Within legislative, practice, and professional issues in school psychology, examples of action plans for hypothetical events are presented. These were produced by groups of conference participants to stimulate development of detailed plans for local, state and national use by school psychologists. Action plan resources and implementation and…

Discusses elements of the National Institute for the Advancement of Career Education: the need for such an institute, areas of concentration (instruction, leadership, development, research), and how interested persons can cooperate in the institute. (CT)

Explores decision making strategies by program administrators regarding coordinating the program development functions of their agencies. Discusses program origins, orientation of resource persons, planning committees, supervision, and situational influences. (CT)

Focuses on the need for school-community-government cooperation in energy curricula and reviews various programs which have been developed in the field of energy education. Objectives, elements of various programs, and resources are identified. (Author/DB)

Challenging the assumptions, concepts, and standards used to plan urban recreational programs is the key to their survival. They must, in the future, cater to a variety of personal interests and age groups and be designed in such a way as to provide maximum access to all citizens. (CJ)

The need for a "third dimension" of formative evaluation in reformulating the goals and design of new education programs is argued. The methods developed to meet this need in the context of the recently completed Florida Linkage System (FLS) project are briefly described. (Author/GK)

The dissemination to 125 schools of a secondary individualized reading program created by P. K. Yonge Laboratory School was accomplished by a workshop and by the formation into implementation teams of persons responsible for different levels of decisions. Evaluations support the use of this team-based change strategy. (SJL)

Controversy rages over whole-language/phonics approaches to reading instruction, giving critics great school-bashing opportunities. Districts that have successfully incorporated whole language generally have planned for change, involved parents, proceeded slowly, built in ongoing professional development, provided adequate resources, reassured…

The current involvement of British universities in continuing education is reviewed, and recent developments in liberal, professional, and vocational education are discussed. Obstacles to integrating continuing education into the mainstream of university activities are examined, and some suggestions for future direction are proposed. (MSE)

This study evaluated a mentorship program which involved classroom instruction and actual mentorship experiences for gifted juniors and seniors. A survey of 103 former mentorship students found that the students derived numerous benefits from the mentorship program in the areas of personal, academic, and career development. (JDD)

Conflict-management programs help students of all ages find peaceable ways to handle disputes. Students most likely to become effective mediators are confident individuals who write clearly, care about others, listen well, and ask appropriate questions. Principles of conflict should be taught along with strategies for settling disputes. A sidebar…

It is proposed that, because college faculty unions have the responsibility of promoting members' professional and economic status, they should initiate and support qualified faculty development programs. New faculty in particular should work with faculty and administrative leaders to ensure that their personal development and institutional goals…

Benefits to the helper are important to consider in a national-service program, along with the benefits to the recipient. Some suggestions are offered to ensure reciprocity in community service. Democratizing help giving, that is making it available to the widest possible audience, could help remove some of the pitfalls associated with help…

The experiences of a number of institutions using a variety of approaches show that distance education by television can be both instructionally effective and cost effective. Careful attention to five steps in course development (planning, preparation, rehearsal, presentation, and review) can help colleges save time and avoid pitfalls. (MSE)

Ethnic-studies programs, arising from a student and community grass-roots movement, challenge the prevailing academic power structure and the Eurocentric curricula of American colleges and universities. There is little uniformity or stability among 700 ethnic-specific programs and departments. The challenge is reconciling academic goals (knowledge…