Describes script-reading projects, teachers' guides, and parent participation workshops offered by the broadcast industry to stimulate reading. (DD)

Knowledge of how broadcast news works, and what the real concerns of the industry are, can help in developing more effective college information dissemination. Understanding newsroom hierarchies, deadlines, schedules, paying attention to quality of the story and presentation, and educating faculty and administrators in media skills will improve…

Described is a course designed to better prepare students for employment in chemical industries. A course schedule for this interim course and a list of sources of speakers and speaker credentials is provided. (CW)

Provides an overview of the influence U.S. business concerns have had on the education revolution. Identifies a number of post-1975 expectations for education and notes the changing role of the school principal. (KO)

Discusses Colchester (England) Sixth Form College's residential fieldwork program, in which students observe a business first hand. Argues that the students (1) learn the relevance of their coursework; (2) develop new ideas; (3) experience business and economic principle applications; and (4) practice data collection and analysis. Suggests that…

Traces the history and development of the Children's Television Act of 1990 that establishes individual stations' obligations to serve children's needs and limits the amount of advertising. Describes the failure of the marketplace to provide educational programing once children's television was deregulated. Concludes that children's television is…

Publication guidelines for early childhood journals are reviewed, and suggestions for prospective contributors are offered. Topics covered include publication opportunities, audience, journal content, publication format, and the review process. A two-page table summarizes information on specific journals. (LB)

Reviews the advantages and disadvantages of several publishers' offerings of classic literature titles often purchased by libraries. Four hardcover choices and five paperback choices are compared in terms of price; authenticity of text, including introductory notes; and quality of production, including binding and type size. (LRW)

The links between research and development (R&D) and business planning were investigated through interviews with R&D and business executives in nine industrial corporations. Results show planning is generally program or project oriented, with little evidence strategic planning is the norm. Suggestions for improving R&D planning are…

Presents four reports from a preconference sponsored by the Young Adult Services Division of the American Library Association on nonfiction and information materials for young people. Highlights include developing lifetime readers, writing and publishing nonfiction, sources from the National Archives and presidential libraries, and magazine…

Concludes that (1) the current infatuation with corporate bigness is void of credible empirical support; (2) disproportionate corporate size and industry concentration are incompatible with and destructive to good economic performance; and (3) structurally oriented antitrust policy must be revitalized to combat the burdens of corporate bigness.…

The high price of subscribing to scientific journals threatens scientific communications. A coalition of universities, libraries, and learned societies, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), is using electronic publishing to reverse that trend and provide affordable alternatives to costly print publications.…

This document is intended to help education and training institutions deliver the Machine Tool Advanced Skills Technology (MAST) curriculum to a variety of individuals and organizations. MAST consists of industry-specific skill standards and model curricula for 15 occupational speciality areas within the U.S. machine tool and metals-related…

This guide to model learner outcomes for service occupations contains four chapters: (1) education values, learner values, philosophy, mission, and goals; (2) introduction, goals, and eight program-level learner outcomes; (3) general learner outcomes and outcomes for housing occupations, child care occupations, cosmetology and personal services,…

This manual, published by the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education, is intended to serve as a resource for those wanting to bring the human and material resources of the scientific and engineering communities into beneficial and sustainable relationships with schools through volunteer programs that are locally designed and…