This report contains invited papers and comments from a conference on the status and problems of women in engineering. First, a discussion of research reveals that most women choose engineering as a field for college study late in their secondary education, depend heavily on external sources of support, and have attitudes and experiences different…

This document presents a report and recommendations of the conference on institutions of higher education as a resource in the solution of national problems. The report presents a summary for the discussions and deliberations of the conference with regard to 4 specific issues: (1) the university as a public resource; (2) internal organization of…

Reviews highlights of discussion that followed presentation of papers at the Institute on Primary Care sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in Chicago, Oct. 6-8, 1974. Major topics are protection of traditional and emerging academic, legal and financial constraints, and administrative and educational considerations. (JT)

The legal aspects of many campus issues were the concerns of the conference "Higher Education: The Law and Institutional Response." The central purpose of the conference was to present and discuss judicial decisions and trends and their implications for and applications to the posture of academic decisionmaking. The issues of concern…

Proceedings of AACRAO's 63rd annual meeting cover: changing legal responsibilities of registrars; liabilities and litigation; dealing with sex discrimination; and academic consumerism. (LBH)

The papers in the collection reflect areas of concern to adult educators, especially at the university level. The first of the collection's three sections deals with graduate program design and contains three papers: Problems of Graduate Program Design, Wilson B. Thiede, and two reaction papers by John Ohliger and Clive C. Veri. Section 2 on…

The addresses presented at the annual meeting of the Western College Association and included in this volume are: the welcome by Vernon I. Cheadle; "The Continuing and Changing Federal Interest in Higher Education," by Peter P. Muirhead; "Education for Genuine Community in America," by Samuel D. Proctor; and "Higher…

Presently there are approximately 70 active formal higher educational consortia in the U. S. along with numerous other instances of voluntary academic cooperation. However, at a time in which cooperative efforts continue to expand, the benefits of these same efforts are being examined and questioned seriously by educators. The Danforth Conference…

The document presents eight conference papers which discuss the impact and functions of European national research institutions. The main aim of the conference was to provide an opportunity for directors of research institutions to exchange ideas and information with peers in other countries. Educational research is discussed from three points of…

A discussion of the problem of providing multidisciplinary education in transportation and a means for educators to communicate their approaches and experiences provided the purpose of the conference. Among the areas discussed were the comprehensiveness of transportation education, societal issues, systems aspects, transportation research,…

This document presents the proceedings of a conference at the University of Alabama designed to examine the legal implications of academic affairs. Papers cover women's rights in academe, and some extra-legal concerns, the outlook for faculty bargaining, an industrial relations approach to faculty collective bargaining, and the courts and academic…

The 20th Annual Legislative Work Conference of the Southern Regional Education Board provided participants with an opportunity to hear and discuss specific proposals for change in higher education. The participants considered the relationship between manpower needs and postsecondary educational opportunity and the kinds of students who attend…

Included are 11 papers presented at the 1976 annual meeting of the National Association for Environmental Education. Papers include classroom activities, teaching value clarification, community education programs, curriculum considerations, and quality of life discussions. (RH)

Summarizes five papers presented at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that dealt with the impact of increased subscription costs of chemical information publications and ways of providing information services to students. (MLH)