[The Areas of Legislation and Certification as They Affect the Demand for Graduate Studies in Reading Education.]

The "Epistle" is the Publication Forum of Professors of Reading Teacher Educators, which is a special-interest group of the International Reading Association. The topics considered in this issue are the areas of legislation and certification as they affect the demand for graduate studies in reading education. Charles and Nathaniel Peters relate their experiences with legislative action in Michigan to the need for similar assertiveness by reading professionals at the national level. Anne Adams describes the successful effort of the North Carolina Association of College Professors of Reading to upgrade the status of reading instruction at pre-service, graduate, and public school levels. Kemble Oliver summarizes information on new certification action affecting reading programs supplied by correspondents in eighteen states. Regular features are "Movers," which endeavors to record the job choices of new graduates and the relocation of others; "Job Report," which lists positions available to doctoral-degree holders; and "For The Time Capsule," which contains notes of interest to reading professors. (MKM)