This report presents the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) review of and response to the final report of the National Black Health Providers Task Force on High Blood Pressure Education and Control. The response includes a statement of NHLBI's involvement in health research, and descriptions of what steps can be taken to solve the…

Desegregation of the Fort Wayne, Indiana, schools has been a focus of concern since the 1960s. However, although Fort Wayne has successfully desegregated its secondary schools within the past 10 years, progress to eliminate racial isolation at the elementary school level has been considerably slower. The present study reviews that progress over…

This final Task Force report recommends the coordination of NIMH activities in the broad area of sexual behavior through the establishment of a Center for the Study of Sexual Behavior. The activities proposed for the Center fall into two major areas: research, training and education, prevention, and treatment; and questions of social policy with…

Trends in the enrollments and finances of American colleges and universities are described. As the demography of the student body has changed, enrollments have remained constant. The history and development of higher education is discussed in the context of leadership and market influences. Universities will have more important roles the future.…

Reviews policy and ideological trends within three Israeli institutions which provide services to disadvantaged youth: Youth Aliyah, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and the Ministry of Education and Culture. Presents recommendations for policy initiatives for research and evaluation, differential diagnosis and program assignment, and…

Although family child care has the potential to offer young children individual attention and customized, educational programs to help them thrive, the quality of these programs is dependent upon a workforce that is at the bottom of the occupational status and pay hierarchy. This report examines ways to promote high quality in family child care…

Reviews major legal actions, from the filing (by the author) of the original 1956 lawsuit against the Little Rock (Arkansas) School Board, to the court order reopening the schools in 1959, to the present when the battle over segregation is still being waged and new lawsuits have been filed. (CMG)

Executive Order 12356 prescribes a system for classifying information based on national security concerns. The order gives unprecedented authority to government officials to intrude at will in controlling academic research that depends on federal support, posing a serious threat to academic freedom and hence to scientific advances and national…

Explores the evolution of equal educational opportunity from legal, historical, philosophical, and policy perspectives. Suggests how the goals of equal education may be pursued under "new federalism" and current economic decline, and describes the role that State legislatures and departments of education must play. (Author/GC)

A federal audit which began in June 1982 and should be completed by November is being conducted to determine possible extravagance, misuse, waste, fraud and abuse of laboratory equipment purchased on federal contracts and grants. A list of waste and abuse found mostly at industrial labs is included. (JN)

Offers viewpoints on how science and technology fit into the Reagan Administration's goals for the country and discusses the role the scientific community must play in coming years. (JN)

The author examines private schools: their origins, the current rise in new private schools and private school enrollment, student ethnic and racial characteristics, private education function, the federal government's role in private education, and future outlook for private education. (CT)

Reviews the background, intent, and provisions of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), a law designed to simplify and consolidate 30 Federal elementary and secondary education assistance programs. Asserts that significant deregulation will not occur under ECIA, and that the Act will create as many problems as it solves. (GC)

Examines United States policy and practices in regard to immigrants and refugees. Observes that recent changes in refugee and immigration legislation may have provided the catalyst for less racial and ethnic discrimination in American domestic and foreign policy. Suggests that current trends point to the possibility of unity in cultural pluralism.…

Examines current language policy in Canada, particularly regarding Quebec, and discusses possible future developments. (AM)