This article identifies the critical problems (economic, political, and social) facing the university system in Poland and argues that the university system can survive only by embracing such functions as forming values and ideas needed for democracy, fostering international and intranational links, and providing service functions. (DB)

Discusses how to conduct a top-level analysis of training management functions to identify problems within a training system resulting from rapid growth, the acquisition of new departments, or mergers. The data gathering process and analyses are explained, training management functions and activities are described, and root causes and solutions…

Describes learning environments, including cognitive flexibility hypertexts, anchored instruction, and computer-supported intentional learning environments. A brief history of educational technology is presented; and problems with open learning environments are discussed, including inappropriate learning theory, deficient metacognitive skills, and…

The present study aimed to determine the obstacles in creating effective teamwork and generate suggestions for overcoming these obstacles. The study was designed on the basis of qualitative research approaches and used purposive sampling. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews from 52 teachers who were working at a primary school in…

Thousands of Los Angeles teachers have not been paid properly for months because of errors in a corporate-style payroll system that was introduced in January as part of a sweeping, $95 million computer modernization. The Los Angeles Unified School District acknowledges that the payroll system's rollout was rushed and tainted by numerous…

A general look at problems in broadcast management from an international perspective. (HB)

This article discusses aspects of misoneism, which is defined by Webster as intolerance of change. (MBM)

The author discusses the vices, virtues, and problems of mass instruction in college sociology. His observations are based on personal experience. A "mass" class is defined as one with an enrollment exceeding 250 students who meet together as a class at least part of the time. Sociologists generally believe that mass classes are not a good form of…

This report consists of three parts: when to conduct a social experiment (and when not to), how to manage a social experiment, and some practical advice to experimenters. Social experimentation compares people who receive a certain program (experimental treatment) with similar people who do not or who receive some other treatment. Some form of…

Documents in non-Roman scripts now constitute a sizeable part of world production, and their bibliographic control through Romanization is beset by many problems. Among these are the impossibility to simultaneously satisfy certain functional requirements, the multiplicity of schemes and their inconsistent use, and the susceptibility of the method…

Patterns of drug use on college campuses are studied. An increasingly secular society has resulted in more private drug use for nonmedical purposes. Characteristics of drug diffusion are presented. Reasons for becoming committed to drugs are frequently different from those which promote experimentation with drugs. Reasons why people use drugs are…

The Assembly on University Goals and Governance was established by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in September 1969 to explore, develop, and help implement alternative approaches for resolving certain of the issues affecting colleges and universities today. This report presents the 85 theses that were developed by the Assembly. The…

The question "should everybody be able to go to college," is one of the most important and explosive questions before higher education. This paper: (1) sketches several approaches to admittance - including the guild approach of Oxford and Cambridge, admittance based on manpower requirements - as in the U.S.S.R., the selective access approach,…

The acquisitions policy of the University of Ibadan Library is outlined. The problems of acquisitions resulting from the fact that 90 percent of the materials acquired are purchased from suppliers in developed countries are discussed. (Author/JAB)