresistible appeal--and the idea's time has apparently come in Congress, where two separate bills are racing for passage. President Carter, who rejects the tax-credit approach as expensive and inequitable, countered with a plan of his own. Describes all three plans…

Orienteering, a Scandinavian sport that has recently become popular in the United States, combines outdoor adventure, practical skills, physical fitness and fun. Here it is used to help young students develop survival skills using a compass. (Author/RK)