Describes educational activities of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific including learning packets on various astronomy concepts, Morrison lectures, newspaper columns, teacher workshops, cosponsoring astronomy oriented lectures, and providing speakers for various groups. (DS)

Describes the organization and work of the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education, the policymaking body sponsored by the national graduate honorary business education fraternity and two national business education organizations. Reexamines the Commission's purposes and plans and lists its publications. (MF)

Outlines the work on preschool education which has been carried out over the last few years by the Council of Europe. (MP)

The International Year of the Child is a UNICEF coordinated activity. Suggestions for heightening public awareness of the wide range of problems facing children are offered at the local, national, and international levels with specific activities underway in the field of health education highlighted. (JMF)

Describes a service system designed to deal effectively with conflicts caused by decreased enrollments, reduced school revenues, increased cost of district operation, and demands for more information by federal, state, and district personnel. (Author/MA)

Describes the decision-making structure of the Cambridge Alternative Public School. The structure includes participation by teachers and parents. (IRT)

All the people at Rhodes are optimistic that the humanistic approach of the house concept organization can offer students in large inner city schools the sense of family needed before any educational program can work. (For availability, see EA 507 405.) (Author/IRT)

Institutions are going to have to rely more on their own resources in responding appropriately to changes in their own educational environments. Describes models evolved by three independent schools for increasing their capacity to respond intelligently and imaginatively to new challanges and opportunities. (Author/RK)

A special program at Temple University sponsored by the Association of Retired Professionals (ARP) offers courses for retirees both to attend and to teach. Its success and stimulation are emphasized. (LBH)

Describes Europe Week, a one-week preservice teacher education course conducted during the summer at the University of Nottingham (UK). Students were encouraged to increase their knowledge and understanding of Europe, consider issues of European comparative education, plan ways to integrate a European dimension across the curriculum, and…

Discussed are the identity, goals and objectives, development, and conferences of this organization. An overview of past conferences is provided. A set of position statements is given. (CW)

The development of a cross-registration system and formation of joint academic programs between colleges create a variety of educational opportunities for students and provide both direct and indirect benefits to a consortium's member institutions and their faculty. The Tri-College University Consortium in North Dakota illustrates the advantages…

Describes how Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, an "Implementing Urban Missions" grantee, used an Urban Research Group model to involve undergraduates in community research; the needs of community-based organizations and the service mission of the university determine the amount of student involvement. (EV)

In Prince George's County, Maryland, Superintendent Jerome Clark told staffs of low-performing schools to resign and reapply for positions. New principals were hired, and schools were restaffed. San Francisco has experimented with reconstituting or jumpstarting dysfunctional schools since the 1980s. A Department of Education study shows mixed…

The Virtual Pre-Incubator Accelerator (ViPiA) is a two-year project funded by the European Commission. The main goal of the programme is to create a training package for would-be entrepreneurs to assist them in developing their new venture concepts to a level at which they become attractive to potential investors. This paper describes and…