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A 1971 pilot project was conducted in North Carolina to promote more effective utilization of research and development activities at both State and local levels. The project provided research information on structure and techniques in new programs to educational program decisionmakers prior to the time for decisions to be made on their own new projects. The project's model research dissemination system included three components: (1) intensive field services to five satellite centers, in areas representative of local educational agencies, that developed awareness, interest, and competency in research utilization; (2) the Research and Information Center which solicited, received, and serviced information requests; and (3) a computerized retrieval system that provided speedy searches of the ERIC RIE and CIJE files. Appendixes present sample products developed during the course of the project. (Pages 61-77 have been removed in the absence of reproduction rights.) (Author/RA)

TWO ECONOMIC FACTORS MOTIVATE YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION--INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME PROSPECTS, AND THREAT OF UNEMPLOYMENT. BECAUSE THE AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF THE WORK FORCE HAS INCREASED, HIGHER EDUCATION SERVES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO UNEMPLOYMENT. IN A STUDY OF THE VALUE OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION, MILLER AND GLICK ESTIMATED THE MONEY VALUE OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION TO BE $103,000. SCHULTZ HAS FOUND THAT A COLLEGE EDUCATION INCREASES ITS REWARDS OVER TIME. A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF FIRST DEGREE GRADUATES NOW CONTINUE STUDY FOR ADVANCED DEGREES. SCITOVSKY FINDS THAT THE LONG-RUN TREND OF PROFESSIONALS' INCOME IS RELATIVELY DECLINING BECAUSE OF THE INCREASING SUPPLY OF EDUCATED PEOPLE. JOB UPGRADING RESULTS FROM THE INCREASED SUPPLY OF EDUCATED PEOPLE, AND THIS TAKES ITS FINAL FORM AS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT. THIS PAPER APPEARS IN "SENIOR SEMINAR IN ECONOMIC RESEARCH," SPRING TERM, MAY, 1966, AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, SAN JOSE STATE COLLEGE, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. (HW)

A brief statement of what ecology means in the 1970's, how we have upset our biosphere, and what are alternatives are, form the introduction in this booklet about ecology for upper elementary and senior high school students. The text and illustrations develop an overview of planet Earth as an interactive unit to establish a basis for understanding and applying fundamental scientific principles to ecological problem-solving. In addition, they offer a cultural perspective to our earth's ecological dilemma. Major concerns are the cultural implications of ecology and development of a system of human behavior that will insure survival. (Author/BL)

The paternalistic industrial system is not likely to be discarded soon; in today's fast-moving economy, it affords cost flexibility and employment security. (Editor)

Investigates kindergarteners, and third graders' ability to identify novel and repeated visual stimuli. A continuous recognition memory task technique is used. Examines children's ratings of confidence in their decisions by using standardized photographs of peers expressing varying degrees of certainty. (DP)