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NPR'S DAVID MOLPUS REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH EXPERTS AGREE THAT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DEFINITELY HELPED MINORITIES INITIALLY, THEY ARE NOW QUESTIONING THE LONG TERM BENEFITS, EXPECIALLY AMONG MINORITIES.

PAULA DOBBYN OF MEMBER STATION KTOO IN JUNEAU, ALASKA, REPORTS ON THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE IDITAROD, A GRUELLING 1,000-MILE SLED-DOG RACE FROM ANCHORAGE TO NOME, WHICH BEGINS TODAY.

NPR'S ERIC WEINER REPORTS ON INDIA'S STRUGGLE TO CHANGE FROM A SOCIALIST ECONOMY TO A FREE-MARKET.

Joyce Russell of member station WOI reports that preparations for the Iowa caucuses in anticipation of the 1996 presidential campaign are way ahead of schedule. With several Republican candidates having declared their candidacy...party leaders in Iowa are already chosing who they will back.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that trade sanctions against China were announced today in retaliation for trademark infringements, after the Chinese government refused to crackdown on companies that manufacture pirate CDs, movies and computer programs.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that free oil shipments to North Korea are beginning in exchange for the government's abandonment of nuclear weapons. Republicans say that the deal isn't tough enough on the North Koreans.

Madeline Brand of member station WBGO in Newark reports on a proposal in the NJ state legislature which would force applicants for drivers licenses to take their test in English. New Jersey currently offers the test in a dozen languages.

Since July, arts educators have been holding a series of own meetings on arts and education standards, and the role arts play in ducation in general. NPR's Phyllis Joffe reports that the results of these eetings will be released at a Getty conference here in Washington.

Craig speaks with reporter Mike O'Connor about secretary of state Madeleine Albright's trip to Croatia and Serbia where she urged leaders to live up to their commitments to the Dayton Peace Plan which ended years of fighting in the former Yugoslavia.

Nina Teicholz reports on the changing job market. Many college seniors are anxious that they will not get jobs, but in fact it is just the types of jobs available that are changing. There are going to be more employment opportunities in the health care and telecommunications industries in the future.