Describes the problems encountered by Clay T. Whitehead, Director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy, in obtaining funding for public television. (PG)

SUN, the State University of Nebraska, is America's most ambitious effort to exploit educational television's ability to distribute college-level materials broadly, quickly, and cheaply in order to serve those who cannot or will not go to the traditional places of learning. (Author)

Television has not delivered mass educational gains for large numbers of students, reports one director of development projects at the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting. Experiences with the British Open University, the University of Mid-America, and public television are discussed. (LBH)

Project Rural Family Development combines television, home study materials, telephone problem-solving service and home visitation into an effective new educational system. (Author)

Compares Electronic Video Recording (EVR cartridge television instruction with the personal impact of the classroom teacher. (IR)

Bergen Community College's Center for Public Media Programming produces courses broadcast by CBS stations around the country and which are offered for credit by other community colleges. The courses, called "Summer Semester," are offered to students unable to attend classes. They consist of half-hour lectures or discussions. (MLW)

South Carolina ETV is a multimillion dollar closed-circuit and standard open broadcast network reaching one-third of the state's public school pupils, hundreds of adults completing high school education, teacher certification, or graduate courses, and thousands of college students on campus or at home. Its college level programs are described. (JT)

A discussion of noncommercial radio and television focuses on its growth and failure to achieve its educational goals. The part played by private and public agencies, the role of local licensees, and the leadership provided by the Federal Communications Commission are reviewed, and some suggestions are offered. (JMD)

The feasibility of a satellite becoming the hub of a continuing education network serving doctors, engineers, and other professionals across the U. S. is examined. The concept for the project is the work of the Public Service Satellite Consortium (PSSC). (LBH)

Britain's three-year literacy effort has brought together the federal government, a national broadcasting network, and the voluntary sector in a program that pioneered new methods of teaching basic literacy. Volunteer tutors are used in an educational television venture sponsored by the BBC and the newly-created Adult Literacy Resource Agency.…

The economics of educational television has been disappointing. Higher education can make use of television commercials and their techniques to: (1) teach specifics such as facts, pointers, or principles that would help people improve their lives; (2) attract interest for more involved study; and (3) inform people about higher education. (MLW)

England is revolutionizing its entire educational system with its Open University of extension education. (Editor/IR)

The Higher Education Cable Council (HECC) and Warner Cable Corporation offer courses on QUBE, the two-way cable television system, but the HECC colleges rely on videotapes rather than QUBE's interactive capacity. High costs, low registration, and other problems faced by the council are discussed. (JMD)

From 1974 to 1982, the University of Mid-America, modeled on the Open University of Great Britain, tried to give adults new access to higher education. Its successes and failures are discussed by its president and vice-president. (MLW)

Efforts and concerns addressed in the very recent, rapid revitalization of China's higher education are discussed, including virtual cessation of education during the Cultural Revolution, students in the postCultural Revolution, instructional television, part-time and factory education for workers, youth unemployment, and academic quality. (MSE)