Describes the activities of the Societe Financiere de Radiodiffusion (SOFIRAD), a government-owned corporation to promote political, cultural, and business interests via a complex network of media holdings. (PD)

Provides a history of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia) and describes its educational system. (FL)

Notes that Canadian journalists accepted censorship during World War I with a minimum of complaint, viewing it as a necessary sacrifice for the war effort. (FL)

Summarizes the evolution of the monitoring system for higher education, including the roles of accrediting agencies, the federal government, and the state governments. Identifies key problems that must be resolved before new systems of quality control and consumer protection can be implemented. (SK)

Examines the political and economic reasons for government support of small businesses in the United Kingdom. The impact of current government measures to encourage existing and aspiring entrepreneurs is examined. (AM)

This essay outlines the federal role through Congress, the executive branch, and the judiciary in increasing equality of educational opportunity in the United States. Special emphasis is placed on government efforts of the 1960s and 1970s. (CT)

Argues for a crash program in sex education to begin no later than junior high school. Discusses arguments for and against sex education in the schools, the government's position on the subject, and steps interested people can take to start a program. (CT)

Describes the impact of the British government's Negro Education Grant on the activities of evangelical missionaries in the British West Indies between 1835-45. The grant was given to help establish missionaries as permanent teachers and ministers on the islands. However, British missionary societies did not support their missionaries' expanded…

Home economists must examine the turf, the rules, and the players in the highly complex problem of defining government and family roles as they affect each other. More research in this field must be supported. (Author)

The author outlines what has been learned from the Private Sector Initiative Program thus far. Though extensive evaluation is still under way, Ginzberg feels that there is proof that the program is working. He recommends expansion on an already well-established base. (CT)

Proposes creation of a human rights international documentation system which would be under the jurisdiction of an international organization (probably the United Nations) and which would facilitate and link current and future activities directed towards collection, storage, and retrieval of human rights information. (Author/DB)

Describes new strategies which rural schools must begin to employ in order to realize their full potential, and the part P.U.R.E. (People United for Rural Education) should play in implementing the new strategies. (AN)

Discusses charging users for public library services, library costs, and the financial structures that influence public library policy. (CHC)

Presents an annotated bibliography of 25 entries dealing with the history, development, and future of public broadcasting, including the role of the federal government and the educational function of the public broadcasting system. (JMF)

Defines the concept of direct job creation and identifies primary government activities in this area during the l970s. Discusses the political and economic rationale for direct job creation measures and possible unintended side effects of such policy interventions. Suggests alternative approaches to the problems of direct public provision of jobs.…